There was a lot of windy weather along our coast between Christmas and New Year. Luckily the holiday resort where we were camping was very sheltered and we weren't effected that much. But when we headed down to the beach we knew that mother nature was blowing off some steam. The one day the wind was extremely bad. It was blowing so much sea air onto the land in the distance that it actually looked like there was fog coming…
Actually, it was warm, breezy, and a full moon was rising over the harbour. So after a night out with old friends, we went up to Fort Frederick to enjoy the view. Not the greatest photo, but it sort of captures the atmosphere.
In Saturday's post I featured what I called beach treasures. These are things that you find on the beach that were either lost there, washed up by the ocean or got there in some natural or unnatural way. Today's post kinda flows out of that idea. The only thing is that today it features a mammal, a sea creature and a bird. And no, there is no punchline to it. Far from it.On our first visit to the shipwreck at…
Today's post continues on yesterday's post on the shipwreck at Cannon Rocks on the Sunshine Coast. It rained three out of the seven days we were at Cannon Rocks and I was a bit worried that I may not get a sunset to photograph. Seeing that the evening had good prospects, I headed down the beach to the shipwreck to wait for sunset.When I got there I thought this scene with the kelp gulls in the foreground and the fisherman…
Yesterday we showed you the site of the old Red Windmill. This is the complex it moved into, across the parking lot from the old one, and on the edge of the sea. The new ice-cream parlour/take-away is in the middle of the building, on the ground floor, behind the red umbrellas. The light is strange because it was just after sunrise but very cloudy, so the sun was struggling to make an impression!
Cannon Rocks is a little holiday resort town on the Sunshine Coast about 120 km east of Port Elizabeth. The town (if you can call it a town) consists mostly of holiday homes and retired people and reminded me of Paradise Beach. This was were my grandparents retired and we spent every school holiday there, playing amongst the dunes, building forts in the bush, exploring between the rocks and off cause swimming. But I digress. Cannon Rocks, and neighboring Boknes,…
Those who remember PE from the old days will always associate the beachfront with this Red Windmill. It used to be a roadhouse, and sold the most delicious soft serve ice cream, amongst other good stuff! But it went the way of all our other roadhouses, and now houses Pro Dive. This was taken at sunrise yesterday (around 5ish) so you can see that these guys take their job seriously, they we already getting ready to go out. Tomorrow we'll…
When you take a walk on the beach you always scan the sand to see it you can't find something interesting. Most of the time kids will pick up shells, sticks, stones (not to break bones), mermaid's purses, feathers or whatever else they find. This seagull's feather lying next to this stone caught my attention and I just got one picture of it before Chaos Boy leaped into frame to pick it up. The same happened with this tennis ball.…
Some of the power lines that bring electricity to Port Elizabeth from the Eskom power stations in Mpumalanga. In the background is the now defunct Swartkops Power Station. It would have been an ideal source of backup power for the city, had the decision not been taken to mothball it and sell off the plant for scrap metal.
Today's post is for the birds. Literally for the birds. And knowing his interest in birds (and specially baby birds), I'm sure Max will enjoy the post. The Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens) is a fairly common bird in our part of the world. When we pulled into our camp spot at Cannon Rocks between Christmas and New Year one of the first things I noticed was that there were four glossy starlings that were very active around the area and…