Today's post features a photo by guest photographer Geoff Applewhite aka Shefetswe. Geoff is one of my fellow Geocachers and went on a cache trip around town with Grannynasty and Speedbird yesterday afternoon. While the other two were logging a cache next to the Baakens Valley in Walmer, Geoff ducked away to snap a pic of the beautiful sunset.
Just outside the town of Hankey in the Gamtoos Valley visitors will find the biggest sundial in the Southern Hemisphere. Kids will always be kids and the monkey comes out of them when they see something they can climb. It was no different when Drama Princess decided to see how far she could go up the Hankey Sundial. The sundial was built by local farmer Mr Dirk Schellingerhout in 1989 to commemorate the town's 160th anniversary. It is located at the entrance to…
Is there a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow? For a few perhaps. Not for everybody. But one can hope though.
Early morning mist on the Outeniqua Mountains. The first thing I saw when I came out of my log cabin at Eight Bells Mountain Inn outside Mossel Bay.
The boardwalk steps at Schoenmakerskop leading down to the rocks from the Sacramento cannon
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/nGAWcR_Kb_w&source=udsBethelsdorp isn't your normal run of the mill tourist destination yet is has a number of very interesting historical attractions and Van der Kemp's Kloof Nature Reserve to show off to visitors. Pasella visited Bethelsdorp a year or so ago and produced this insert for the show on SABC 2. Enjoy!
The CP Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn is one of the top town museums in South Africa with a fantastic range of exhibits representing the history of the town and surrounding area. Most visitors pass through town on their way to the ostrich farms or Cango Caves and never see this Klein Karoo gem, but the few who do stop gets to learn so much more about the area.The museum owes its origin to the private collection of colonel Charles Paul Leonard Nel,…
My KidZ are in some aspects total opposites of each other. Chaos Boy isn't very sporty and would rather be indoors watching TV or playing games while Drama Princess is the very competitive sporty type who would rather be out Geocaching with me than to be indoors. She's in grade 3 and this year they are playing full on netball matches for the first time at school. Her under 9 team is undefeated halfway through the season with a couple of overwhelming wins…
Eight Bells Mountain Inn used to be one of my regular stops on tour back when I was a tourist guide but since then I haven't had a chance to visit. Until a few weeks ago. A return trip from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth meant that I had to stay over in Mossel Bay to be able to do some business on the Garden Route and Rene' Bongers, MD of Eight Bells heard that I was heading that way and…
Schoenmakerskop (or Schoenies) is everybody's favorite seaside "village" in Port Elizabeth. A beautiful spot with a rugged coastline, safe swimming gullies and hiking trails plus it doesn't get anywhere as busy as the city's main beachfront. I popped down to Schoenies to look for a newly placed Geocache and caught Drama Princess on camera while she enjoyed the views.