Sea view

In front of my unit is another parkhome. Between this and the sugar cane field, is a HUGE tree. This tree had grown branches that completely blocked even the slightest sea view. Yesterday there was much noise as someone was hacking down branches with a chain saw. I now have a reasonably clear view down the slope to the sea. A photograph hardly does it justice. You can see just above the dune forest, the breakers on the beach! Followers can see from this photo that the countryside is green - this being late winter. From Pietermaritzburg (50 miles west of Durban) or even before that, the countryside is brown and dry! Flying from Johannesburg to the coast, you definitely can see from the plane when you are near to the coast! The countryside below changes from Brown to green!

Just off shore is Glenton Reef, a coral reef that is actually a breeding ground for sharks. The municipality did try to instal sharknets, but found that they were catching way too many sharks. The uproar ment they had to remove them. It is better for a few Gautengers to have their toes nipped, than to endanger sharks. At Easter and Christmas there is a ready supply of holiday makers, and sharks are way more inportant!

As it is, since records have been kept here, one surfer was bitten (lost her foot!) and 1 surfer claims to have been bitten - without loss of limb!

When we first moved into a house in the village, we had an incredible sea view, to the right of this view, where you can regularly see ships waiting to enter the harbour at Richards Bay.

I love living where the tiny road in front of my unit, divides me from my neighbors and beyond them is about a kilometer or so, of sugar cane fields, then the dune forest, the beach and the waves. Summer here, is a breeze - literally - as I get cool sea breezes all the time.