Eastern Cape Gnus

Eastern Cape Gnus

Hello to y’all, ‘specially those whingeing about tardiness of a latest update.
I just felt SA is so familiar, the things we do and see are so ordinary compared to those beyond the borders, that the gnusworthiness is somewhat lacking, bordering on boring and me having to work up the enthusiasm to write, but looking at the pix since last time, suddenly felt a flash of spark, resulting in long sentences like this, which, if you are still reading, will shortly come to a full stop.
On our last day of Natal S Coast, visited Beaver Creek coffee estate, drank too many cups of Java, and looked over the Mtavuna gorge towards the ‘Kei - a world heritage site.
The rain and lack of sun drove us to skip 'Kei this time and head inland to Burgersdorp – near Aliwal North, to visit dear friends John & Karen Herbert who are leading a warm & vibrant congregation – Burgersdorp Family Church. Despite 3 days of chatting, eating together & exploring the town and meeting several of their friends, we forgot to take any photos of them – sorry guys, missed your 5 min of fame on this blog. But I have one overlooking the town, and loking north, taken when Karen & I were comparing cameras, landscape & sunset shots.


On the way to the coast, we stayed over at Mountain Zebra National Park, near Cradock. Campsite a bit full because of the Fish River Canoe Marathon, but quite a different park. Here’s where we saw some gnus, which gives this dissertation some gnusworthiness.
These gnus are black wildebeest, differing from their blue wildebeest cousins with white tails andforward-pointing horns. Nice picnic sites with swimming pools too!

From there, to our favourite Yellowsands, which has constant surf, birdsong and stunning outlook over the lagoon & sea

. This time, tho’ we waited a week, had mainly overcast weather and some rain. Bev n Anne, Lindy’s inlaws, joined us for an overnight camp.
Some expert surfers showing off in front of our campsite,
And another who should reconsider his activities, and maybe stay on the beach!
Lovely landscapes in the area – this one towards Glen Eden, we just love this place. Met and had good fellowship with several of the Glen Eden Church folk, who made us feel right at home.
Then , on the way to PE, we had 2 great days & nights at abovementioned Bev & Anne on their smallholding in Southwell, inland from Port Alfred.

Now in Port Elizabeth, camping near the beaches at Pine Lodge, and spending tme with my sister Theresa and hubby Ted. So far no surf here, but a fair bit of beasterly easterly (onshore)

Attempted a self-timer shot on the beach, but the stairway where I balanced the camera was a bit far from where we were posed, the 10 sec timer a bit too short,

but eventually got there in time….


J-Bay next week…