After yesterday's picture of the Apple Express narrow gauge line I decided to post another picture featuring the line. After the line leaves Loerie it heads towards Jeffreys Bay across the lover Gamtoos Valley plains. Not far outside of Loerie the line crosses over the Loerie Spruit (a tributary of the Gamtoos River) before passing … Continue reading Railway bridge at Melon
Author: Jonker Fourie - Firefly the Travel Guy
Keeping warm this winter
Two of the best ways to keep the chills away this winter. A glass of sherry and a crackling fire.
The unused railway line
The Avontuur Railway, better known as the Apple Express narrow gauge line, was built between 1890 and 1906 to link the fruit growing Langkloof with Port Elizabeth. The line doesn't just cross the highest narrow gauge railway bridge in the world, but at 285 km is also said to be the longest narrow gauge line in … Continue reading The unused railway line
Walmer Cenotaph
Most of Port Elizabeth's monuments are located around Central and the city centre. There are a few outside of those areas though. One example is the Piet Retief monument and another is the Cenotaph in front of the Walmer Townhall. I stopped at the Cenotaph with Drama Princess and snapped a few pics while she … Continue reading Walmer Cenotaph
Riding a Geocache tractor
There are certain geocaches which is just easier to do if you have a kid with you, especially when it is hidden somewhere around a kiddies play area. This was the case last weekend when I stopped by Grass Roof on Seaview Road and needed Drama Princess to cover me while looking for cache. She … Continue reading Riding a Geocache tractor
The night wolf is awake
PE Daily Photo regular, Gerhard Burger, sent me this picture yesterday. It seems he is a bit of a night wolf and his comment in the email: "People don't know what they are missing when they go to sleep before midnight." Good thing the moon wasn't full otherwise the night wolf would have been running … Continue reading The night wolf is awake
A perfect sunrise on the Wild Coast
The Wild Coast. Creates pictures in one's head of rugged coastlines, rough seas, shipwrecks and storms... Or in this case a sunrise over the Nxaxo River Mouth on a windless morning.
Hobie Beach on a sunny winters afternoon
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.
A sunny afternoon looking towards Humewood Beach
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?
Colchester Dune view
A trip out to Colchester to try out the new Addo Sand Sledding experience meant that I had the opportunity to climb the dunes next to the Sundays River again to enjoy the magnificent view over the dunes and Algoa Bay towards Port Elizabeth. I caught my friend Erenei snapping a couple of pics at … Continue reading Colchester Dune view
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