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The Boardwalk

Ever since I started my new job at ECTOUR based at the Boardwalk I've wanted to take a walk around the complex to snap a few photos for a series.  I finally got around to that last week and so starts a series of eight posts today, specially for those out of town followers who's never seen the Boardwalk.  The Boardwalk is a multi purpose complex centered around the Boardwalk Casino and includes a 5 star hotel, international convention centre, restaurants,…

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16/06/2014
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Red sky at night, sailors delight

The sunset on Friday evening was a stunning one.  Not a cloud in the sky and a beautiful orange glow along the horizon.  As I was heading home I still thought how I still wished I had a good vantage point to get a nice beachfront sunset picture.  But as I just got back from East London I wanted to get home and back to the family.  About an hour later I had a look at Facebook and Millers Local, who lives on…

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15/06/2014
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Old Cars in PE on Pasella

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/om1dICWGd2Q&source=udsThis week's Friday video post is another from the SABC 2 program Pasella.  The insert featured Eben de Vos of the St Croix Motor Museum who showed the presenter (Dieter Voigt) three different vintage cars and took him out for a drive in them.  The insert was shot in the museum, along Marine Drive on the Wild Side, the beachfront and Route 67 on the Donkin Reserve.   Watch it, you'll enjoy it!!!

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13/06/2014
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Addo waterhole scene

A couple of young bulls, part of a family group, at Hapoor Waterhole in the Addo Elephant National Park.  If this doesn't want you to go to the park this weekend then I don't know what will.

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12/06/2014
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Flowering succulent

By now I'm sure you all know that I do Geocaching.  One of the things I like most about Geocaching is the fact that it takes one to places you may not otherwise have gone to or seen.  Things you may never have discovered.  On this occasion I was searching for a container at the top of Upper Valley Road when I came across this flowering succulent growing up against a stone.  I'm not sure what it was but it…

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11/06/2014
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Anton Momberg’s Route 67 sculpture

Route 67 on the Donkin Reserve in Port Elizabeth has some really interesting art pieces ranging from real taxi's mounted on a wall to the 470 square meter Piazza Mosaic next to the Pyramid.  Then there's also the Voting Line with Madiba's figure at the front standing under the tallest flag pole in South Africa sporting a 10 m x 15 m South African flag.   Looking across the reserve towards Algoa Bay stands a lone female figure on a pedestal. (Shouldn't men put all women on…

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11/06/2014
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The Goukamma River

On my way to Cape Town recently I decided to grab a couple of Geocaches, one of them a cache called Back Stab Bridge just west of Knysna.  The cache was situated close to the turnoff to Buffels Bay next to the old road and took me to this beautiful spot. And that is where the caching reference to this post stop.  While cars were flying by on the N2, I could stand on the old bridge and enjoy the beauty…

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10/06/2014