WELCOME
TO COCOA BEACH AND
SURROUNDING AREA
-A VISITORS VIEW
(IF YOU WISH TO SKIP THE DRIBBLE THAT
IS THE WRITTEN WORD JUST GO STRAIGHT
TO THE “PICTURE GALLERY”)
HAVING VISITED MANY TIMES , MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED ,FROM A SLEEPY DOWN-TO-EARTH PLACE IT,S CHANGED INTO A FAST GROWING PLACE ESPECIALLY THE CITY Of CAPE CANAVERAL. THE AREA EVEN HAS BUSES RUNNING AROUND (WARNING BUSES IN BRITAIN TEND TO RUN LATE ,IN FLORIDA THEY RUN ABOUT 10 MINUTES EARLY!)
FOR A FEW MORE PICTURES AND WORDS THEN VISIT ---
ALAS NO LONGER SURFSIDE
NOW CAPTAIN J,S
THE MOONHUT ONCE A FINE RESTAURANT IS NO MORE AND HAS GONE MEXICAN ,SURFSIDE HAS CHANGED TO CAPTAIN J,S AND LLOYDS AT PORT CANAVERAL HAS
CHANGED TO FISHLIPS WHICH THOUGH HAD PROBLEMS INITIALLY IS NOW GOOD
THE LOCAL RESIDENTS MAYBE BE MORE PREGMATIC BUT AREN,T WE ALL THESE DAYS, BUT THE,RE STILL A FRIENDLY LOT WHO DON,T MIND GETTING DRUNK
WITH THE BRITISH TOURISTS
NOW OUT OF PORT CANVERAL SAIL BIG CRUISE LINERS BUT MANY OF THE PASSENGERS ARE “BUSSED” IN FROM ORLANDO THEN BUSSED STRAIGHT BACK MISSING OUT ON CAPE CANAVERAL,
COCOA BEACH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
SOMETIMES “MODERNISATION “ DOESN,T GET IT QUITE RIGHT .ON THE WEST SIDE OF COCOA BEACH AND CAPE CANAVERAL IS BANANA RIVER , A HAUNT OF THE MANATEE
ON ONCE WHAT WAS SCRUB LAND COULD REGULARLY BE SEEN THE MANATEE NOW A NICE PARK WITH A RAISED COVERED WALKWAY (PROBIBILY INSPIRED BY THE NEW APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS NEARBY) YOU CAN SEE OBSERVE THE LOCAL MANATEE - OCCASIONALLY-HOWEVER GO OFF THE WALKWAY, TO THE MUNICIPAL WORKS FENCE ABOUT 50 YARDS FURTHER SOUTH WHERE A WATER OUTLET PIPE IS - THAT,S WHAT ATTRACTS THEM
A CLOSER VIEW OF THE MANATEE THIS TIME IN THE LOCK BETWEEN BANANA RIVER AND PORT CANAVERAL
SOMETHINGS NEVER CHANGE
THOUGH LIKE A SPECTACULAR
NIGHT LAUNCH FROM CAPE CANAVERAL
SEEN FROM NEXT TO COCOA BEACH PIER