Canals, Coastline and Candelabra flowers – Exploring St Francis Bay

We are very fortunate here in Port Elizabeth that we have a number of excellent destinations surrounding us. This does mean that it isn't always that easy to decide where to go for that much needed weekend break with your loved ones. Seeing that we can't get away over Easter this year, we decided to have a family weekend away … Continue reading Canals, Coastline and Candelabra flowers – Exploring St Francis Bay →

Activities at Sleepy Hollow

We are busy organising Chaos Boy's 13th birthday party and decided to have a day out with his friends at Sleepy Hollow in the Maitland River Valley. I went to dig out a couple of photos I took at Sleepy Hollow in December when we last popped in there for a visit. I went for … Continue reading Activities at Sleepy Hollow →

Bushbuck Trail pictorial part 2

Today's post is the second of two picture collages I made after my walk on the Bushbuck Trail in the Island Nature Reserve a while ago. I posted the first collage yesterday but have to apologise right off the bat. For some reason I referred to the trail as the Grysbok Trail yesterday and didn't … Continue reading Bushbuck Trail pictorial part 2 →

The Bushbuck Trail

A little while ago I got to go for a hike on the Bushbuck Trail in The Island Nature Reserve near Seaview. The Island is located about 25 km from Port Elizabeth and is accessed via the Seaview Road. The reserve forms a sub section of the Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve and comprises 480 ha of indigenous Alexandria coastal forest boasting … Continue reading The Bushbuck Trail →

Unique skull cache

While out there in search of Geocaches one can find all kinds of containers. Bison tubes, pill bottles, clip lock lunchboxes, plastic peanut butter bottles, ammo cans, etc, etc, etc. Some Geocachers put in a lot of effort to create really unique and memorable caches. One of these I found in the Baakens Valley close … Continue reading Unique skull cache →

A walk to Salt River Mouth at Natures Valley

The Garden Route has some excellent hiking trails. The Otter, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma trails are epic and will take you a couple of days covering long distance lugging along backpacks while short loops like Storms River Mouth, The Big Tree and Garden of Eden will use up an hour of your time with only a camera … Continue reading A walk to Salt River Mouth at Natures Valley →

Bushbuck Trail Beacon

On my recent hike on the Bushbuck Trail in The Island Nature Reserve our turning point was a trig beacon near the western side of the reserve. There wasn't much around the trig beacon except for the coastal bush to make a good photo out of it but I took one anyway. I climbed to the top to have … Continue reading Bushbuck Trail Beacon →

Old Man’s Beard

I'm sure most people have seen the lichen generally referred to as Old Man's Beard. One sees quite a lot of it in the Tsitsikamma forest, but in this case I found it on the Bushbuck Trail in The Island Nature Reserve. Usnea is the generic and scientific name for several species of fruticose lichen … Continue reading Old Man’s Beard →

Hiking at The Island

A couple of weeks ago I got to hike the Bushbuck Trail in The Island Nature Reserve for the first time. What a beautiful trail and part of Port Elizabeth and well worth a morning or day's outing

Hiking "feet" selfie

Selfies is the "in" thing these days, specially while on holiday or doing activities. Its a way to remember places by talking a picture of yourself somewhere. In a world of social media its also a way of "look where I am and you're not". There seem to be two types of selfies though. The … Continue reading Hiking "feet" selfie →