Wishing all in the Overberg (South Africa) and the rest of the world a peaceful Christmas and a Happy 2021.
Pictured (with added graphics) is the old church (named: ‘Pro Christo’) somewhere in nowhere in the Overberg.
Category: Herman van Bon Photography
The Shark of Struisbaai
Struisbaai is partly a holiday village for the super rich South Africans who inhabit their houses for three weeks at the most every year during the festive season. You pass it on your way to the Southernmost Point of the African Continent in Cape Agulhas. Not much to see in Struisbaai except the harbour (with its stingrays) and some ugly architecture (but that is personal!). But there are some good restaurants that off value for money, especially when compared to prices in Cape Town. So there is something positive to say about Struisbaai.
And there is more; hardly any sand beach and that is fine for the collectors of shells and seaweeds. There is plenty of it. Look what we found:
New Life in the village
Blue Crane with chicks
New Wind Turbines
Between Swellendam and Bredasdorp
Haiku Photography — Studio on 98
Haiku photography in Studio on 98 in Napier, Western Cape, South Africa . HAIKU DANCE Slow song sweetly sungshe sways gently. wishing forhis tender embrace
The Book Collector’s meeting point
Greta’s Bookshop in Napier is open again: Today from 10 to 3 and from next week every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 to 3. The bookshop is the meeting point of many collectors.
Lockdown Tour in Napier
Napier is one of those small towns in South Africa one has to explore to find the hidden secrets. Except for some excellent eateries; stunning vistas in and around the village plus a few of the best wineries of South Africa (Yes: it’s true!!!) there are amongst others a craftsman who makes miniature working steam engines; a toy museum, a chess board maker; a military museum; potteries; a toy museum (the 92 yrs old owner still makes them) and a gallery. Some of these are only open ‘by appointment’ but if you ring the bell you can be sure of great hospitality. Oh … and there is amongst others also the largest sundial of South Africa and a ‘Voortrekkers Monument’ (ox wagon)….
A photo impression.
Kingfisher’s Overberg Weekend Greetings
Brown Hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris). In Afrikaans: ‘Bruinkopvisvanger’
