A recent visit to Baviaans Lodge in the Baviaanskloof included a visit to a rock art site not too far from the lodge. It truly is a privilege to be able to experience a place of such historical and cultural importance.
It's a misty morning. Waves lapping at the beach. Gulls gathering on the sand before the first dog walker passes and Butch decides to chase them off. Activity in the harbour beyond. Traffic on Beach Road. Morning on Kings Beach.
Our church (Hoogland Dutch Reformed Church) recently installed a public tap for runners and others in need of a drink of water. I love the creativity of whoever was in charge of the project.
Today is World Wide Flash Mob XII. It's a Geocaching event started twelve years ago with the purpose of being a short gathering of Geocachers, lasting 30 minutes before everybody heads off again. Very much a flash mob. This year the Port Elizabeth Geocachers gathered at the Sacramento cannon in Schoenmakerskop and the theme chosen for our flash mob was bubbles and balloons. At exactly 12:15 we took our group photo as required and started blowing our bubbles. Quite a few…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYV-xCHBAq4&w=500&h=400]Port Elizabeth truly has some outstanding dive sites both inside Algoa Bay as well as on the Wildside. So what can one expect from a dive in PE? Colourful soft coral, lots of fish species, shark sightings, ship wrecks and so much more. I found this video on the Pro Dive YouTube channel of a diving excursion out to Bellbuoy Reef in Algoa Bay. Makes me want to dust off the ol' wetsuit and book a dive.
The Baviaanskloof is an UNESCO World Heritage Site representing the Cape Floral Kingdom but it could just as easily also have been one because of the KhoiSan history and heritage that is found here. Spending a relaxing weekend at Baviaans Lodge I learned that there is quite an important rock painting site on the property. The extra bonus was that Alan Fogarty of Alan Tours, probably one of the top nature guides in the Eastern Cape, was spending the weekend at the…
Mr Kelp Gull on his morning perch surveying the beachfront before heading off to look for breakfast
Last week we had some stormy weather pass over Port Elizabeth. Rain, cold and very rough and high seas were the order of the day. I stopped on my way to work one morning and this was the scene looking towards Humewood and Hobie Beaches.
If I had to show this photo to anybody and ask them where the picture was taken, they would probably guess places like the Tsitsikamma, Knysna forest or Hogsback. Although all of these are likely candidates, in all cases they would be wrong. This specific scene is hidden away in a valley near Baviaans Lodge in the Baviaanskloof.
Saturday morning I braved the cold to head down to the beachfront for the weekly Hobie Beach parkrun. To say the air was crisp is an understatement and you could see runners head to their cars quickly to take off their warm tops just before the run started. As always I had my camera with me and I snapped this pic at about 7:30ish. I need to brave the cold mornings more often.