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Turtle Essays edition 108 has been published

It has some brand new articles about the Storms River and the Tsitsikamma Otter trail as well as the Beacon Island at Plettenberg Bay.

To read the ezine online click the link below.

Turtle Essays Ezine

Here are some photos which I could not load onto my website.

This unique tortoise shaped mountain at Nature's Valley guards the entrance to the western entrance to the Otters trail.




The lagoon at the mouth of the Groot river near Natures Valley




Turtle Essays has opened its Online shop .
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Thanks for visiting us

Geoff Fairman

Poseidon Adventure Camps Bay beach

Camps bay Beach where the shoot took place 


Today I spent day 34 of the Poseidon Adventure with the crew and cast
shooting a beach scene at Camps Bay Beach near Cape Town.

Call time was 5.30 am and that meant that most people had to get up at around 4.00am to get to Camps Bay by 5.30am.

I've never been on any beach at 7.00am in the morning in my life, yet there I was sitting shivering on the beach waiting for the sun to rise along with 50 other extras, crew and stars of the movie.

A number of scenes were shot today and boy were the producers lucky.

Camps Bay has a reputation for wind, and when it comes up it blows a gale.

Today it stayed away and gave us a perfect day for shooting.

Wardrobe and hairdressing staff had their work cut out keeping everybody covered with blockout as once the sun came out it shone down on us as only an African sun can.

People with white skins were turning pink within an hour and I am sure
that tonight there are many sore bodies out there.

Not only did the sun shine but a school of dolphins arrived and proceeded to swim up and down the beach in front of the cameras as beach shots were being filmed.

The highlight of my day however was meeting one of the well known film stars Adam Baldwin who came on set.

I managed to corner him during a break and introduced myself.

We spent about 15 minutes chatting about Cape Town and the beaches in the area and he was most surprised when I told him that the lovely beach we were sitting on could be quite a nightmare when the wind came up.

By the sounds of things he has been relatively busy on set during his stay in Cape Town and has only managed one short tour of the Cape Peninsula, visiting Cape Point and the penguin colony at the Boulders
near Simonstown.

The locations where shooting has been taking place are however quite breathtakingly beautiful so I am sure he has seen more than he admitted to me.

While in Cape Town he has been staying in the V & A Waterfront which has a number of 5 star hotels. I did not ask him which one and he did not volunteer the info either.

The fact is even if he had told me I would not have revealed his exact location.

Shooting on this movie will continue for another month so fans you have another four weeks before your hero returns home.

For morearticles on the Poseidon Adventure and Cape Town film industry visit Http://www.turtlesa.com/ezine105.html

Geoff Fairman

Sea Point on a Sunday Afternoon

Sunday afternoons in South Africa mean different things to different people.

We took a drive to Sea Point and this is what we discovered.

Instead of doing drugs and drinking there was this group of young people practising their juggling skills.



New juggler honing his skills 



That's me trying my hand 

This is a skill which is easy to learn with a little practice.

Apparently there is a juggling club in Johannesburg and this appears
to be a start of one in Cape Town.

Here is the Cape Town expert



The expert 


Different people have different ways of spending their Sunday afternoons.

Here is the local bird man doing his thing with some
wild pigeons he has been feeding.



Birdman dancing 

CT is fast becoming one of the film capitals of the world.

Another street corner another crew!




Film crew doing their thing 

Cape Town has it all!

When will we see you here.

To read more articles on Cape Town why not subscribe to Turtle Esssays

Here is the link.

http://www.zinester.com/mpb/ml_fs.cgi?topic=50058

Subscribe today it's free!

Geoff Fairman
http://www.turtlesa.com

Plettenberg Bay's Secret Police

Plett police on guard on the beach 

Have you ever had the feeling you are being watched?

Well if you are a fisherman and are intending to do some fishing along the golden beaches of Plettenberg Bay being watched is a reality.

In these days of fishing quotas, bag limits and even the amount of bait you are allowed to take per day one knows that you will surely at some time or another be approached by a fisheries inspector to inspect your catch.

It is however not these legal people that I am discussing here but the self appointed policemen and women that patrol the beaches of Plettenberg Bay.

Walking onto the beach with a fishing rod in your hand you are immediately spotted by one of them and your every movement will be followed until such time as you leave.

Not only will you be watched but the moment you move from your fishing equipment an inspection will be undertaken.

These guys are very well equipped, they can do air reconnaiscance, or they can sneak up and do a ground inspection as well.

Whatever you do, do not be untidy and leave your bait lying around.

These beach policemen will confiscate it without question no matter what time of day it is.

I have seen them confiscate the bait of a fisherman 5 minutes after his arrival on the beach which means that the fisherman has to pack up and go home as his day of fishing has been spoilt.

There also seems to be no shortage of reinforcements as a single cry brings them in by air in seconds.

On enquiry at the local police offices you will find that this police force is not authorised by any government department nor do they even know of their existence.

Yet! fishermen are left to the mercy of these beach policeman.

These guys have their good side as well.

They don't mind if you catch more than your quota, have more bait than you are allowed or even catch fish out of season.

Your only crime as far as they are concerned is being careless with your bait.

I suppose you have guessed by now who these self appointed officials are.

Yes they are the local sea gulls that patrol the beaches of Plettenberg Bay.

After watching their antics for a couple of days and having fallen foul to their confiscation methods on one occasion I am always careful with my bait when fishing along these beautiful beaches.

Next time you visit one of the beaches note how the gulls spread out along the beach.

You are sure to see at least one of them sitting watching you every 100 metres or so.

Sometimes they pair off and two will sit together watching opposite sides of the beach.

In Plettenberg Bay other than the golden beaches there are also a number of rocky outcrops where fishermen go to fish.

Just look up at the outcrops and you are sure to find a number of these birds either gliding along the edge of them or sitting eyeing your every movement.

It's no wonder that the beaches are so clean, not a piece of fish or bait anywhere.

While visiting Plettenberg Bay recently I sat watching a fisherman dispose of his unwanted bait by throwing it into the surf where the waves were about two feet high.

The gulls were there in a flash and when they spotted a fish floating in the waves they immediately dived for it.

It was amazing how they dived into the curl of a breaking wave and once the wave had passed over them surfaced with the fish in their beaks.

I would have imagined that the waves would have broken a wing or something as they dived in with their wings open but this was not the case.

The unwanted bait was soon disposed of and the birds made their way back to their vantage points along the beaches.

A word of warning, when fishing along these beaches DO NOT leave your bait lying about, it WILL be gone in a flash and your day's fishing will be spoilt.

Next time you spend some time on the beaches of Plettenberg Bay take someone with you to watch your back and protect your bait.

See you there soon!

Geoff
http://www.turtlesa.com