One of the best know attractions in the Tsitsikamma is The Big Tree, one of the giants of the forest and thought to be up to 1000 years old. The Garden Route from the Tsitsikamma through Knysna to Wilderness is famous for its indigenous forests and precious trees, amongst them the Yellowwood. The Outeniqua Yellowwood … Continue reading A thousand years in the making -The Tsitsikamma Big Tree
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Karoo hotel – a bit of a thorny issue
A trip up to Nieu-Bethesda a week or so ago gave me the opportunity to detour into the little village of Wolwefontein between Uitenhage and Jansenville. There really wasn't that much to see but the old hotel sign behind a sweet thorn tree made for an interesting photograph.
The Big Tree
For my last post in this week's series on the Tsitsikamma I featuring a thing and not an activity. The Big Tree is probably one of the best known landmarks in the area and a very popular stop for tourists. An easy 500 meter boardwalk takes visitors to one of the giants of the forest. I … Continue reading The Big Tree
Outeniqua Yellowwood Tree at Natures Valley
I used to travel down the Garden Route quite often while I was still tour guiding but these days don't often get a chance to go further than the Tsitsikamma. Driving down to Natures Valley on our recent Easter weekend Sho't Left in the area I had to stop at one of the view points on … Continue reading Outeniqua Yellowwood Tree at Natures Valley
Trees on Doncaster Road
On a recent guided walk around St Georges Park, our guide told us a very interesting fact about Doncaster Road. Doncaster Road is on the other side of park drive close to the Prince Alfred Guard Memorial. On the day our guide pointed out that not two of the trees lining Doncaster Road are the … Continue reading Trees on Doncaster Road
St Georges Wild Fig
The Park Drive Bowling Club's clubhouse visible from underneath one of St Georges Park's Wild Fig Trees. The Wild Figs around St Georges is over a hunderd years old and are seriously impressive trees.
Tree photography
Is it weird taking a picture of somebody taking a picture? As long as they're not taking one of you taking one of them. Or something like that. This photo is a picture of somebody taking a picture of a pink tree in St Georges Park.
Sun through the leaves
Every now and then I point my camera up into the air and capture something like this
South End Tree
Across the road from the South End Museum stands an old Wild Fig tree which is thought to be over 100 years old. The tree stands next to what used to be Chase Street in the old South End and back in the days the kids used to climb the tree while the older people sat in it's … Continue reading South End Tree
Vergelegen tree
This black and white is of one of the historic Campher Trees at Vergelegen in Somerset West
Firefly the Travel Guy 