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Ironman transition point

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Camping at Sleepy Hollow

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Ironman cycling

Ironman series #6. The cycling leg of 180km was done by covering a circular route of 60km throughout Port Elizabeth and surrounds. Part of it travels down Marine Drive along the coastline with some beautiful views of the ocean. I took this pic down Sardinia Bay Road as this is as far as I was [...]

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Addo elephant bull

There was an article in the newspaper this morning about one of the younger big elephant bulls in Addo Elephant National Park killing one of the older ones. It made me go and have a look at my elephant pictures to see if I had a nice picture of an elephant bull. I found this [...]

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Bumper boats

One of the activities at the Boardwalk for kids (and sometimes big kids as well) is bumper boats on a separate section of the Boardwalk lake. The Rugrats went to a birthday party at the Boardwalk the other day and one of the things they did was the bumper boats. Chaos Boy is a bit [...]

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Hazy city centre

I had to pop down to the beachfront the other day and got this shot across the Bay towards a hazy city centre with the tank farm and manganese ore dumps in the foreground. See more on Port Elizabeth Daily Photo Report This Post

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Cemetery flower

Small wild flowers in the historic St Mary’s Cemetery See more on Port Elizabeth Daily Photo Report This Post

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Fort Frederick panorama

This is very much a test post for a test image. My camera broke a couple of weeks ago and I bought a similar camera for about the same price as what the repairs would have been. There are one or two differences to it though, but the biggest new thing on it is a [...]

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First drift at Sleepy Hollow

I love camping at Sleepy Hollow just outside of Port Elizabeth. Its only 15 minutes from the city, yet its out in nature with a bit of indigenous forest growing along the Maitland River flowing through the valley in which Sleepy Hollow is situated. I have quite a lot of pics from Sleepy Hollow which [...]

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Township school

Most of the tour operators doing township tours in Port Elizabeth support a school or other worthwhile project by visiting them on the tour and contributing to them financially. One of the schools visited by probably the biggest township tour operator in the city, Calabash Tours, is the New Brighton Primary School. On the visit [...]

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St Augustine’s

St Augustine’s Catholic Cathedral at the bottom of Whites Road in the town centre was built from 1861 and consecrated in 1866. The bronze statue of Christ was donated to the church in 1931. See more on Port Elizabeth Daily Photo Report This Post

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Bathroom with a view

Following on yesterday’s post of the game lodge bedroom, I thought I’ll show you what a bathroom in the lodge looks like. Talk about a batchroom with a view. Just make sure you don’t have a peeping tom monkey or giraffe peeking in the window. See more on Port Elizabeth Daily Photo Report This Post

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Game lodge bedroom

Port Elizabeth is situated in Big 5 country and is surrounded by luxurious game reserves. Most of these game reserves offer guests 5 star facilities with each lodge being different from the next one. This is the bedroom at one of the lodges at Pumba Game Reserve. The room opens up on the bush surrounding [...]

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Yachts and fishing boats

The other day I had to go and meet somebody at the Algoa Bay Yacht Club which gave me an excuse to take a walk down the walkway between the moorings. This gave me the opportunity to get a couple of pics around the area which I will post from time to time. This is [...]

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Sleepy Hollow caravan and camp site

Sleepy Hollow caravan park truly is one of Port Elizabeth’s best kept secrets. It is situated in the Maitland River Valley and is a real get back to nature spot. That is if some idiot doesn’t play his music loud enough for the whole camp to hear. But them you occasionally find in all camping [...]

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2010 FIFA World Cup

Port Elizabeth - 2010 FIFA World Cup Host City

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    • Soccer City reverts to FNB Stadium
      Pretoria – The South Gauteng High Court has ruled that the spectacular stadium which hosted both the opening and final matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup should revert to its original name – FNB Stadium, until 2014. Judge Margaret Victor made the ruling on Wednesday after FirstRand brought an urgent application to interdict National […]
    • Bafana Beat Ghana
      Pretoria – Pitso “Jingles” Mosimane registered his first win as Bafana’s new head coach when South Africa beat the Black Stars of Ghana 1-nil in an international friendly at FNB stadium on Wednesday night. Although the Black Stars paraded a blend of a handful experienced players, Mosimane got off to a winning start. The combination […]
    • Sibaya for Bafana Ghana Clash
      Pretoria – Veteran defensive midfielder, Macbeth Sibaya, has arrived in the country for the international friendly between Bafana Bafana and Ghana at Soccer City on Wednesday evening. The Russian-based player – along with Belgium-based player, Anele Ngcongca, who arrived in the country on Monday – will make up a full house for the national team. […]
    • BRT System Ready for Telkom Charity Cup
      Pretoria –Ticket holders for the Telkom Charity Cup have been assured of safe, reliable and efficient public transport on Saturday. The Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system will be running additional buses for spectators going to the soccer match. The Telkom Charity Cup, which will be played at Soccer City, is a South African […]
    • Bafana Squad to Face Ghana Named
      Johannesburg – Bafana head coach, Pitso Mosimane, has retained most of the players who squared up in the FIFA World Cup – to face Ghana in an international friendly on 11 August at Soccer City. The recently appointed coach however added in Supersport United defender, Morgan Gould, Bevan Fransman and Innocent Mdledle of Mamelodi Sundowns, […]