The pathway winding its way up the Donkin Reserve from the back of the Opera House to the Great Flag wasn't just made like this by accident. The winding path represents a 1994 election queue winding its way towards the election box. An addition to the Election Queue path is over 3000 crosses left by youth … Continue reading Election Queue
Author: Jonker Fourie - Firefly the Travel Guy
Ziplining in Addo on the longest double zipline in Africa
The first thing people think of when they hear the name Addo is elephants. On that front the Addo Elephant National Park is doing an awesome job attracting people to the Sundays River Valley. But the Addo area is so much more than elephants and the rest of the big 5. More than just animals … Continue reading Ziplining in Addo on the longest double zipline in Africa
Rainy day in the Bay
The last couple of months have been a bit on the dry side and after the previous weekend's rain it seems that the weather has suddenly discovered some more moisture to share with us. Over the last 48 hours we've had some good rains in and around Port Elizabeth with apparently more to come in the next … Continue reading Rainy day in the Bay
Railway line sunset
Picture this. The R60 between Robertson and Worcester in the Western Cape. Kinda in the middle of nowhere. Nothing in sight other than the remains of an old railway station Two guys park next to the road and dash across, climb through an old fence, hop over the railway line and run of into the bushes and … Continue reading Railway line sunset
Looking down Langenhoven
Some people just know CJ Langenhoven Drive as the road that goes beneath The Bridge Shopping Centre, but its also the road that links Newton Park down towards the Korsten and North End area, becoming Kempstone Road at the bottom by Mercantile Hospital. A caching expedition over the weekend took us to a church just … Continue reading Looking down Langenhoven
World Tourism Day – Nothing more fun than a Sho’t Left.
September is Tourism Month and on 27 September every year we celebrate World Tourism Day. Tourism is one of South Africa's biggest export products and with that I mean its something that brings foreign tourists and thus also foreign money into the country. Tourism is an important player in our economy as it creates a … Continue reading World Tourism Day – Nothing more fun than a Sho’t Left.
Saturday coffee at Brioche
We don't often get to go out to coffee shops on a Saturday morning but today was different. The Damselfly suggested that we stop for coffee at Brioche in Main Road, Walmer and we weren't sorry that we did. Arriving at the door we found the place "packed to the bleachers" but the staff was friendly and … Continue reading Saturday coffee at Brioche
Urban Run 2014
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/W8fSATToZJY&source=udsLast Sunday it was time for runners to tackle the city in the annual Urban Run again. After participating the last two years I missed this one but will definitively be back next year. Check out this video by the organisers and see for yourself how much fun this event really is.
Tsitsikamma Lily
My three favorite flowers are aloes, proteas and arum lilies. All flowers you can see in gardens and parks but at their most beautiful when you see them out in the wild. Aloe flowering in the Karoo, proteas in the Fynbos on a mountain side and lilies growing wild in the forest. This lily I found … Continue reading Tsitsikamma Lily
Hiking the Bushbuck Trail in The Island Nature Reserve
Port Elizabeth has some excellent short hiking trails that are perfect for a morning or day out in nature yet still within a stone's throw of the city. As an outdoor enthusiast and avid Geocacher I've had the opportunity to do most of the trails around the city with one of the exceptions being the Bushbuck … Continue reading Hiking the Bushbuck Trail in The Island Nature Reserve
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