Chokka boats at sunrise

A couple of chokka boats at anchor in Algoa Bay at sunrise. Chokka is the squid that calamari is made from and the coast around Algoa Bay and St Francis Bay are the main fishing grounds in South Africa for it. Locally it is known as white gold. The chokka boats normally come into the … Continue reading Chokka boats at sunrise →

Hi from Firefly

WOW! So here I am. Taking over the Port Elizabeth Daily Photo from my blog idols. At the start of December 2007 I didn't even know what a blog was and stumbled onto the PEDP blog after following a link from a Google Alert. I popped in every now and then and soon became a … Continue reading Hi from Firefly →

Marine Drive Morning

Carrying on along Marine Drive, this section of the coast from Shelly Beach to Schoenmakerskop is rugged and rocky. It is always beautiful, but if you happen to be there at the right time of the day it is really stunning!

Hobie beach sunrise

One of the compensations for doing the last neighbourhood watch patrol, is going down to the beach front to catch the sunrise and just enjoy the atmosphere. These two fishermen are getting ready to launch their rubber duck from Hobie Beach.

sunrise? what sunrise?

This is especially for those of you in chilly Northern Climes who have been accusing us of rubbing salt in the wound with all our sunny beach pix! Taken at 5am yesterday. When we do the last shift of neighbourhood watch patrol, we like to end it by checking out the sunrise, so we went … Continue reading sunrise? what sunrise? →

Sunset at the beachfront

Silver seas just after sunset at the beachfront, taken from Something Good

Sunrise over the harbour

Sunrise over the harbour this morning, as seen from the Donkin Reserve.

Sky Watch Friday – New Brighton Pier

While many people were enjoying a sleep in on Moday, 16 June, which was Youth Day others were up bright and early to go fishing from New Brighton Pier.

Callington Street

Sunrise over Algoa Bay from Callington Street

Sunset up Cape Road

Travel up a normally uninteresting part of a street at the right time of the day and voila, it is transformed by a sunset into something special.