Bethulie in the southern Free State is one of those places not many people pass through as it's not really on any of the main thoroughfares going south (or north, depending how you look at it). On my last trip up to Johannesburg I deviated off the normal route to see what this town on … Continue reading The Bethulie Concentration Camp cemetery – a sad part of our history
Author: Jonker Fourie - Firefly the Travel Guy
The Van Stadens Gorge
Looking down the zig zagging Van Stadens River gorge towards the N2 Van Stadens Bridge while hiking in the Wildflower Reserve yesterday
A quick hike at Van Stadens
This afternoon we headed out to the Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve for a quick walk to go and find the oldest Geocache in Port Elizabeth. While the Damselfly waited in the car, Drama Princess and I headed down one of the trails in search of this very significant cache. The Pincushion Proteas are stunning at … Continue reading A quick hike at Van Stadens
Schoenies coastline
The beautiful Schoenmakerskop coastline
Bird Island Gannets at Sunrise
The 19 hectare Bird Island in Algoa Bay is home to 250,000 Cape gannets, the largest breeding colony of these birds on the planet. In 2014 Alan Straton of MyPE did this great time lapse of Gannets on Bird Island at sunrise.
The town of Despatch
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is made up of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Despatch and the surrounding area. But how much do you really know of Despatch?The Despatch area was originally occupied by a flourishing brick industry based here due to the rich clay soil you find in the district. It got its name from the … Continue reading The town of Despatch
All the views from Signal Hill
Signal Hill in Cape Town isn't just a great spot to view the sunset from, but it's also has some awesome views which is ideal if you don't have the time or budget to go up Table Mountain.Green Point with the Cape Town Stadium and Table Bay with Robben Island in the distance on the … Continue reading All the views from Signal Hill
Hardy little yellow flowers
I am always amazed when I see flowers right on the coast like these at Schoenies. I know they are hardy but how they survive growing in sand and bad soil and getting battered by the salty sea winds all the time and still flower like this is above me.
Feeding the donkeys
On Saturday we stopped by the East Cape Horse Care Unit based at Animal Welfare on Victoria Drive for the first time in a while to visit the donkeys. Naturally we took a bag of carrots along but clearly we didn't have enough. Will have to visit again quite soon. "Hey, did you bring us some … Continue reading Feeding the donkeys
Walking the Animal Welfare dogs
Not everybody are in the position to adopt a dog from the Animal Welfare, but everybody are able to put some time aside to go and walk the dogs. Visiting the donkeys at the adjacent East Cape Horse Care Unit it gladdened the heart to see how many people are volunteering their time to walk … Continue reading Walking the Animal Welfare dogs
Firefly the Travel Guy 