A sunny winters day in South Africa is probably close to a summers day in parts of the UK. We've had a few of those in the last week or two and this is what Hobie Beach looks like on a week day like that.
I met a fellow travel professional for coffee at Blue Waters Café the other afternoon and before heading back to the office took a walk over to the Pier to see how the work is (not) progressing. Looking towards Humewood Beach and the city beyond this was the view. Don't you just love sunny winters days?
Its been cold and grey over the last two days with more to come. Clearly this wasn't taken over the last few days. I did take it last week though when we had one of PE's typical stunning autumn days.
Usually the rules of surfing are unwritten rules as far as I understand. Something you have to know before you hit the waves so that you don't get hit by another surfer's board... of fist. But just in case you would like to read some of these they are posted along the beachfront like this one on the boardwalk at Lovers Lane.
I took a walk along the beachfront during lunch time one day last week. Autumn is my favorite time of the year. The edge is off the summer heat and even though the evenings are starting to get slightly colder, winter isn't quite here yet. The best part for me about this time of the year is the fact that we have very little wind. Something always welcome here in the Bay. While heading back towards Hobie Beach I spotted…
Port Elizabeth has 40 kilometers of sandy beaches and that isn't counting the rocky shoreline in-between. Our main beachfront is our pride and joy with beaches like Kings Beach, Humewood, Hobie and Pollok Beach attracting thousands of visitors every week. And that's just the locals. I wonder how many people remember what Hobie Beach looked like before Shark Rock Pier was built in the 90's. A rocky little beach famous for the fact that many people launched their hobie cats…
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/fuTKcAdzXgY&source=udsI spotted this timelapse by Chris Wright on Facebook the other day and just had to share it with you. The timelapse was put together from webcam footage taken between 31 December 2014 and 2 January 2015 and shows the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day activity on Hobie Beach.
There was a time when the Port Elizabeth beachfront had some real iconic roadhouses. Places like the Red Windmill, Something Good, Cashbah and Palm Beach (Flat Rocks). Three of these are no more with the new Something Good still being there although slightly more advanced these days. The Red Windmill Roadhouse used to be at Hobie Beach and is remembered for the neon lighting instructed you to “flick your lights for service”. With the development of the area the roadhouse became an burger and ice cream shop with…
Shark Rock Pier really is one of those iconic Port Elizabeth landmarks. What makes it such an interesting photographic subject is the fact that its not just part of the city's beautiful beachfront, but also its changing moods depending what the weather and tides as doing. In this case mid morning on a calm and sunny winters day.
I had a meeting at the Blue Waters Café at Hobie Beach this morning and snapped this picture from the balcony. Algoa Bay glittering in the late morning sunshine on a warm day. Although not in the picture, there were lots of people out and about on the boardwalk and the beach enjoying the good weather. And we call this winter?