Vergelegen tree
This black and white is of one of the historic Campher Trees at Vergelegen in Somerset West
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28/06/2012
River lily pond
Very few people realise how beautiful it really is along the rivers and streams around Port Elizabeth. The Baakens Valley is truly stunning and so is the Maitland River Valley. I found this lily pond upstream in the Maitland River.
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28/06/2012
Lodge lounge
Port Elizabeth is surrounded by a host of private game reserves, most of them with upmarket luxury lodges. The interesting bit is that each one of them look different and visiting them I always look forward to what the lodge looks like if I haven't been to one before. That was no different visiting Mark's Camp at Lalibela Game Reserve where they have a great big fireplace and a strong animal, wood and earth theme.
27/06/2012
Sweef teen sonop met ‘n Warmlugballon
Ahhhhhh, om rustig te sweef deur die lug terwyl die son opkom in die ooste. Die stilte word net gebreek deur die klank van die vlam wat kort kort meer warm lug in die ballon inblaas. 'n Uitsig soos min met plaaswerkers wat oppad is lande toe doer onder jou and die Hartebeespoortdam wat glinster in die verte. Daar is bitter min dinge wat naby kom aan 'n warmlugballon vlug saam met die legendariese Bill Harrop homself.Ek moet eerlik wees…
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26/06/2012
Lowering the giant Donkin Reserve flag
I've been wanting to see the soldiers from the Prince Alfred Guard either hoist or lower the giant flag on the Donkin Reserve for a while now but just haven't had a chance to do so. Big was my excitement when I was standing on top of the Donkin lighthouse with a media crew the other day when the soldiers arrived to lower it. Yay! If you look carefully at the base of the flagpole you will see six soldiers standing…
26/06/2012
Vergelegen
The Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West is less than an hour's drive from Cape Town yet back in the 1700's it took three days by ox wagon to get there. In 1700 Willem Adriaan van der Stel succeeded his father, Simon van der Stel, as governor of the Cape and it didn't take him long to claim himself a modest 30,000 hactre piece of land just like his father had done with Constantia. The farm was on the slopes…
26/06/2012
Donkin Downhill Dash
This past Sunday the inaugural Donkin Downhill Dash took place at the Donkin Reserve here in Port Elizabeth. Since the upgrade at the Donkin Reserve local skateboarders have discovered that the new winding path from the lighthouse down towards Chapel Street is the ideal skateboard run. The n_mb city project approached the Mandela Bay Development Agency who was responsible for the upgrade to support a downhill skateboard competition and they agreed. The rest, as they say, is history. I posted…
25/06/2012
Skateboarding down the Donkin
One of the things that the redevelopment of the Donkin Reserve in Port Elizabeth has done was inadvertently create the ideal winding downhill skateboard (long board) coarse. This has led to the first Donkin Downhill Dash taking place today. The pathway, starting up at the historic lighthouse and pyramid with its crosses representing democratic votes past and future, makes its way down towards Chapel Street and are long enough for the top skaters to clock times of about 1 minute 22…
24/06/2012
Fort interior
Looking at this scene of the inside of Fort Frederick today its hard to believe that back after it was competed in 1799 the fort was base to a full army garrison manning it. Oh how one would love to travel back in time to see it first hand.
24/06/2012
Lower Baakens River
Over the last couple of weeks Port Elizabeth has had a lot of rain and the Baakens River is running nice and strong. I had to meet somebody at the Bridge Street Brewmasters and snapped this pic of the river which is normally nothing more than a narrow stream over here.
23/06/2012
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