I don't often play around with the settings on my camera, but I couldn't help slowing down the shutter speed just a little bit for this pic of one of the streams flowing through the Tsitsikamma forest.
After yesterday's first post about Nanaga Farm Stall you're probably wondering why all these people stop there. There are a couple of reasons but the main reason is their pies. Or let me say PIES. And not just any old pies. Proper pies. Not those "filled with sauce and barely any meat" pies. The pies are made on the premises from early morning and continuously right through the day. Cheese and Bacon pies, Savoury pies, Chicken pies, Steak pies, Pepper…
One would think that most people travelling to Port Elizabeth from the interior or down the coast would be in a hurry to get to their destination when they get to Nanaga, which is only 50 kilometers from the city. But a lot of them suddenly take a little detour and stop at the Nanaga Farm Stall which is where the road out of Port Elizabeth split either up north or towards the east. The Nanaga Farm Stall isn't just another…
Wild grasses at sunset with the Atlantic Ocean in the background taken from Noordboek in Cape Town
In yesterday's post I wrote about the Bulk River and Sand River that flows into the Elands River west of Port Elizabeth. The Sand River Dam is fairly close to the Elands River Road while the Bulk River Dam can just be glimpsed from the road. In the picture is the Bulk River with the dam barely visible higher up the valley.
Lilies growing along Oak Lane in Storms River Village in the Tsitsikamma with some of the old forestry houses (now under the control of SA National Parks) in the background. Beyond the houses is the Tsitsikamma forest and in particular the Plaatbos section.
After a quick visit we were driving out of Pumba Game Reserve and passing Water Lodge when we found an elephant approaching across a field towards us. Unfortunately for me the sun was behind him so I couldn't really get a great picture, but that doesn't matter. He came lumbering along, looked at as pass him and then proceeded down the track towards the lodge. Probably for breakfast.Looking back at him moseying along towards the lodge as we were driving away
Port Elizabeth's earliest water supply came from the Shark River at Happy Valley and the Donkin Stream next to the Donkin Reserve. As the city started to grow in its early days of development the demand for water far exceeded this meager supply. After a competition held by the Port Elizabeth city council in 1862 to find proposals to supply the city with water, a weir and small dam was built in the Van Stadens River. This was later followed by…
Port Elizabeth is die tuiste van een van net twee monumente in die wêreld wat spesifiek opgesit is vir perde. Derduisende perde is na die Kaapkolonie gebring vir die Britse troepe wat in die Anglo Boereoorlog tussen 1899 en 1902 teen die Boeremagte geveg het. Die meeste van hierdie perde is deur Algoabaai ingebring en geskiedenis wys dat meer as 300,000 perde van siektes, uitputting en hongerte gesterf asook doodgeskiet is. Daar was reeds in 1901 'n besluit geneem om 'n monument vir die perde op te rig…
The Elands River Road links the Rocklands area with the Gamtoos Valley just outside Patensie. The majority of the road is a gravel road but the route it follows through the Elands River Valley is very beautiful and well worth making a day or weekend trip out of, staying over in either of the two areas.