Next to The Ark in Joubertina in the Langkloof stands the rusty remains of a tractor. A very old tractor. In actual fact a 1928 Wallis tractor. The first tractor to be brought to the Langkloof and the first of many tractors to follow. Seeing a sight like this as a monument could be a bit on the weird side anywhere else, but in the Langkloof where farming plays such an important part in everyday life this is a significant part of their…
Most people travelling between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town either barrel down the Garden Route's N2 in eight hours or explore the area over a period of several days. Sadly very few people travel through the Langkloof along this beautiful section of Route 62, better known for the part running through the Klein Karoo. The Langkloof isn't a popular tourist destination, not because of a lack of beauty but rather because of its direct competition on the other side of the mountains. …
A waterfall nymph at the Rust en Vrede Waterfall close to Oudtshoorn. I would really like to encourage visitors to Oudtshoorn to do the little detour to the waterfall when they are on the road to or from the Cango Caves. It took me years to finally go there and I'm so sorry that it did cause it truly is a very special spot.
I've been looking at old posts and dates and realised its been just over four years since I took over Port Elizabeth Daily Photo from Sue and Max. WOW, I can't believe that I've been at it for four years already. I also noticed that in a couple of weeks PEDP is coming up to 2000 posts of which by then I would have done 1500. But I'll wait for the actual occasion to get all soppy and emotional. Not just quite…
A couple of years ago I posted on The Firefly Photo Files about the Spider Lilies I have in a pot at home (here and here). I was very surprised to find a lot of Spider Lilies in flower next to the big fish pond in St Georges Park when I walked through there the other day. Was quite impressed to see them in flower seeing that mine flowered about a month or so ago already.
A couple of container ships moored in the harbour as viewed from the harbour wall side
Originally developed in 1942, Despatch is regarded as a relatively young town and only officially obtained municipal status in 1945. The name of the town was derived from the brick industry, as it was from a railway siding (later known as “Hitler’s Halt”) in the late 1800’s near Uitenhage, that bricks were “dispatched” or rather, “despatched’. Many of the older buildings and houses in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage were built with these very bricks. Sadly, the brick business is now…
I often wish I lived in Schoenmakerskop. A beautiful place for walks, swims, snorkeling, fishing (not that I'm a fisherman), sunsets and photographs. Plus its nice and peaceful in the week and only gets a little busier over weekend. My kind of place, unless the wind pumps out of the south-west.
The Cape Recife Lighthouse looking spickerish with its new coat of paint. The 24 metres high octagonal masonry tower was built in 1851 to warn mariners of this treacherous piece of coastline west of Port Elizabeth. The light can bee seen from 29 miles away making sure that ships steer clear of the dangerous Thunderbolt Reef.
Before anybody says it. I know its not full moon at the time of posting this pic, but I took it a couple of weeks ago so its been uploaded and waiting to be posted for a while now. I wish I had a big fancy camera with which to take a proper moon picture, but this just shows that even a superzoom amateur camera can take a moon pic if it wants to.