The area around Nanaga and eastwards is one of the biggest dairy producing districts in the province. These calves will one day form part of the milk producing herds at Nanaga Dairy Farm.
This rather angry looking, Mickey Mouse dress-a-like (and going by the description is also famously dead) character sits on the side of the Settles Freeway close to its end in South End. I've Googled and surfed the net a bit but couldn't find anything remotely related to him so I have no idea who or what he is.
The banks of the Sundays River is home to a huge variety of birds ranging from herons and kingfishers to waders and bee eaters. Amongst the herons are Black headed herons, Goliath herons and Grey herons, like the one sitting on top of the pole in the picture.
Yesterday's photo of the Sundays River was taken from the Mackay Bridge which was opened on 5 March 1895. The Colchester area was a very busy spot in the mid 1800s and early 1900s, as it had the only pont over the Sundays River on the main road between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown. In 1874 the original pont washed away and they started looking at plans to build a bridge. This bridge was constructed entirely of steel and iron brought all the way from…
The remains of a Red Hot Poker next to the pathway in the Walter Sesulu Botanical Garden in Johannesburg
The Sundays River is said to be the fastest flowing river in the country. The Khoisan people originally named the river Nukakamma (Grassy Water) because the river's banks are always green and grassy despite the arid terrain that it runs through. The picture was taking from the Mackay Bridge looking towards Cannonville with the sand dunes in the background.
There is always something new to see even if one has been to a place many times. This is even true of one's own home town, but this isn't a story on my home town. There is so much I haven't seen around Johannesburg and Gauteng, but I don't always have a lot of free time when I am up there to go exploring. My last trip to Jozi left me an open morning and I decided to go and visit…
As the main railway station in the townships, the New Brighton Station saw a lot of action during the apartheid years. Visiting the station today you can still see the railing that divided the bridge across the rail into "Europeans Only" and "Blacks Only" sections. On 26 June 1952, the volunteers for the Defiance Campaign which was due to start the next day, camped at the New Brighton Civic Centre and proceeded in the wee hours of morning to the station…
So 'n paar kilometer buite die Tuinroete dorp Knysna, aan die einde van 'n grondpad, is 'n baie unieke plek met die naam Noetzie. Noetzie (Khoi-San vir Donker Water) het 'n pragtige strand en strandmeer omring deur inheemse woude, maar wat Noetzie laat uitstaan is die feit dat daar verskeie kastele langs die strand is. Die area is reg van Knysna se begin jare af 'n plekkie waar die plaaslike inwoners oor naweke gaan kamp het. Die eerste kasteel is in 1932 uit plaaslike klip as 'n…
Another one of the views from the WWII Forward Observation Post at Cape Recife, this time looking south towards the Wildside. The ruins of the original WWII barracks are visible just below the FOP.