Bird Rock is a well known landmark between Hobie Beach and Pollok Beach, named so because there are always gulls and cormorants sitting on it. The paved road and parking area is called lovers lane. No need to explain that really.
I often wish I lived in Schoenmakerskop. A beautiful place for walks, swims, snorkeling, fishing (not that I'm a fisherman), sunsets and photographs. Plus its nice and peaceful in the week and only gets a little busier over weekend. My kind of place, unless the wind pumps out of the south-west.
Kings Beach is a beautiful piece of white sandy beach stretching from the harbour wall up to McArthur Pool. With the royal visit to South Africa in 1947 the royal family also stopped in Port Elizabeth. The train they were travelling on was parked just above what is now the Kings Beach parking area and apparently part of the beach was fenced of for the use of the royal family. The princesses went horse riding and the king went for swims…
The view from the Fortress Observation Post at Schoenmakerskop
Along the Wildside there are many fresh water springs that originate from water that has collected between the (vegetated) sand dunes along what used to be the Driftsands area. The water then emerges again on the coast in the form of springs and flow to the sea. In some places it dams up above the high water mark between rocks and swampy spots get formed. In the search of a geocache the other day I had to cross through one of these…
Its officially autumn (or has been for the last 11 days), but may the summer weather remain for quite a bit longer. Here's hoping, I'm not quite ready for winter yet.
The view from the top of the Fortress Observation Post (FOP) in Cape Recife looking west. The Cape Recife FOP was one of three built at the start of the Second World War as part of the Port Elizabeth harbour defences and acted as lookouts for enemy boats, subs and planes.
The Humpback Dolphin Trail walkway along the Port Elizabeth beachfront is a great way to get some fresh air and explore the beaches. This section of the walkway follows the coast from the beacon at the end of Admirality Way towards Pine Lodge.
This time of years the long summers days and the fact that most people are on holiday (and I say most because not everybody is as fortunate as the rest of us though) give one the opportunity to get out and do some outdoorsy stuff. As the last post for 2012 I decided to post a view of the magnificent coastline on the Sacramento Trail between Schoenmakerskop and Sardinia Bay. The trail is only about 4km each way making a total of…