The best Currywurst on the Garden Route

Everybody has their preferred road trip food and drink stops. Some like to pull over at a Wimpy for their favorite coffee, stop at the same farm stall for a pie and fresh pineapple juice or that certain restaurant where the owner is also the chef and makes his pizza bases himself before popping it into the … Continue reading The best Currywurst on the Garden Route →

The Cormorant and the Kingfisher

"Hey bro, my wings are bigger than yours" A Cormorant and Pied Kingfisher sitting at the end of a jetty on Groenvlei outside Sedgefield

Groenvlei jetty

The lakes district between Knysna and Wilderness on the Garden Route is made up of a series of lakes, most of them visible from the N2 itself. Out of all those lakes, Groenvlei - just east of Sedgefield - is the only one that is a fresh water lake and without an inlet or an outlet. The lake is maintained … Continue reading Groenvlei jetty →

Swartvlei

The area between Sedgefield and Wilderness on the Garden Route is known as the lakes district with five lakes found here. The biggest of these lakes is Swartvlei just to the west of Sedgefield. Swartvlei is the only one of these lakes that embraces a lake, lagoon and estuary and is clearly divided into a fresh water … Continue reading Swartvlei →

Paragliders over Sedgefield

Sedgefield is a very popular paragliding destination and you can often look up from town and see a number of paragliders leisurely hanging overhead. A slow (but still adrenalin filled for first timers) sport for an official Slow Town. Looking up from the Steam Whistle Stop Cafe at Sedgefield Station this was the scene with my last visit.A slightly … Continue reading Paragliders over Sedgefield →

Sedgefield Easter Egg Drop

One of the events that was held during the recent Sedgefield Slow Festival was an Easter Egg drop on the beach next to the Swartvlei lagoon. The crowd that turned up exceeded the wildest expectations of the organisers, so the kids were split up into three groups according to age and size.After the splitting of … Continue reading Sedgefield Easter Egg Drop →

Sedgefield Slow Festival parade

The town of Sedgefield on the Garden Route was confirmed as Africa’s first Cittaslow Town by the International Cittaslow movement at the end of 2010. Inspired by the concept of ‘slow food’, Cittaslow is a worldwide membership organisation promoting quality of life and resisting fast-lane lifestyle. As part of their continued celebration of being a Slow … Continue reading Sedgefield Slow Festival parade →

Steam Whistle Stop at Sedgefield Station

The Sedgefield Station was a popular spot with tourists while the Outeniqua Choo Tjoe was still running past there twice a day, but since the tracks were damaged in the floods of 2006, traffic to the station has slowed down... drastically. This wasn't good news for Joe and Louisa who own the Steam Whistle Stop coffee shop in … Continue reading Steam Whistle Stop at Sedgefield Station →

Fairy Garden

About halfway between the towns of Sedgefield and Wilderness on the Garden Route is a spot called Timbervillage. Having never stopped there before, I decided to pull over and check it out. It consists of a number of shops and eateries housed in timber buildings similar to those the woodcutters and gold miners in the area used to live … Continue reading Fairy Garden →