The last weeks of summer
Its officially autumn (or has been for the last 11 days), but may the summer weather remain for quite a bit longer. Here's hoping, I'm not quite ready for winter yet.
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11/03/2013
Moss seed
Have you ever wondered what moss seed looks like? On a visit to the Tsitsikamma I was taking a couple of macro pictures of moss between rocks when I found that a patch of it was seeding. I've noticed it before but never realised what it was I was looking at.
11/03/2013
Feathered beach bum
A kelp gull taking it easy and enjoying the view on Kings Beach with a ship berthed in the Port Elizabeth Harbour in the background.
10/03/2013
Ships in the Bay
A navy ship busy leaving Algoa Bay while a number of big ships wait in the background to enter either the Port Elizabeth or Coega Harbours.
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09/03/2013
St Augustines
Port Elizabeth has two beautiful cathedrals literally a couple of hundred meters away from each other in the city centre. The one is the St Mary's Anglican Cathedral while the second (in picture) is St Augustine's Catholic Cathedral. When the first Catholic priest set foot in Port Elizabeth in 1840 (after being shipwrecked in Cape St Francis and having to travel the last 100km to town on horseback), there were only 42 Catholics in the town. In the coming years…
08/03/2013
Calm waters
Late afternoon on a windless summers day in Montagu in the Western Cape...... paddle boating on the Montagu Caravan Park's dam
08/03/2013
Brick work chimney
Talk about a structure standing out like a sore thumb. In this case looks more than one of the other fingers though. The Despatch brick works chimney was built in 1882 and was once part of a flourishing brick works. Bricks were "dispatched" or rather "despatched" from here along a railway siding (later known as "Hitler's Halt") to Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth. Many of the older buildings in PE and Uitenhage were built with these bricks. Guess where the town's…
07/03/2013
Open air theatre
St Georges Park has a stunning outdoor theatre venue called Mannville which (used to) host the annual Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival. Unfortunately due to people who feel that they are entitled to other folks' property and those who purposefully go out and damage what is not theirs, the festival has been moved to indoor theatres the last two years. The theatre was established in 1972 by Bruce and Helen Mann and if only these bad elements can be kept out of the park,…
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06/03/2013
Fort succulents
Succulents on top of Cogmans Kloof with the British Fort in the background
06/03/2013
Nippers
On Saturday while having a walk along Kings Beach we found that there was a regional Nippers competition on the go. Nippers are young Surf Lifesavers between 5 and 14 years old. Unlike senior Surf Lifesavers, the majority of them do not patrol the beaches but focus on fun and surf awareness.Nippers learn about safety at the beach. They learn about dangers such as rocks and animals as well as surf conditions such as rip currents, sandbars, and waves. Like their Senior…
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05/03/2013
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