This is the second post in this week's series about cruising on the Sundays River Ferry in Colchester. The cruise from the jetty first takes one upstream to the historic Mackay Bridge before heading downstream towards the Sundays River Mouth. Along the way you can see many of the different bird species found in the area, monkeys, jumping fish (like we did on this trip) and if you're lucky perhaps even a water monitor.
These days marketing a destination is all about experiencing that destination rather than just going there. One of my favorite experiences around Port Elizabeth is cruising on the Sundays River Ferry and even though I have done some posts on it before, I have decided to do a series about it this week. The photos used in the series were taken on a cruise I got to go on after a Addo Tourism meeting at Dungbeetle River Lodge a week or so…
This Grey Heron was taking a break on a pole in the Sundays River at Colchester and wasn't really bothered when we cruised past it on the Sundays River Ferry. The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae and grows to about one meter in height with a wingspan of between 1,5 and 2 meters. It normally feeds in shallow water, catching fish, frogs and insects with its long bill. Herons will also take small…
With the onset of the summer holidays the Sundays River around Colchester is about to become a very busy place. Fishing, paddling, boating, relaxing, water skiing, floating, swimming, you name it. The last time I went down the Sundays River on the Sundays River Ferry was a nice quiet weekday while it was school so there were only one or two other boats on the river that day. Here the ferry stops at it's turning point to give visitors the…
This is post #2 in the Port Elizabeth bridges series. Cars approaching Port Elizabeth on the busy N2 from the east fly across the bridge over the Sundays River with only a quick glance towards the river. I often wonder how many don't even see it while I'm sure most don't know of the historic Mackay Bridge only a couple of hundred meters upstream. With the increase of traffic on the N2 the road from Port Elizabeth to Colchester has been turned into…
Port Elizabeth isn't famous for it's bridges but it does have a couple of notable ones. Some historic, one imposing and a couple that are often used. I collected pictures of a few of them and decided to put together a series showing you six bridges from around the city. I'm starting with one of my favourite bridges, the historic Mackay Bridge in Colchester. During the mid 1800's this specific spot was quite a popular one with travellers as it had…
Port Elizabeth has some magnificent sand dune for those wannabe mountain climbers who don't prefer to do the rocky thing. To the west the Maitland Beach sand dune is probably the best known one with many locals enjoying it over weekend. On the eastern side of Port Elizabeth there are some truly epic sand dunes though. The Alexandria Dune field, the biggest coastal dune field in the Southern Hemisphere, starts at the Sundays River Mouth and stretches eastward over a distance…
A calm morning on the Sundays River with one of the jetties at Cannonville. Some people would prefer to sit there with a fishing rod or a book. I like the company of my camera.
The wake of the Sundays River Ferry with the N2 bridge over the river in the background
A couple of guys fishing on the Sundays River. Cool name for the boat specially if its used to escape the wives for a day of beers and fishing.