Checking the river

A Cormorant checking the tide to see if everything is in order for this Sunday's River Mile at on the Sundays River at Colchester

This is Winter on the Wild Coast

With summer in full swing, the Wild Coast Holiday Association has just launched a destination promotion video promoting the Wild Coast as a winter destination for the upcoming winter season. I'm sure a lot of the Wild Coast locals would ask you what winter is as they have stunning weather over this period and it's … Continue reading This is Winter on the Wild Coast →

Campsite Cricket

Having a budding young cricket player on our hands, it wasn't difficult finding Miggie around the campsite at Mahai in the Drakensberg during December when we were looking for her. Just find the nearest cricket game and she will be there. Preferably one with adults playing as "they bowl better", to quote her.

The Slides at MacArthur’s

On Saturday Miggie had her birthday party at MacArthur Pool and the kids spent most of the day on MacArthur's slides. Even though they really are kiddie slides, even I decided to go down once or twice... or five times. Who's counting?

Party by the pool

On Saturday we had Miggie's birthday party at MacArthur Baths on the beachfront. At R40 an adult and R20 for kids 12 and under it really is a bargain venue to have a party. We didn't book before hand and just took up minimum space to put down our stuff, but there were four other … Continue reading Party by the pool →

Taking a swim at the MacArthur Baths

I remember spending a lot of time at the MacArthur swimming pools when I was a kid. The fresh water pool, the salt water pool with the diving board and the sea splashing over into it at high tide and the slides. I remember when we were small we used to slide at the old … Continue reading Taking a swim at the MacArthur Baths →

Flat Rocks at high tide

Flat Rocks was named so for the exposed reefs of flattish rocks that you find along this piece of Algoa Bay's coastline. But when you visit at high tide there aren't any visible flat rocks so you won't have any idea what the locals are talking about.

A beach cleanup on Kings Beach

We spent the day at MacArthur Baths and I spotted this group of kids busy with a beach cleanup on King's Beach. Well done guys on doing your part to keep our coastline clean and beautiful.

Promoting the Boardwalk AND Port Elizabeth

I was looking for a video to post for today's Video Friday post and found this stunning video by Sun International promoting the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino complex. More importantly, they are promoting Port Elizabeth along with the Boardwalk. Whoever commissioned this video and worked on the project gets that everybody has to be a … Continue reading Promoting the Boardwalk AND Port Elizabeth →

Mahai Campsite – heaven in the Drakensberg

Nestled in a beautiful valley in the Royal Natal National Park of the Northern Drakensberg is a campsite that regularly makes lists of top campsites in South Africa. Six years ago we discovered Mahai Campsite for the first time and spend an unfortunate holiday there during major floods that hit the area that summer. Even … Continue reading Mahai Campsite – heaven in the Drakensberg →