A couple of months ago I won a two nights Protea Hotel voucher in a competition and the expiry date started to approach so we decided to not go out of town for it but rather enjoy a weekend "holidaying" in our own home town. The KidZ stayed at their grandparents and the Damselfly and I just planned a weekend of relaxing and walking on the beachfront. Believe it or not, it actually felt like we were somewhere else. We…
The view of the road through Cogmans Kloof outside Montagu from on top of the tunnel
Across the road from the South End Museum stands an old Wild Fig tree which is thought to be over 100 years old. The tree stands next to what used to be Chase Street in the old South End and back in the days the kids used to climb the tree while the older people sat in it's shade. When the people were removed and the buildings in the area demolished, the fear was that the tree would also be chopped down or…
Chicken heads and feet, better known as Walkie Talkies, at a township marketplace in Njoli Square.
The view from the top of the Fortress Observation Post (FOP) in Cape Recife looking west. The Cape Recife FOP was one of three built at the start of the Second World War as part of the Port Elizabeth harbour defences and acted as lookouts for enemy boats, subs and planes.
On top of the Cogmans Kloof tunnel outside Montagu stands an old English fort built by the British in 1899 during the Anglo Boer War. The fort has a great view of the approaching road and kloof through the mountains and one can immediately see why the British chose the spot. To get to the top there is a steep little path from across the road from the parking area and after a couple of minutes of huffing and puffing you get…
I feel like a typical township lunch of liver, onions and roosterkoek today and decided to go and dig out this picture I have posted previously on The Firefly Photo Files. A couple of us ventured to a township eatery a little while ago under the guidance of one of my black colleagues. He knows all the best spots and took us for a scrumptious lunch of beef stew followed by liver and onions served with roosterkoek and ice cold…
Cogmans Kloof outside Montagu is one of the famous landmarks on Route 62 through the Klein Karoo. The Cogmans Kloof Pass passes through a poort (a poort being defined as a path through a mountain range) which runs through the Langeberg between Ashton and Montagu. The first white farmers in the area were allocated farms from 1725 onwards and the original road through the poort was a dangerous one alongside the Kingna River which incorporates eight hazardous drifts. To get around Kalkoenkrantz…
Port Elizabeth has some wonderful historic cemeteries, one of them the Scottish Cemetery in St Georges Park. The first cemetery in Port Elizabeth was St Mary's Cemetery which started as a military cemetery, but after the arrival of the British Settlers it was assigned to the St Mary's Collegiate Church and opened for the burial of all Christians in the town. The growth of the town increased the demands placed upon St Mary's Cemetery and allocations of small pieces of land on…
'n Lantêring wag vir gaste op hulle aankoms by Camp Figtree in die Zuurberg na 'n wildsbesigtigingsrit in die Addo Olifant Nasionale Park.