I are tired... tired is I. Probably more like exhausted. Makes it feel even worse when you go home, got to stop at the shop and join a queue of 30 people to buy electricity (yes I know I've got to register to do it from my phone if I can find the time), pick up one of the kids and rush off to drop them back at school for their school concert (which is going to be all week),…
Drama Princess started playing Indoor Cricket at the Hunters Retreat Indoor Cricket Arena about two months ago and over the last two Sundays played in the EP junior trials. The SA junior champs take place right here in Port Elizabeth in April next year with teams being selected to represent the province in the u10, u12, u14, u16 and u18 age groups. For the junior teams there are no girls teams and the girls have to compete to get into the…
This weekend the 3rd annual CON.ECT geek convention took place at the NMMU Indoor Sports Centre. The expo covers everything geeky from books, games and figurines to craft, technology displays and movie memorabilia. Except for the stalls on display there were various activities taking place over both days with both table top games (board and card games) and video gaming (PC, console and LAN play) being played. The highlight of the weekend was definitely the cosplay. Cosplay is a contraction…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXHYQ3wTVL8&w=500&h=400]I'm still working my way through Chasing the Rainbow's videos featuring Port Elizabeth and the surrounding areas as I find them excellent material for my Video Friday posts and at the same time (hopefully) getting more of my followers to follow them as well. Today's video features Kragga Kamma Game Park and shows how awesome an attraction it is to 1: take kids; 2: take photos and 3: take kids and encourage them to take photos.
Over the last couple of days I have done a few posts about the PE Geocaching community's visit to Animals in Wonderland. The main reason for our visit was an event celebrating World Snake Day and that was also the reason Animals in Wonderland was selected as the venue for the event. Juan and Jeru has an extensive collection of snakes and other reptiles which they use as part of their educational visits (both at their premises or yours) and…
We have a couple of Daxies at home who think they are people and I have a friend who has a African Grey who barks like a dog and then says "I'm not a dog". But have you ever seen a warthog who thinks he's a dog? Spending an afternoon at Animals in Wonderland I met Wallace the warthog... I mean Wallace the dog... No wait, Wallace the pig dog... Wallace. Wallace is an orphan warthog who came to Animals in…
On my way to work this morning I noticed how the waves were washing over the Port Elizabeth harbour wall. I decided to take a drive down the beachfront before going to the office and stood pulled over on Lovers' Lane across from Bird Rock. The waves were washing right over it. The sea she is an angry.Just for those who are unsure which rock Bird Rock is, it's the one in the background of this photo with the birds…
I always go on about all the treasures one get to discover when road tripping. Well known landmarks, inadequately marked but well worth taking turnoffs, interesting attractions, beautiful views, fascination people, lekker food, unusual sights and so much more. Driving back to Port Elizabeth from Graaff-Reinet the other day I passed through the town of Jansenville and a few kilometers outside of town spotted something from the corner of my eye. My head swung to the right and I had…
Part of the experience at Animals in Wonderland is a room full of interesting tit bits where both kids and adults can discover new and fascinating things. Among them there is a tank with a platanna frog and one with mudskippers. Yes, mudskippers. Those fish that walk (or more like hop or skip - hence the name) out onto land. I could not believe my eyes when two of them hopped out the water and onto the adjacent mud inside…
Last weekend I got to visit Animals in Wonderland for the first time during a Geocaching event we had there to celebrate World Snake Day. Animals in Wonderland is an environmental education facility located out in Greenbushes. They're not a rescue and rehabilitation facility but rather take in animals and birds that cannot be released again although they have and will continue to rehabilitate and release any animals that can be done so. Animals in Wonderland caters mostly for school…