Neville's Pic of the Day

[Blurock]

[ians]

The guys with the kickboats fish all over the dam. There is lots to see at Shongweni, the beuty about it, there is so much to photograph, lots of high spots to get some awesome pics of the dam wall and you can stand on the dam wall to take pics, you might even get lucky and come across plenty of wild life or if you are fishing you might get to catch a bass and take a pic.

[Neville Bailey]

Pity about the miserable weather today, but I might still go to Shongweni Dam anyway. Do you think there will be fishermen in this weather?

[ians]

Yip, best time to fish, but most of them are fishing at hazelmere today.

[Neville Bailey]

Gone Fishin' by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr
Idyllic bliss on Shongweni Dam.


The Waiting Game... by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr
Are the barbels biting? This young fisherman plays the waiting game at Shongweni Dam.

[ians]

If the fish arent biting, you can always go flying

[Neville Bailey]

What a Bird-Brained Paw Paw! by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr
Avian fruit salad bowl.

[Neville Bailey]

The Colour of CAF by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr
The CAF delegates are in town!

[IMHO]

Wow, Neville, we never see this in your pictures. I will not place the photos, only the link, which I see is last updated May 2009. But I immediately thought of you and if you could tell us if it is still true or not?

The Death Of Durban.

[Neville Bailey]

Wow, Neville, we never see this in your pictures. I will not place the photos, only the link, which I see is last updated May 2009. But I immediately thought of you and if you could tell us if it is still true or not?

The Death Of Durban.

I have to agree, up until the 2010 World Cup, some of what your link was true. However, leading up to the World Cup, the powers-that-be did a major clean-up of the Durban CBD and, in particular, the beachfront, which was upgraded substantially.

I remember having a pleasant stroll along the beachfront during the World Cup, thinking how long this would last, and I am pleasantly surprised that it has retained the clean, safe and attractive standard to this day. Now I see that they are in the process of upgrading the beachfront all the way up to the Blue Lagoon.

The link you provided is very outdated, and I am now a proud Durbanite!

[IMHO]

Good news, at last!

[Blurock]

Wow, Neville, we never see this in your pictures. I will not place the photos, only the link, which I see is last updated May 2009. But I immediately thought of you and if you could tell us if it is still true or not?

The Death Of Durban.

There are times when Durbanites just do not go to the beach; Easter Christmas and New Year. The press like sensation and people believe that the exception is the norm. Have you been to East London, PE or Camps bay at high season?
The problem is the exceptionally high influx of people which are hard to control. I believe that our officials have learnt from past experiences and I must give them credit for how the beaches are being managed. I am not a photographer, but have attached a few dated pictures of the northern beaches.

[vieome]

Interesting that there is another blog relating to the death of other citys of South Africa the death of johannesburg

[twinscythe12332]

I don't go to the Durban beachfront often in all honesty, but when I have the beaches show some sign of polution, but nothing out of the ordinary. That being said, I would like to share a story. My in-laws came down for a period and stayed on the beachfront. It was heading towards the early evening and we walked along the beachfront near some of the pools. They were completely trashed. the guy on the blog would have had a field day with all the litter that was around. We came around the next day... Completely cleaned up. It's not so much that the metro isn't cleaning things up, it's that the people coming there don't give a crap.

[Neville Bailey]

City Oasis by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr
Window to the Sunken Gardens along the Golden Mile.