Very few people know that the South Campus of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is situated on a nature reserve. The Grysbos Nature Reserve can be accessed (with permission) from the campus along this road. I went to a meeting at the campus and snapped the pic over the gate on my way past.
The road from Matyholweni gate winding into the Addo Elephant National Park
Port Elizabeth has some beautiful rural areas all around it with many dirt road crossing through. Dirt road are so synonymous with rural areas in the country and I know of some people who plan their travels in such a way that they drive as many dirt roads as possible.
There is one set of road signs that always grab my attention. I may not pass there often, but the rusty road signs on the old R335 just north of the Zuurberg Pass is my favourite road sign in the whole world. From this intersection there are four road going in each of the wind directions. South will take toy towards Addo and Port Elizabeth via the old Zuurberg Pass, the original road north from Algoa Bay. South takes you to…
Standing at the same spot as yesterday's post from where I took the picture of the Cotswold (Moregrove) Quarry but looking the other way, the N2 snakes away from the suburbs towards Algoa Bay. The N2 is the main road from Cape Town along the Garden Route, through Port Elizabeth and up along the east coast past Durban.
This is the view towards town from the Forward Observation Post in Bluewater Bay with the N2 bridge over the Swartkops River in the foreground.
Dusty roads with flowering aloes alongside and farm workers walking along seemingly in the middle of nowhere - Quintessential Karoo
When the soccer ball structures on the traffic circles outside the Port Elizabeth Airport were erected before the 2010 FIFA World Cup it made heads turn. Its become a feature on the city's roads, welcoming visitors to the Friendly City and showing off our sporting heritage. I stopped at the structures the other day to snap a couple of pictures and wondered how many people who regularly drive past it still notice them. Just a pity the fades flags haven't been replaced. If it…
I have always loved the Chelsea and Deer Park area. Country living, beautiful views and nature all around. All of this just a stone's throw from the city. This is Old Seaview Road running through Chelsea.
Do you think this picture was taken somewhere in a forest in the Tsitsikamma or Hogsback? Nope, it was taken at the end of St Clair's Way on Lovemore Heights at Humble Ways Retreat.