*Like* Mossel Bay on Facebook - go to www.facebook.com/visitmosselbay Mossel Bay will host some of the country’s favourite artists next weekend when it presents its Dias Festival 2012 (2-5 February) - and the good news is that entry to almost [caption id="attachment_7067" align="alignright" width="150" caption="The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex will celebrate its birthday during this year’s Dias Festival 2012."][/caption] all of the Festival concerts will be free of charge for locals and visitors alike. The main focus of this extravaganza - the Festival Arena (which will be situated ...read more

*Like* Mossel Bay on Facebook - go to www.facebook.com/visitmosselbay Skate boarding stars and popular lifestyle brands will descend on Mossel Bay next week for the second ‘Riding Road Mountains’ event which will take place on the 4th & 5th [caption id="attachment_7063" align="alignright" width="150" caption="The best downhill time during the 2011 Riding Road Mountains was 86 km/h - can you beat that? Pic: Clinton Theron "][/caption] of February as part of the town’s Dias Festival 2012. “The big questions are - who ...read more

*Like* Mossel Bay on Facebook - go to www.facebook.com/visitmosselbay Mossel Bay Tourism has called for increased awareness of the need to protect the area’s marine environment. This comes as the organisation prepares to take part in International Responsible Tourism Week (12-15 February), an -on-line ‘un-conference’ organised by one of the world’s oldest responsible tourism web sites - planeta.com. [caption id="attachment_7025" align="alignright" width="150" caption="A seal killed by unnatural causes, and litter collected on a Mossel Bay beach during a recent informal clean-up."][/caption] “In Mossel Bay, as ...read more

*Like* Mossel Bay on Facebook - go to www.facebook.com/visitmosselbay Students from Mossel Bay’s Milkwood Primary School will take part in a unique Oceans Awareness Day on Diaz Beach tomorrow (Tuesday). [caption id="attachment_7018" align="alignright" width="150" caption="A participant at an earlier Oceans Awareness Day enjoyed the stoke of learning to use the ocean safely."][/caption] The programme will be presented by South African surfing professional, qualified surfing coach, and Waves S’cool of Surf owner, Llewellyn Whittaker, and will be sponsored by the Mossel Bay Municipality in support of its ...read more

*Like* Mossel Bay on Facebook - go to www.facebook.com/visitmosselbay Members of the staff of Mossel Bay Tourism went aboard to welcome the passengers of The World Residence at Sea when the ship over-nighted in the Bay last week. The super yacht bills itself as the only private residential community-at-sea - and, to allow the owners and their guests of its 165 private apartments time to explore the countries and harbours that it visits, is known for spending almost more time in port than under sail. [caption id="attachment_7012" align="alignright" width="150" caption="The World passes the lighthouse at the entrance to the Mossel Bay ...read more