We had already made the decision to relocate to Knysna. We based it on the beautiful coastal scenery and the forests.

Then, before we moved, we started taking an interest in air quality. There’s an American standard that measures AQI, the Air Quality Index, on a scale from 0 to 500. Things start getting bad above 100.

We compared Knysna with Berea in Durban, where my daughter lives, and with Johannesburg. Here’s what we found –

Wow! That’s was amazing.

Since we moved, we check the AQI every day and, whilst it goes up and down, it stays within the 0 to 50 range, which is graded “Good”.