[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fKyTXTvpBg&w=500&h=400]After taking down the Campanile bells and the renovation process, the bells have just been hoisted back into the top of the Campanile with Bell #23 going up on Wednesday. Somebody thought it may be a good idea to attache a GoPro to the bell before it went up and thus we can all join it as it got hoisted back up.
Not a lot of non-twitchers would know that the Swartkops River estuary is one of the best places around Port Elizabeth for bird watching. It is home to a huge amount of estuarine and water birds and the ideal spot to tick off a few feathered friends from your bird list.
I needed to clear my head a bit this morning and took a walk across the road from the office and down onto Hobie Beach. Not a lot of people around to enjoy the view of the sun glistening silver on the slightly choppy sea. At least I could snap a pic to share with you.
The Marine Drive entrance to the Boardwalk must be one of the most photographed landmarks in Port Elizabeth. My office is above the tourism info centre just on the left as you walk under the arch and I literally see visitors taking pictures of the entrance every time I go outside. Some of it on it's own, some in selfies and some with friends and family in it. But always featuring the entrance. Perhaps the Boardwalk could put Port Elizabeth up there…
We spent the weekend in Kenton and heading back along the N2 this afternoon I asked the Damselfly to snap a pic with my phone as we came down the hill towards Colchester. I've got to say this is one of those views that is a lot better in person than on a photo. I'm curious why the lamp pole next to the road is wobbling...
It's winter at the moment and the beach is pretty much empty, especially during the week. But the lifeguard tower, although not manned at the moment, is waiting. Summer will come again and so will the beach-goers.
Tuesday morning I was out early to make my mark in the local elections. A little later the morning we headed over to Baywest for Drama Princess to join some of her friends at the ice rink. On our way though we did a quick detour to find a Geocache. The KidZ quickly, and slightly concerned, pointed out that it was pouring outside. No worries, if it rains then you head indoors. Or in this case, underground. The cache being…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXG5yRclnms&w=500&h=400]Last week's Video Friday post featured a video by Chasing the Rainbow about a Kragga Kamma Game Park photo safari. This week we're sticking to the game theme with another Chasing the Rainbow video, this time of their visit to Kuzuko Lodge.
I had to go and drop Drama Princess off at school tonight for the last night of their school concert and this was post sunset looking from Newton Park side across the Baakens Valley towards William Moffet.
Everybody knows I like to explore and in South Africa we really have so much to discover. So when an invitation to visit Umhlanga and bring the Damselfly along came from the Holiday Inn Express Umhlanga, I jumped at the chance to see a new place and share it with my wife. With two nights in the hotel it meant that we had a whole day to explore the coast around Umhlanga Rocks on foot and really take in what…