George Our New Home

George is part of what is termed THE GARDEN ROUTE. That means everyone likes to visit George, especially for Holiday which starts in December when the children are out of school.  George is a community of over 200,000 people. It was originally settled by the Dutch East Indies in 1776, with hopes of exporting the lumber.
It has a wonderful Mediterrean climate with warm summers and mild, chilly winters. Lucky us because we are in the spring/summer cycle now. The temperatures average 64-71 from October to April. We do have the highest rainfall in all the areas of South Africa because of the sea winds off the Indian Ocean.
Below are some pictures we see on our walks each morning.

This is one of my favorite trees.  The needles reach upwards towards heaven.

Because of the extra moisture everything grows here. The flowers we have in the states grow to be bushes, our bushes grow to be trees and the trees are HUGE. 

This is our BOTTLE BRUSH tree.

Many of the houses have a thatched roof.

I loved this one with the two palm trees.

Our non-favorite bird. It makes an awful noise like the cawing of a crow.

This is GEORGE mountain.