Back to work 2013 - Oubaai and the Golf Hall of Fame

For the Mercedes Benz magazine so naturally, an SL65 AMG. The figures are crazy extreme - 1000Nm of torque, millions for the car, R650 million invested in Oubaai for the Hyatt development by the Kuwaiti group Kharafi. In the cold light of recession it all looks a little forlorn. Pre-meltdown excess kept alive by wealthy golfers wondering who is driving past in the flash Merc.

The year looks good from here - South Coast beaches next for Torque, then Kruger, Sun City and Swartberg through the pass. Patrick Farrell is staying on at HSM too, which means more work and Jayne Nankivell seems intent on more of the same.

And then there's the small matter of the sold apartment and the next chapter...