Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Famous L.A. Cougar May Have Killed Koala by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: The young mountain lion, which beats the odds crossing busy highways, is the main culprit in the death of a zoo koala. National Geographic News Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience. Read more here: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth Adventures with survival experts – Adventure – How To Spend It by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Monty Halls, a former Royal … [Read more...] about Famous L.A. Cougar May Have Killed Koala – Featured Blog
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Conservation sea change – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Conservation sea change by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Beyond the breakers, the ocean is like the Wild West. While not completely lawless, its vastness and remoteness make it hard to observe and more difficult to manage human activity. Marine Biology News — ScienceDaily Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience. Read more here: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth Sardine Run – 2016 in eastern Cape with Expert-tours by Sardine … [Read more...] about Conservation sea change – Featured Blog
Tilikum, SeaWorld’s Killer Orca, is Dying – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Tilikum, SeaWorld’s Killer Orca, is Dying by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: National Geographic News Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience. Read more here: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth Stable environmentally friendly polymer coatings inhibit surface buildup of bacterial and marine organisms by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: An eco-friendly strategy to stop the collection of bacteria and marine organisms on objects immersed in … [Read more...] about Tilikum, SeaWorld’s Killer Orca, is Dying – Featured Blog
Somerset East’s beautiful Beaufort Street – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Somerset East's beautiful Beaufort Street by The Firefly Photo Files: I spent a day in Somerset East recently just driving around town and visiting some of the historic building and attractions. At first I thought about just doing one post featuring it all, but because there wasn't really a story to my visit (other than the fact that I was actually there for a Karoo Heartland meeting but couldn't help but going sightseeing) I … [Read more...] about Somerset East’s beautiful Beaufort Street – Featured Blog
Refreshing rain – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Refreshing rain by Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: I've done a lot of travelling over the last two weeks but aren't complaining. I love to road trip for work cause it also gives me the chance to sight see and Geocache while I'm at it. I had to dash up to East London yesterday and drove back this afternoon. It's been a hot and humid morning and just after Alexandria I encountered the first drops. Had rain all the way … [Read more...] about Refreshing rain – Featured Blog
Then and Now – The Beach Hotel – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Then and Now - The Beach Hotel by Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: Yesterday morning Errol Somerville posted two old photos of the Beach Hotel on the Friendly City of Port Elizabeth Facebook group. The first one dates from round about 1924, the year the hotel was built. I went to have a look on the Beach Hotel's website to see if they had any history about the hotel on there and found the following:It is believed that the original … [Read more...] about Then and Now – The Beach Hotel – Featured Blog
Salt-water chef – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Salt-water chef by Millerslocal.co.za - Millerslocal's Blog: Surfers make pretty good chefs. Allan Bezuidenhout, a regular Millers local, has just started his own restaurant in Stanley Street called Muse.Popped past for supper last week and had a flipping lekker meal.Fine dining without the associated pretentiousness or price tag. Kiff, tasty food from a menu that was off the beaten track. Also the kind of possie you can happily … [Read more...] about Salt-water chef – Featured Blog
Passing through the Tsitsikamma with a NMB Pass – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Passing through the Tsitsikamma with a NMB Pass by NMBT Blog: About two hours from Nelson Mandela Bay lies the indigenous Tsitsikamma forest in the Garden Route with towering mountains views next to the N2, unpredictable weather and a rugged coastline. “Tsitsikamma” is the Khoi word for “place of abundant or sparkling water” and visitors flock to the plateau of Fynbos year after year in search of the ultimate … [Read more...] about Passing through the Tsitsikamma with a NMB Pass – Featured Blog
Slower evolution and climate change drove ichthyosaurs to extinction – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Slower evolution and climate change drove ichthyosaurs to extinction by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Ichthyosaurs — shark-like marine reptiles from the time of dinosaurs — were driven to extinction by intense climate change and their own failure to evolve quickly enough, according to new research by an international team of scientists. Marine Biology News — ScienceDaily Click here to book your Sardine Run … [Read more...] about Slower evolution and climate change drove ichthyosaurs to extinction – Featured Blog
Review: How to Be a Woman – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Review: How to Be a Woman by Keep Passing the Open Windows: How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t often pick up non-fiction-y books but I finally got around to picking up this one after wanting to read it for years. This is typically my MO. For shame. Caitlin Moran is hysterical, witty, and wise. I reckon that if you’re someone who’s all confused about feminism and what … [Read more...] about Review: How to Be a Woman – Featured Blog
The week that was… – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The week that was... by Millerslocal.co.za - Millerslocal's Blog: © Fernando Tallie Coupla days to get wet on during the week, but a lot more heat waves than real waves unfortunately. Has made for some lekker days on the beach, despite the surf being a bit hit and miss. A crowd of one. Seals. © Richard Arderne The calm conditions have seen water viz be pretty darn good on a few occasions, you coulda swum out there … [Read more...] about The week that was… – Featured Blog
Image from page 11 of “The War Cry” (1908) – Southern Right Whale – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Image from page 11 of “The War Cry” (1908) – Southern Right Whale by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Image from page 11 of “The War Cry” (1908) – more Southern Right Whale goodness curated by www.SardineRunPE.co.za Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: war-cry-1908-09-26M Title: The War Cry Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Salvationist Publisher: View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry … [Read more...] about Image from page 11 of “The War Cry” (1908) – Southern Right Whale – Featured Blog
The Noordhoek dune field – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The Noordhoek dune field by Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: Standing at the view point on Marine Drive close to Noordhoek looking back at Cape Recife you can see a section of sand dunes in the middle of the coastline. These dunes form part of the Noordhoek dune field, one of three driftsand bypass systems that used to take sand into Algoa Bay. The other two are the Drifsands and Cape Recife dune systems.The main sand bypass, … [Read more...] about The Noordhoek dune field – Featured Blog
Boardwalk Hotel pool deck – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Boardwalk Hotel pool deck by Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: The Boardwalk Hotel pool deck feels like an amphitheater with the hotel building on three sides of it. Ideal to block the southerly and westerly winds off. Read more here: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo Then and Now: St Peters Church (ruins) by Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: When the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship was in the PE Harbour a few weeks ago I took a drive to the St … [Read more...] about Boardwalk Hotel pool deck – Featured Blog
Wildside’s rocky coastline – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Wildside's rocky coastline by Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: Port Elizabeth's southern coastline is generally referred to as the Wildside. The coastline is stunning on the best of days, but if the prevailing south-westerly really pumps and the rollers break white water on the mostly rocky coastline, then it's no surprise why it's called the Wildside. Read more here: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo Snorkeling at Humewood Slipway by … [Read more...] about Wildside’s rocky coastline – Featured Blog
