Sundays River

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

The historic Mackay Bridge and old road acorss the Sundays River used to be the main route from Port Elizabeth towards Grahamstown.  Today the only traffic crossing it are people on foot and the odd bicycle and motorbike.