Late afternoon in the Overberg
Why go on a road trip if you don't stop along the way to enjoy the views?
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31/10/2015
A wave of pink at the Big Walk for Cancer
This morning the annual Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer took place from the Boardwalk. We joined over 10 000 other walkers, most of them in pink, in support of those who are busy fighting cancer, those who are cancer survivors and those who have lost the battle to cancer. Just about everybody there are family or friends of one of the above so it truly is a very special day. It took us a good 20 plus minutes just…
31/10/2015
Surfing at Pipe
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-yV_gfsZ3o&w=500&h=400]I'm not a surfer. I've never even had the opportunity to try. I really enjoy body surfing though but perhaps one day I'll try doing it on a board. It doesn't mean I don't enjoy watching surfers. Discovered this video of surfing at Pipe by Grant Beck.
30/10/2015
Back to the future on the Mzamba Fossils and Petrified Forest Trail
The Mzamba Fossils and Petrified Forest on the northern Wild Coast has been on my "To Do" list for a long time now. I just never had chance to visit that part of the Wild Coast yet. That was until a road trip to Durban had me spending a night at the Wild Coast Sun on the border between the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. The first thing I did after checking in was to enquire about going to see the fossils and…
29/10/2015
First cricket of the season
Drama Princess is sports mad and very competitive. In the winter she plays netball and tennis and in summer she does athletics and plays cricket... Yes, you read correctly. My daughter plays cricket. She is one of three girls in the Newton Park Primary u/11 team and on Tuesday they played their first game of the season against St Dominic Priory. I love seeing the reaction of the boys in the other teams when our team arrives. Not one but three…
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29/10/2015
The pier is open
Shark Rock Pier was reopened yesterday after extensive renovations. I decided to take a quick walk down at lunch time to go and have a look. The pier looks great after having all the steel and wood fixed up or replaced and it is ready for the many visitors coming to the city this coming season.
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28/10/2015
Cape Recife beacon
The beacon out at Cape Recife is one of two beacons that was used for shipping purposes before the invention of modern navigation technology. The second beacon is the one on Marine Drive where Admiralty Road and Marine Drive comes together. Ships sailing along the coast from the west had to line up the two beacons before they could turn into Algoa Bay. This ensured that they were well clear of Thunderbolt Reef at the point as well as the…
27/10/2015
The iconic Knysna Heads
What are the icons of the Garden Route? There are a few. The adventure activities in the Tsitsikamma, Storms River Mouth, the view over the Beacon Isle Hotel with Robberg in the distance, the Knysna forest, the lakes around Sedgefield and Wilderness, Kaaimans Bridge outside Wilderness (especially when the Choo Tjoe still ran), Outeniqua Pass in George and the Dias Museum in Mossel Bay. I left one out on purpose. Probably (one of) the biggest icon on the Garden Route must be the…
26/10/2015
Sun worshippers
The residents of the penguin pool at SAMREC having their morning sun worship. Notice how it's not just penguins residing in the penguin pool. There's also a gannet on the right and a cormorant in the back.
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26/10/2015
Cape Recife trail
The Cape Recife Nature Reserve has various trail options through the area with the 9 kilometer Roseate Tern Trail the most prominent. The trail includes a walk along the coast line and through the vegetated dune field, visiting a bird hide, the Cape Recife Lighthouse and the old Second World War lookout and barracks along the way. The trail also gives you the opportunity to see a wide variety of fauna and flora as well as to explore the rock pools along the…
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25/10/2015
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