Opening game skies

Last week Wednesday night I went to the opening game of the South Africa 2009 Pro20 cricket series with Hoender (Hoender is my brother and is Afrikaans for chicken. Since primary school his nickname was Hoender because he ran slightly funny. Didn't stop him from playing first team rugby and cricket as well as being … Continue reading Opening game skies →

Water Sports

Another beautiful sunny day in the Bay, the water sport capital of South Africa.

Surf’s Up

Today is the first Christmas in years that it has not rained in Port Elizabeth. It was in fact a perfect sun-shiny day. Though the beaches were fairly quiet this morning, the surfers took the opportunity to make the most of the waves at Something Good.

harnessing the wind

Staying with the airshow, there were two parachute drops at the airshow, in the course of the morning.The first team was the golden eagles, of the Police special task force. They jumped from a Spanish Casa, landing with pinpoint accuracy, right in front of the crowd.Later another team from EP Skydivers in Grahamstown jumped, and … Continue reading harnessing the wind →

Endangered Species?

See anything odd about the building in this photo? During the World Cup Rugby, an ardent supporter of the South African team put the team's emblem on the roof! The springbok has been the emblem of South African Rugby as far back as I can remember (Ok Ok, I have the memory of a gnat, … Continue reading Endangered Species? →

Roll on 2010 # 2

The roof trusses for the new soccer stadium being assembled on site. They will be lifted into place with the huge crane featured in yesterday's post.

Roll on 2010

A visit to the site of the new 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium shows that great progress is being made to get it completed before the event. The giant crane to the left will be used to lift the massive roof trusses in place.I am sure that many a good soccer game will be played … Continue reading Roll on 2010 →

You light up my life

If you have hung around this blog for any time now, you will have realised that I have a bit of a fascination for capturing the moon with all sorts of unlikely objects in the foreground. We also intermittently do a series on lamp posts around town. I guess this falls into both categories, the … Continue reading You light up my life →

Sailing along

No wonder Port Elizabeth is gaining a great reputation as a watersport capital. We recently showed you the swimming phase of the Ironman contest. This weekend PE was host to another major event. The GIZA Challenge is the Algoa Bay Yacht Club's premiere annual regatta attracting a strong fleet of local yachts as well as … Continue reading Sailing along →

Shark Rock Pier #5

It's been a while since we posted a pic in the Shark Rock Pier Series, but we are about to make up for it.........this weekend she was all dressed up and ready for the big event.... Ironman SA started on Hobie Beach, and the pier was crammed with spectators. (You can see a whole lot … Continue reading Shark Rock Pier #5 →