The harbour control tower is very much the same as an air control tower at an airport, just without the planes. I really like the fact that there is a welcome sign on the tower visible to ships sailing into the Port Elizabeth Harbour.
It's been a beautiful day in the Bay today and with some bad weather coming I made the most of it. Spent the morning Geocaching with the Kids and did a quick bit of gardening in the afternoon, although I did feel like this wind vane at times. I snapped the pic at Ann's Villa recently.
Port Elizabeth's beachfront is popular with everybody. Joggers, walkers, surfers, families, cyclists, skateboarders, people walking their furry four legged friends, visitors and locals alike. All of these were delighted to see the redevelopment of Something Good and all of these are welcome there. Yes, even the furry friends.
The Park Drive Bowling Club's clubhouse visible from underneath one of St Georges Park's Wild Fig Trees. The Wild Figs around St Georges is over a hunderd years old and are seriously impressive trees.
Growing up I wanted to be an archaeologist. Somebody like Indiana Jones who discovered lost cities, found ancient artefacts and went places that most can just dream of. So now I work in tourism and love travelling with the explorer in me always waiting just below the surface. Since I started Geocaching my explorer persona gets released on a regular basis. I may not go in search of artefacts but looking for a cache feels like the same thing. Don't think I can call the…
The Mosaic Stairs from the bottom of the Donkin Reserve up towards the Great Flag at the top is lined with 34 Lights. Each light has a different object on top of it. The 34 lights represent the journey along the Voting Queue and Mosaic Stairs, telling a story about past, present and future. The lights form part of Route 67 and was a collaborative project.
The guys (and girls obviously) at SAMREC does an absolutely amazing job in the fight for the survival of the African Penguin. The beauty of SAMREC is that you get to see a bit of what goes on behind the scenes and the other day I was lucky enough to be there while one of the patients was being treated. Taylor, one of the centre's Emperor Penguins, was busy with a penguin needing daily treatment. He started by feeding him his fish…
Every little town has its interesting sites to visit, being it historic, natural or man-made. Often visitors pass through without ever knowing about these places and in most cases they slowly become forgotten to all but a few. One such site in my opinion is the Phillip's Tunnel in Hankey in the Gamtoos Valley. There is a sign on the main drag through town but in most cases visitors are heading towards the Baviaanskloof and doesn't even notice it. The road to the…
The Swartkops Nature Reserve along with the Aloe Reserve protects the northern escarpment of the Swartkops Estuary. It plays an important part in the protection of Valley Thicket, also known as Valley Bushveld, along the estuary and is quite a good birding spot. The reserve is one of the lesser know reserves in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro with not many people visiting it, but the good folk of the Zwartkops Conservancy does do guided hikes along the Flamingo Trail through the…
Baby elephants never venture very far from their mothers and isn't always that easy to photograph as they zig-zag in-between legs and duck under adults. This little guy looked quite at ease just playing around while mommy and the other big elephants were browsing next to the road in the rain. We were about an hour into our game drive at Addo Elephant National Park and even though we've already has some great ellie sightings, having them so close to…