Arriving at the beach in Natures Valley on a recent visit I immediately spotted something a bit unusual. A piece of down pipe attached to a pole with a sign on it. On closer inspection I found out that it's been placed there, and all around the beach in Nature's Valley, for people to place fishing line they pick up from the beach in. Fishing line is a huge threat to wildlife, specially birds and small mammals. They often also…
The lights of the Boardwalk Complex and Hotel in the background reflects in the lake at night
Hobie Beach. Yes, slightly empty but it is autumn after all and the weather is getting colder
This week's posts are turning into a mini Wells Estate series. Wells Estate is situated close to the Coega Harbour and standing on the end of the pier you can see the harbour with all its gantries and cranes. On my visit it was foggy out Coega way and the cranes looked like specters in the mist.
After yesterday's post of Wells Estate Pier I decided to post another one. This time looking back along the pier from the crows nest at the end of it.
I remember when I was about 8 or 9 I got to see a cow give birth on a farm I went to with my grand parents. Its something I never forgot and I always wondered if my KidZ, being city kids, would ever get the opportunity to see it happen. During our Sho't Left Easter weekend at the Crags we visited the Natures Way Farm Stall across the road from the campsite a couple of times. Natures Way is…
I want to bet that most PE Daily Photo readers who live in Port Elizabeth have never actually been to the Wells Estate pier. Yes, everybody knows where it is and have seen the blue buildings along the N2 just outside Bluewater Bay, but who has ever turned off to have a look. Although I've been there before I decided to stop by for some photos and took a walk along the pier to the end. This is where I took the…
Tourism in South Africa isn't just for international visitors but also for locals. Yes there are places that most locals would never be able to afford to visit, but there are more places that are affordable to visit and even more things that you can do that actually doesn't cost you anything. South African Tourism encourages locals to travel through their Sho't Left campaign. "Sho't Left" is derived from everyday South African "taxi lingo" where a commuter wanting a ride to a…
On my way to Colchester for a meeting I had some time to play with and decided to stop at Wells Estate to snap a couple of pictures (and look for a Geocache). Standing on the end of the Wells Estate Pier I noticed a pod of dolphins swimming along the shoreline just behind the waves. Suddenly they started surfing the waves right in front of me. Now that is always a treat and even better if one has a camera on…
The lakes district between Knysna and Wilderness on the Garden Route is made up of a series of lakes, most of them visible from the N2 itself. Out of all those lakes, Groenvlei - just east of Sedgefield - is the only one that is a fresh water lake and without an inlet or an outlet. The lake is maintained by rainwater and springs alone. There are very strict restrictions on boating on Groenvlei with only electric motors, and no outboard motors, allowed. The lake…