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Cape St Francis Beach

Björn — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:13:36 +0000

Cape St Francis has one of the most magnificent beaches I know of. Recently, while taking the dogs for a walk, I discovered a part of the beach I never even knew was there. It has a very alien landscape and I was just amazed at this undisturbed piece of nature right under our noses.
I posted some pics in my gallery, check them out here.

Read more about St Francis Bay and Cape St Francis at MyStFrancis – St Francis Bay community.

Draining Patience in Cape St Francis

Björn — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:24:19 +0000

On Friday night we were entertained by Draining Patience at the Full Stop pub & grill in Cape St Francis. Even though they started performing a bit later, they still rocked the place.Unfortunately our winter residency is not too great but the people that were there sure made enough noise to make up for the numbers in attendance.
I found Draining Patience to be very orignal and really enjoyed their music and style. We managed to convince them to do a cover song and they did a perfect rendition of ‘Enter Sandman’ by ‘Metalllica’.
I posted some photos I took on the night in my gallery, just follow this link.

Related Article: Draining Patience in Cape St Francis

Local comedian starts online DVD portal

Björn — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:06:31 +0000

Local comedian, Barry Hilton, has taken the initiative and started an online DVD portal here in Port Elizabeth. Now I don’t know about you but I think this is the next best thing since sliced bread.
We tend to lag behind a bit here in PE so it is great to see a new innovation like this in our little town.The site is called, Cousin’s DVD and you can select from a whole range of titles from latest releases to older movies. You can even purchase a contract online.
It’s not obvious what the charge is for delivery or whether there is in fact a charge, I guess that will become obvious once you checkout. Whatever it is it is sure to beat paying those fines for late returns!
Now I just need to convince Barry to do delivery way out here in Cape St Francis!

Into the city

Björn — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:24:30 +0000

After staying out in St Francis for a while, it’s quite weird driving back into PE (Port Elizabeth) again. Even though PE is not considered a city by most, it sure is a bustling place.Traffic in PE in the last few years have just increased to such a point that you just do not want to drive around town at all. That’s the nice thing about being out here in St Francis, the roads just never get busy. I mean, like what was peak hour traffic again?

The worst thing here is, tourists. Everyone here drives like they’re on holiday. ‘Hallo, not everyone here is on holiday!!’

Yes, we do miss PE a bit, but I would not trade the quiet out here for anything. There are enough people in St Francis from Port Elizabeth to make us feel at home and besides, PE is just an hours’ drive away!

Old pub in Cape St Francis re-opened

Björn — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:28:35 +0000

The legendary Full Stop pub in Cape St Francis has been re-opened. Of course we were in attendance on the opening night to see what all the talk about this bar is about. The pub sports quite a large dance area and there is a lot of seating for patrons. There is an outside area with a lapa and braai facilities. We were able to purchase some braai packs from the bar, however I do not know if this will be a permanent feature.

Prices at the bar is quite competitive with other pubs in the area. I never attended the original Full Stop, so I do not know how it compares now. From what I have heard from the locals it was quite legendary.

There are a lot of pictures on the walls of old surfers and surf spots.

Last night there was even locals from St Francis Bay. Keep an eye on my St Francis Community website for more info and possibly some future events.

MyStFrancis, St Francis Community Website

Björn — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:59:22 +0000

After having moved to St Francis recently I thought it a good idea to create a community website. There aren’t really many of them around on the web so I’m kind of trying to jump the gun.
St Francis is situated on the Garden Route in Eastern Cape, South Africa.I’ve Googled for St Francis Web Designer, but have not really come up with much. So I hope to jump the gun on this one.
St Francis Bay is the main town here with Cape St Francis and Port St Francis as suburbs (I think, don’t quote me on that).

The idea for the site came from the MyPE website which is run by a good friend of mine. When I mentioned to him that I am moving here, the first idea that came to mind of course is, is there a community site for St Francis?

So it’s up and running and I hope it will be successful. You can view it by clicking here, St Francis Community Website and it’s called MyStFrancis.

Related link: St Francis Community Website

In St Francis at last

Björn — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:29:48 +0000

So we’ve made it to Cape St Francis in one piece, or should I say, many pieces. It’s amazing the crap you accumulate over the years. I remember when we moved to our previous home we managed to throw away about half the contents of our house.
Well our new home in St Francis has less space than the previous one and we had to throw away a lot more.After the 8 ton truck was packed to the brim and I looked at the load, I just thought to myself, I have no idea where we are going to pack everything. While packing I threw out about 5 boxes of books, 3 black bags of collectibles (junk) and gave away 2 fish tanks.
On arrival, I threw out another 2 black bags of collectibles (junk).

So here we are in Cape St Francis. So far I haven’t run into any other web designers or graphic designers, so we will see how it goes. A quick Google for a web designer in St Francis does not bring up many results.

St Francis has expanded quite a bit. Cape St Francis is about 5 km’s away from St Francis Bay. Just outside Port St Francis there is a lookout from where you can see most of St Francis. I was quite shocked to see that even though Cape St Francis and St Francis Bay are 5km’s apart by road, from the lookout you can see that they are in fact not very far from each other with all the new property developments going on.

Up until now we have had pretty crappy weather. It’s been raining on and off and the wind just loves this place.
So everything is unpacked now and it’s back to the grindstone.

To all our customers in Port Elizabeth, please don’t worry, we’re only an hour away. We will still be servicing Port Elizabeth.

Move to St Francis

Björn — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:03:18 +0000

So we are moving to Cape St Francis in South Africa from Port Elizabeth on the 9th of February 2008. Everything has been set in motion. But now because we are moving from our current place, our landlord thought it a good idea to quickly renovate the place.
There are boxes everywhere, builders, painters, you name it. And they don’t just work in one area at a time, they have to work all over the place. The poor dogs don’t know what’s cooking.

Anyway, been to St Francis Bay this week to work and discuss our contract. Everything’s in order. I’ve already picked up some design work as well as web design work. Oh the joys of being a freelance designer.

Sometimes I wish I could split myself in two. St Francis here we come!

St Francis Bay

Björn — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:52:38 +0000

St Francis Bay is one of those undiscovered secrets of the Eastern Cape. Only an hour’s drive from Port Elizabeth, it boasts one of the finest pieces of coastline along the Garden Route.Situated about a 30 minute drive from Jeffreys Bay, St Francis Bay is also about 5km from Cape St Francis and between the two is now nested the picturesque Port St Francis.

Of late, the community has been growing quite a lot. This might be related to the addition of the St Francis Links, right by the entrance to St Francis Bay. Fijnbosch Estate has recently been developed on The Links. It is a very luxurious golf estate. For more information on Fijnbosch, you can contact Pin High Property Group.

As a tourist, there is a lot of attractions in and around St Francis Bay. If you want to pay it a visit, there is more than enough accommodation to be found. You can also visit Info St Francis Bay for more info.