Noordhoek sunset
Sunset over Noordhoek Beach on the Cape Peninsula
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20/03/2012
The Campanile commemoration inscription
The Campanile was built (and completed in 1923) to commemorate the centenary of the arrival in 1820 of the British Settlers
19/03/2012
Sunfish on the beach
Taking a walk along Noordhoek Beach in the Cape I stumbled on a dead sunfish. This was only a baby, but still something very unusual to see washed up. Sunfishes are so called because of their habit of drifting at the surface as if basking in the sun. There are two species of sunfishes found in the waters surrounding Cape Town, the Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) and the Sharptail Sunfish (Masturus lanceolatus). Now I'm no sunfish expert so I'm not going…
19/03/2012
St Mary’s Cemetery gate
The entrance into the historic St Mary's Cemetery at the bottom of Valley Road. I love wandering through St Mary's and discovering all the old graves, some belonging to original 1820 British Settlers.
18/03/2012
Take aways in the township
In the township it isn't necessary for a eatery to have menus to hand out to patron. This take away joint has their menu painted on the outside wall to attract clients. Orders are put through the window in the middle and I assume the lady hanging on the gate will then prepare your meal for you to take away. Or eat just there leaning on the window sill like the guy in the middle of the pic.
17/03/2012
Noordhoek beach
Cape Town, the second largest city in South Africa, has a rural backyard. "Huh?" you ask. The Noordhoek area on the Cape Peninsula is about 30 minutes from the city centre, yet it has a country town feeling to it with farms, small holdings, charming little shops, restaurants and bars as well as lots of open spaces. The showcase of Noordhoek is the 8 km long unspoiled strip of sandy beach stretching from the foot of Chapmans Peak all the way to Kommetjie. …
16/03/2012
Blue skies over the Donkin Reserve
A beautiful blue sky day (not taken today though looking out the window at the overcast Friday sky) on the Donkin Reserve with the Donkin Lighthouse and Pyramid on the right and the highest flagpole in South Africa on the left.
16/03/2012
Campanile and harbour
Looking towards the Port Elizabeth harbour from the top a building in the city centre the Campanile is visible in the foreground. The little half moon window just above the clock is the viewing deck which is reached by climbing the tower's 204 steps. Above that just behind the pillars are the Campanile's carillon of 23 bells, largest carillon in South Africa.
15/03/2012
Barb wire silhouette sunset
Spending 10 days in Noordhoek on the Cape Peninsula one would have thought that I got a couple of nice sunset pics around the area. But alas I didn't. Don't ask me why. One of the afternoons I did go out I headed onto the first part of Chapmans Peak Drive from the Noordhoek side to get a nice sunset with the Noordhoek beach in the foreground. My position turned out to be wrong and the sun didn't even go down…
14/03/2012
Beachfront from a boeing
Do you ever wish you could fly through the air like Superman (or any of the other superheroes from your favourite movie or comic book - or graphic novel like some of the purists would call it. I may be afraid of heights, but I often do. Whenever I get the chance to fly somewhere (by plane that is) and look down on Port Elizabeth either leaving or returning, I wish I could get the opportunity to fly along the metro's coastline…
14/03/2012
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