It’s time to travel home. The previous day had started with rain, so we headed to Jeffreys Bay for breakfast and an explore. Jeffreys Bay is a surfers town with wide sandy beaches and all the surfing outlet stores needed to keep the surfers looking cool. As a comparison, St Francis Bay and Jeffreys Bay is like going from The Witterings in Sussex to Bognor Regis. The big house budgets are in St Francis. Close to Jeffrey’s bay is Paradise Beach, that is a nice wind swept island with amazing beaches, but has the feel that little has changed since the 1970’s. Pristine white painted houses are not mandated here.
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In the afternoon we walked the St Francis Bay Harbour to Harbour walk, which is around a four mile round trip coastal walk hugging the beach and rocks. Starting at Granny's Pool and finishing at Port St Francis, it takes you along the rugged coastline which is home to a wide range of wildlife.
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To finish our time in St Francis Bay, it seemed appropriate to have dinner at Seal Point Lighthouse. Lighthouses have been the main marker points along our journey. The restaurant overlooks the lighthouse and makes a perfect setting to watch the sun go down. The food here is exceptional. A very unique menu, including Springbok. The food beautifully cooked and presented, all at South African prices. The only downside was a drive home in the dark, which was the first time we had driven in the dark, but we had been told that it is a relativity safe area. Doors locked with the intention of not stopping, we quickly drove back safely.
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So time to head home. Our last car journey was about 120km to Port Elizabeth Airport. It appears to be quite an industrial town, so based on first impressions, it was a good decision not to stay there.
In total we drove just under 2000km from picking the car up in Cape Town. This included our journey down to Cape Point. It was sad to drop off our trusty polo, which had battled hills, the heat, rain and often bad roads without an issue.
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