Well, the boma is close to completion now, and a pleasant spot to sip a cup of coffee in the morning. Diameter is 20 feet, surface crushed granite with fire pit in the center. Walls are 6X15-foot reed screening panels from Lowe's wired to a framework of hazel whips wired to pressure treated poles set in pre-mix. I realize this is a jarring juxtaposition of new and ancient technology, but the visual rhythms of reed, post and twig in a circle make for a paleo feel that I find very comforting. Now to roast some beast and quaff a few horns of barley wine around the fire!
It's not quite Namibia, but with enough beers under the belt and some skulls scattered around, it will have to do.

Good job. Just like "home."

Only thing missing is an ice cold Castle Lager and your favorite cigar.

Wait til those African Black Bears smell all that BBQ and come join ya!!

Good job Bill, I love it, just pay attention to Macifej's warning.

Aziz

First one of those I've seen in the NW...no doubt.

Bill,

Very nice!! Too bad we live so far away, we still have a bottle of Cane that would go great around the fire.

Enjoy.

Awesome, Bill, a bottle of Amarula would go good there too!

That is nice!

Thanks for the idea and another project this summer!

Thanks Bill. I saved those pics. Gonna have to build me one whenever we finally settle down.

THAT is excellent! What a novel idea.

Looking to do something similar here in the next year or two.

Bill,

This is proof of the africa addiction
Bill, you have it bad on a scale of 10 I suppose 8/10 now if we could only arrange to send some proper wood over.

Thanks all. Ann, Kathi, you're welcome to drop by for a "wee drop" of snake preventative anytime! Frederik: We don't have mopane here, but manzanita and mountain mahogany are good and hard, full of character and burn hot.

Bill,

Good to hear you have some good wood there. Next time you are here you should record some nightsounds and then have a nice sound system setup and play that back in your boma then youre all set and I will give you an addiction rate of 10/10

Nicely done Bill!

I agree with Safari-hunt. Get those sounds recorded and start playing them. I am sure that your neighbors will also respond to them as well!!

Funny, we long for African wood but while touring the ghost town Kolmanskop (near Luderitz Bay, Namibia) I noticed quite a lot of Oregon pine had been used in the construction.

Are there any CDs availabl with sounds of the bushveld? They would be very good as background for slide shows of hunts as well as background music for the braai.

I'd be interested in them too.

It would need to have the go away bird in it!