What is Daria from Peekopals doing on September 28th, 2026?
On September 28th, 2026, this page is Daria's day in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Day
September 28th, 2026
At the Loxton farm co-op, veterinary nurse Jaco Pretorius, who met Daria during a 2023 mamba callout, recognises her full name from the leaked herp post and calls her 'the permit girl' while she refuels.
What happened
At the Loxton farm co-op, veterinary nurse Jaco Pretorius, who met Daria during a 2023 mamba callout, recognises her full name from the leaked herp post and calls her 'the permit girl' while she refuels. A man in a copied Cape Nature uniform follows, flashes a badge, and reaches for the cooler; Daria traps the lid against her knees and exposes that his badge number belongs to a retired ranger. Real conservation officer Ayesha Abrahams checks the log, detains the impersonator, and marks the cooler seal as evidence, but Daria's suspended permit now places her in fresh administrative trouble. The buyer sends a photograph of her crossing with the message 'eight for eight,' so Daria abandons the fuel queue, avoids the N14 cameras, and takes a salt-road farm track toward the Northern Cape release site with every neonate still alive.
Day plan
Times are in their city.
12:00 AM – 02:00 AM
Night road with eight sealed
Driving the salt-road farm tracks west into the Northern Cape, all eight neonates sealed in the insulated cooler on the passenger seat, headlights off under a clouded sky
on the Northern Cape salt roads
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Not available02:00 AM – 03:00 AM
Stopped in the culvert dark
Pulling off the track into a dry riverbed culvert, killing the engine and sitting in the dark with both hands gripping the wheel, the cooler latch still holding
dry riverbed culvert off the salt road
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy03:00 AM – 04:00 AM
Checking cooler in dark
Checking the cooler seal by feel in the dark, bandaged palm throbbing, listening for any vehicle noise on the farm track above
dry riverbed culvert off the salt road
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy04:00 AM – 05:00 AM
Broken sleep in cab
Crawling into the bakkie cab back seat to sleep upright with the window cracked, one hand still wrapped in gauze soaked through from the cooler latch tear
bakkie parked in the culvert
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Sleeping05:00 AM – 06:00 AM
Dawn in culvert, sore
Waking to grey light filtering through the dust on the windscreen, the cooler still sealed on the passenger seat, no vehicle sounds yet on the track
bakkie parked in the culvert
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy06:00 AM – 07:00 AM
Checking all eight alive
Lifting the cooler lid slowly in the grey morning light, counting eight small forms curled together in the insulation, all alive and moving
dry riverbed culvert off the salt road
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy07:00 AM – 08:00 AM
Rewrapping torn palm
Washing the dried blood off the torn palm at a farmstead tap two kilometres south, repacking with fresh gauze from the field kit
farmstead tap south of the culvert
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy08:00 AM – 09:00 AM
Back on salt road
Driving back onto the salt-road track heading northwest toward Tankwa, watching for any vehicle that does not belong, the buyer message still unread on the cracked phone screen
on the Northern Cape salt-road track
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy09:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Rest stop, eating biltong alone
Pulling into a shaded overhang off the main track to eat biltong and drink warm water from the cooler bag, the cooler checked and resealed
shaded overhang off the salt-road track
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Available10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Reading eight message
Reading the buyer message at last on the cracked screen: 'eight for eight' with the photograph of her crossing, staring at the image long enough to memorise what they already know
shaded overhang off the salt-road track
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
No reply, driving deeper
Replying nothing and pocketing the phone, pulling back onto the track and driving deeper into the scrub where the gravel turns to red dust
red dust road into Northern Cape scrub
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Parked at dry dam
Finding a dry dam wall with a clear view in every direction and parking the bakkie in the open, visible from the road, deliberately not hiding
dry dam wall open Northern Cape
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Available01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Filming update for no one
Sitting on the bakkie tailgate with both feet hanging down, the cooler between her knees, filming a short update on the phone with the scrubland behind her and sending it to no one
dry dam wall open Northern Cape
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Lying on canopy mattress
Deleting the footage without sending it, closing the phone and lying back on the bakkie canopy mattress in the afternoon heat, staring at the sky through the dust haze
bakkie at the dry dam wall
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Available03:00 PM – 04:00 PM
Waking as sun drops
Waking from a shallow sleep as the sun drops lower, the temperature dropping fast in the shade, checking the cooler and feeling the evening change
bakkie at the dry dam wall
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Wind picking up, checking gate
Checking the phone for any message from Oom Karel about the upper Tankwa gate, the wind picking up outside and rattling the cooler lid
bakkie at the dry dam wall
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Driving toward Tankwa gate
Driving the last stretch toward the upper Tankwa gate in the last of the light, the red sky closing over the scrub and the gate pin Wikus sent showing on the screen
approaching upper Tankwa gate in dusk
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Parked short of open gate
Parking fifty metres short of the gate in the full dark, headlights off, watching the area through the windscreen and seeing nothing, the gate standing open
parked fifty metres from upper Tankwa gate
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy07:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Approaching gate on foot
Getting out of the bakkie with the hook and headlamp, approaching the gate on foot with the cooler, the wind loud in the thorn trees and no one visible
thorn tree line near upper Tankwa gate
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Not available08:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Standing at open gate
Reaching the gate and looking through into the darkness beyond, the gate unlatched and open as Oom Karel said it would be, the phone warm in her back pocket with Wikus's pin still glowing
upper Tankwa gate in the dark
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Not available09:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Walking with cooler into dark
Walking through the gate carrying the cooler, the thorn branches scraping the bag, heading into the dark where the release site is marked only by a low stone cairn
walking into the Tankwa sanctuary at night
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Not available10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Releasing eight beside cairn
Finding the stone cairn and kneeling beside it, opening the cooler with the hook, counting eight small forms in the headlamp glow before releasing them one by one into the scrub
stone cairn inside Tankwa sanctuary
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
Not available11:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Photographing empty cooler
Standing with the empty cooler and the open gate behind her, photographing the empty tub for Wikus, the wind carrying the last of the scrub sounds away
stone cairn inside Tankwa sanctuary
black crop tank with short dark cargos: sleeveless fitted crop tank, short cargo shorts, hiking boots, layered thin silver necklaces, UV torch and ventilated collection pots as props
A bit busy