So, after 12 years I have returned to PE for the first time. The main purpose of the visit was to honour and farewell one of the wool industries legends. Naturally I also had to the chance to briefly catch-up with a handful of family and friends, which was great.
PE is still much the same, with a lot of memories, but I was missing home, Karin, Karla and Eugene within days. They were all at the airport yesterday (skipping school anyone?...) to pick me up, which was a great surprise!
...this is another one of those rather long posts...
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| Day (or should I say "Night") One - Indoor braai and some vino... |
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| Mielies oppie braai. Mmm! |
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| Me with my sister and brother-in-law. |
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Ingrid, aka Poplap, posing for a relatively rare photo.
Not one of her favourite things. |
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| Ben and Ingrid, Elaine and Andre's kids. |
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| Me with the kiddo's. |
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| Ingrid seems to have a bit of her uncle's photography in her blood :-) |
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| Tim-Tam's for brekkie. A nice, balanced meal for growing boys and girls, haha! |
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| I slept in Ben's room (thanks Benjamin) and the kids bunked in the lounge on camping stretchers. |
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| My sister-in-law Amanda and her son, Kerneels :-) ;sorry, I meant "Corne" :-) |
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| Me, Amanda, Corne and Geraldine |
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| "Molshope"! Wow, have not seen these in 12+ years! |
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| On the way to Mike's Kitchen in the Landrover ("Landy" TD5) |
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| A schooner of Castle for $1.50....not bad! That is my iPhone for scale. |
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| Ben and Andre shared 1kg of grilled Prawns for $8. |
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Deep-fried Bar One chocolates with ice-cream and caramel sauce.
Yes, way, waaaaay to sweet. I had one bite. |
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| Another thing I have not seen in years. One of those old light switches which were once so common (in RSA anyway). |
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| Andre & Elaine's place - The backyard. The house is now for sale. |
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| Looking from Mount Croix towards the new Coega Harbour at sunrise. |
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| Hadeda birds....brought back a lot of memories. |
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| All cars in South Africa have antelope horns on them...serious.... |
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| For my mates in Oz. Remember these?! |
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| ...and these? |
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| Elaine and the kids on the way to church. I went to Walmer Park with Amanda. |
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| A nice brekkie at Mug & Bean in Walmer Park. Amanda and I had a great morning catching-up on "old times". |
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| Scrambled Eggs and mushrooms for me. Tasty. |
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| Ingrid outside with the pets. |
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| Yes, how could I not stop at the Radio Control car racing track. Not quite the same class as Westview used to be... |
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| A wide pano of Pollock Beach and Something Good roadhouse. |
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| Devide the prices by 10 to get the $AU price. Not bad, heh? |
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| A picture for my dad. This is a '57 Studabaker. |
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My old and very good mate, Brian (aka Fishy) popped in to say hello. I was so pleased he did.
Here we are with Johan in Wian's office. Thanks for taking the snap Wian (ditto below). |
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Me with Tommie-my-chommie. Ai, it was so good to see him again too.
This was his first "real" day as a retiree, and I shared a beer with him at his place later that day. |
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| Another good mate and his (now grown) daughters; Raymond, Nicole and Clarissa. |
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| On the way home at PE Airport. |
Thanks Andre and Elaine for letting me stay with you guys.
It was great to catch-up in good 'ol RSA.
