Whenever there is a big cold front approaching the fishing boats fishing off Algoa Bay sails into the bay to seek shelter against the storm. They normally anchor just offshore and wait out the storm before heading back out to continue fishing.
So apparently marbles is the in thing again at the KidZ' school. Sheez, I remember how we played marbles when I was still in primary school. Amazing how fads like this come and go. Yesterday while attending the International Geocaching Day event at The Island the KidZ got bored with the rest of us and decided to play some marbles. Check out Chaos Boy's bag full on his back.
Today is International Geocaching Day and I joined my fellow Geocachers in celebrating it with an event at The Island Nature Reserve near Seaview. The Island is the perfect spot for a picnic or braai with a safe environment, lots of shade and lush grass. We took up the lapa area while there was a kiddies party with a jumping castle on the other end of the picnic area. We didn't even know they were there. Although you normally associate…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8zLnXCywc&w=500&h=400]I was looking for something to post for this week's Video Friday and found this "Winter in Nelson Mandela Bay is Hot" clip which Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism did a couple of years ago. Seeing that today was one of those perfect winter days we get in PE I decided that the clip is nogal appropriate.
Last Sunday there was a cold wind blowing and it really wasn't beach weather. Saturday afternoon already the Damselfly said that she wanted to go for a walk on the beach Sunday so come the day she wasn't going to allow the weather to put her off. The walk was very short though but I still took the opportunity to snap a pic or two. One of those was this one of a fishing boat at anchor in the bay…
The Swartkops Estuary is one of the best bird watching spots around Port Elizabeth. Making a quick stop at the river mouth a week or so ago I noticed that you can watch birds right up to the river mouth.
When was the last time you've passed by the Donkin Reserve after dark. Well I did last week and snapped this pic of the Grey Institute. For those who don't know the history of the building, here it is. In the mid 1800's there was a boom happening in Port Elizabeth. It was during this time that Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes throughout the colony. At the…
A quick detour from the N2 between Nanaga and Grahamstown to Kenton-on-Sea took me through the village of Salem for the first time in ages last week. I didn't have time to explore much but I did stop for a quick photo of the front of the church while parked next to the cricket field. Salem was founded by the Sephton party who formed part of the 1820 British Settlers who settled in this district. The name comes from the bible and means "peace" with…
This is the view towards Port Elizabeth while standing next to the mouth of the Swartkops River
The Damselfly is busy getting ideas for their office Christmas lunch at the end of the year so we went to try out Blackbeard's Restaurant at the Chapman Hotel as part of her research. At R120 per adult and R75 for a child it must be one of the more affordable Sunday buffets around. The starters were a choice of three different soups - butternut, sweet potato mushroom and a tomato based soup. The main was a choice (or some of…