Margate
A 180° view from our holiday flat in Margate.
When the weather is bad, it’s very, very bad!
Here comes a big one!
Mpenjati
I have to say I was rather disappointed by Mpenjati. There was no-one at the gate – on all our previous visits there was always a Park official ready to greet us. We saw no-one the whole time we were there and the gate looked broken, so it probably doesn’t get closed at night. The ablutions were rather run down as were the braais and picnic tables. There used to be info boards up showing the fish and birds to be found in the area....those were gone. I did not do the trail as I was quite nervous to do it on my own. And there were no birds to be found except for a pair of Egyptian geese. This didn’t stop me from exploring my surroundings though.
Looking towards the mouth.
South Coast Impressions *
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Ramsgate Beach
This is our favourite spot - it has great rocks for SO to fish from, lots of rock pools to play in and explore, and a great swimming beach which is a lot quieter than Margate Beach. It's also the spot where SO proposed to me! :D
Little Crab
Big Crabs
The rock pools at Ramsgate are full of life - fishies, starfish, crabs, urchins, eels, sea-snails - and we had lots of fun with a piece of line, a tiny hook and some bait. A huge eel came and took my bait, but thank goodness it spat out the hook…those things give me the heebie jeebies!!
Scorpion Fish
The Brats first catch….everything we caught went back into the water.
This is our favourite spot - it has great rocks for SO to fish from, lots of rock pools to play in and explore, and a great swimming beach which is a lot quieter than Margate Beach. It's also the spot where SO proposed to me! :D
Little Crab
Big Crabs
The rock pools at Ramsgate are full of life - fishies, starfish, crabs, urchins, eels, sea-snails - and we had lots of fun with a piece of line, a tiny hook and some bait. A huge eel came and took my bait, but thank goodness it spat out the hook…those things give me the heebie jeebies!!
Scorpion Fish
The Brats first catch….everything we caught went back into the water.
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Still at Ramsgate…
I think this is a Kelp (Southern Blackbacked) Gull. I was surprised at how few birds there were…
And a juvenile (I’m hoping Dewi will correct me if I’m wrong.) :D
The best match I could come up with is a Ruddy Turnstone.
Not a great pic….a Swift (Greater Crested) Tern?
Do gulls drink seawater...it certainly looked like this one was?
I think this is a Kelp (Southern Blackbacked) Gull. I was surprised at how few birds there were…
And a juvenile (I’m hoping Dewi will correct me if I’m wrong.) :D
The best match I could come up with is a Ruddy Turnstone.
Not a great pic….a Swift (Greater Crested) Tern?
Do gulls drink seawater...it certainly looked like this one was?
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Nice one Fluts, all id's spot on.
Kelp Gulls in SA have dark eyes compared to the ones further South. Some seperate them as Cape Gulls, but I think thaat the official stance at the moment is they are all Kelp Gulls.
Nicely caught with the Swift Tern pic.
Wonder if there was something in that rock pool to interest the gull?
Kelp Gulls in SA have dark eyes compared to the ones further South. Some seperate them as Cape Gulls, but I think thaat the official stance at the moment is they are all Kelp Gulls.
Nicely caught with the Swift Tern pic.
Wonder if there was something in that rock pool to interest the gull?
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
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Still at Ramsgate…
SO’s big catch….a Stone Bream…this also went back into the sea.
Another nice catch....a cave bass. Sorry about the quality...I took this with my cell phone as my camera battery was dead!
A little black tail.
Tiny starfish
SO in a reflective mood!
The Brat found a little admirer who would not leave him alone! :lol:
Anyone object if I post some pics of the kids having fun?
SO’s big catch….a Stone Bream…this also went back into the sea.
Another nice catch....a cave bass. Sorry about the quality...I took this with my cell phone as my camera battery was dead!
A little black tail.
Tiny starfish
SO in a reflective mood!
The Brat found a little admirer who would not leave him alone! :lol:
Anyone object if I post some pics of the kids having fun?
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Nothing like the wind in your hair!
Happiness is.....
C’mon dad...we need something for supper!!!
Party on the rocks!
Exploring
Sunrise over the Indian Ocean.
Happiness is.....
C’mon dad...we need something for supper!!!
Party on the rocks!
Exploring
Sunrise over the Indian Ocean.