Humewood flood damage

Port Elizabeth is experiencing its wettest non-flood year on record (the second wettest of all time only after the 1968 floods) and we've still got another two months to go till the end of the year. Looking at all the flooding we've had they can just as well declare this year a flood year as well, but that's … Continue reading Humewood flood damage →

Sunrays

Last week the skies above Port Elizabeth gave a stunning display of Crepuscular rays. Yes, that's the proper name for it. Usually you only get to see it for a couple of seconds or maybe even minutes, but on this day if just continued to be visible for large parts of the day. I found … Continue reading Sunrays →

Flooding on Seaview Road

Whenever we have excessive rain in Port Elizabeth the 3rd Avenue Dip is the first road that gets closed. When Port Elizabeth has manor flooding, like we've had twice in the last three weeks, one of the roads that get the worst effected is the Seaview Road at the Deer Park turnoff. There is no river that … Continue reading Flooding on Seaview Road →

Phantom ship

A phantom ship in Algoa Bay? No not quite, but wouldn't it have been awesome (and life changing) if I did capture one? The rainy weather around town the last couple of days meant that I could barely see the harbour from Shark Rock Pier at Hobie Beach the other morning. This ship kept of disappearing in the … Continue reading Phantom ship →

Rainbow

With all the rain we've been having the last couple of weeks we haven't had a lot of sunshine around. But when the sun does break through there is always a chance of a rainbow. Like this one I caught coming off the N2 at the Westering / Framesby off ramp.

Raindrops on my windscreen

We had some good rains lately although a lot more is needed, specially in the catchment areas. I was sitting in traffic on the way home the other day, enjoying the rain, when I decided to take an impromptu photo of the rain through the windscreen of the car. At one of the traffic lights I … Continue reading Raindrops on my windscreen →

Foggy day

We get two types of fogs (does that sound right?) here in Port Elizabeth. The first is when we get up in the morning to milky clouds all around us. Often this is a sign that the day will be very hot once the fog burns away. The second type of fog is when we … Continue reading Foggy day →

Fog bank

Earlier in the week we had a nice hot day in Port Elizabeth and I decided to take a drive down to the beachfront during my lunch time. From the Flat Rocks parking area you could see a fog bank rolling into Algoa Bay as cooler air was blowing in from the Indian Ocean. It … Continue reading Fog bank →

Kite surfers

Over the weekend there was a national kite surfing competition that took place in blistering conditions at Bluewater Bay on the eastern side of Port Elizabeth. It was a stunning site seeing all the kits bulging in the wind with the city in the background.

Rain

As I have mentioned before, Port Elizabeth as well as big parts of the Southern and Eastern Cape is in the grips of what is said to be the worst drought in 150 years. Last week we had about 3 days of on and off rain which brought huge relieve to the lawns and gardens … Continue reading Rain →