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Eksteenskuil from the air, a green oasis.

Raisins which have been graded for quality at the processors.

Raisins being tested for moisture content.

Moving the bins of raisins at Red Sun.

Sunset over the Orange River, looking west from the Keimoes bridge.

Grapes drying on trays.

Feb 2011, people start to move around as the floods subside. This road had been washed away.

Vehicles crossing flooded bridges as the waters dropped.

Farmers anxiously surveying their drying raisins in the aftermath of the floods and rains.

One of the new tractors for EAC members to use.

A view on Middle Island looking towards land farmed commercially.

The church on Rooikop Island. The church is central to community life in Eksteenskuil.

Assessing raisins as they pass through the processing system at SAD in Upington.

Employment Laws pinned on the walls at SAD.

Health and Safety advice on machinery at Red Sun.

Bridge damage on North Island, which meant that some areas were inaccessible by vehicles for weeks.

The Red Bishop, flocks of thee beautiful birds are to be seen, especially on North Island.

Worker housing on South Island.

The Keimoes bridge being repaired and extended to 2 lanes in March 2012.

Pypie Scwartz, an EAC member, picking peaches on his farm.

EAC member Frans Wells with his wife and Zaitun Rosenberg, North Island, December 2011.

Views from Eksteenskuil from the air. The river braids can be clearly seen.

Views from Eksteenskuil from the air. The river braids can be clearly seen.

Views from Eksteenskuil from the air. The river braids can be clearly seen.

The Orange River near to Upington, the ordered landscape typical of commercial farming.

EAC Board member Peter van Wyk, pointing to the failed fig project.

Double rainbow over South Island on the last day of fieldwork in March 2012.

Storm clouds building over Middle Island on a December afternoon.

EAC noticeboard on Middle Island near the offices.

On EAC member Gert Titus’s farm. From the left Gert, Loretta Mostert, David Bek and Bradville Coetzer.

A Goliath Heron adapts to the flood damage opposite the Ikaia guest house.

A view of Keimoes bridge, in October 2010, from the Ikaia. The floods three months later have substantially changed the landscape.

A member of a North Island monkey troop racing through Gert Titus’s vines. The monkeys cause a lot of crop damage.

The building of the new road through Middle Island which substantially improved access and created jobs.

The new road upon completion.

Some farmers in Eksteenskuil still farm the old fashioned way.

A dog on Gert Titus’s farm. The dog is tethered along a wire so it can move around and keep monkeys away from the fruit trees.

The Keimoes waterwheel.

The church in Keimoes.

The Orange River in flood.

Vines being irrigated.

Tierberg koppie with the ‘Keimoes’ sign in the background.

The compound where seasonal and some local workers live.

The standard guide for grading raisins.

New experimental vines planted on an EAC members farm.

The Red Sun processing plant near Keimoes, MD Peter Kuilman in the foreground.