Beware: Bumpy Road, Remove Dentures

I wonder how many people drive down (or up) Villiers Road in Walmer every day without ever noticing this sign painted on a log next to the road. I for one never saw it until I was taken there in search of a geocache recently. The bumpy road it refers to leads to the Walmer … Continue reading Beware: Bumpy Road, Remove Dentures →

Rusty Roadsigns

There is one set of road signs that always grab my attention. I may not pass there often, but the rusty road signs on the old R335 just north of the Zuurberg Pass is my favourite road sign in the whole world. From this intersection there are four road going in each of the wind directions. … Continue reading Rusty Roadsigns →

The deadline for complaints was yesterday

Its weekend, and a busy one at that. The Kirkwood Wildsfees is on in the Sundays River Valley and the National Arts Festival has kicked off in Grahamstown so I don't want to hear any complaints. Like this sign I spotted in the Padlangs Farm Stall outside Patensie says, "The deadline for complaints was yesterday."

Straw People at Affie Plaas

Anybody who has driven along the R60 between Swellendam and Worcester cannot in good faith claim that they haven't seen the family of straw people next to the road just outside Robertson. I put it like that cause there is just no way that you can miss the 3 meter high Mr and Mrs Straw … Continue reading Straw People at Affie Plaas →

Cape Point Vineyards

Visitors to the Cape would normally associate wine with the Stellenbosch and Franchhoek areas, so big was my surprise to discover the Cape Point Vineyard on the Cape Peninsula just outside Noordhoek. Although some reports show that vines were planted in the Noordhoek area as early as 1752, the Cape Point Vineyard's first vines were … Continue reading Cape Point Vineyards →

Fail!!!

Today's post is slightly tongue in cheek. The association with Port Elizabeth is puerly the fact that these adverts seem to pop up all over the city and get stuck to bus stops, power boxes, freeway pillars and even on the back of stop signs. The thing that caught my eye was the fact that … Continue reading Fail!!! →

Old Road signs

I don't know why but for some reason this road sign is my favorite road sign in the world. It stands just north of the Zuurberg Pass on the old road inland. From this point you can head north towards Somerset East on the R335, west towards Jansenville on the R400 or east to get to … Continue reading Old Road signs →

Kiss and Ride

I've heard of "No Parking" and "No Stopping" zones, but a "Kiss and Ride" zone was a first to me when I passed VW SA in Uitenhage the other day. The sign is by the front entrance of the factory on a lay by which means that you stop to drop your loved one off, … Continue reading Kiss and Ride →

No Entry

This Fiscal Shrike was sitting on the No Entry sign in the Addo Elephant National Park. It was as if he was guarding it and saying, "Don't you dare pass me!"

Millwood mining town

After the 1885 discovery of gold in the forests about 15 km's outside of Knysna, a small town mushroomed up just about overnight as miners flowed into the area. At its height the town consisted of 75 wood and iron cottages, 6 hotels, 4 boarding houses, a hospital, Methodist Church, a number of general dealers, bakers, … Continue reading Millwood mining town →