Schoenies fortress view
The view from the Fortress Observation Post at Schoenmakerskop
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19/03/2013
Schoenmakerskop fortress
I have posted in the past about the series of Fortress Observation Posts that was built around Port Elizabeth at the start of the Second World War as harbour defences, showing in particular the one in Cape Recife. The FOP most people may have seen before is the one sitting on the hill above Schoenmakerskop. Notice the curves along the edges which was part of the design to make it blend in against the bush and hills behind it. This was done so that…
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18/03/2013
People watching
Taking a walk along Port Elizabeth beachfront I spotted this kelp gull standing on a light pole along the walkway looking at all the sun worshippers go by. People watching. That's the life.
18/03/2013
Summer isn’t quite over yet
Today was a marvellous day in the Bay just proofing once again that this is the best time of the year where weather in Port Elizabeth is concerned.
17/03/2013
Kings Beach development
I went for a walk around the new Kings Beach development with the Damselfly and just realised again how the beachfront has been enhanced. And its not even finished yet. I can't wait to see the new additions they're still working on. Plus what is yet to come.
16/03/2013
Harbour and Campanile
Looking across the Port Elizabeth Harbour from the harbour wall to the city centre with the Campanile just to the left of the middle of the picture. This is a view of the Campanile that not a lot of people have seen. The Hill Presbyterian Church can just be seen on the left edge of the photo.
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15/03/2013
Harbour wall
Many years ago people could fish off and walk on the Port Elizabeth Harbour wall, but this changed with the upgrading of security protocol at harbours a numer of years ago. Big Huge Humongous was my surprise when I went for a walk on Kings Beach all the way to the harbour wall for the first time in a very very long time. Getting to the wall I found no barriers, no fences or even signs stating that one isn't allowed onto the wall. …
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14/03/2013
The Voting line on the Donkin
My favourite Route 67 art piece on the Donkin Reserve must be The Voting Line. The Voting Line was created by artists Anthony Harris and Konrad Geel and consist of life-size laser-cut steel figures that form a symbolic voting line celebrating the voters as they were seen in the country's first democratic elections in 1994. At the front of the line stands the figure of Nelson Mandela, fist triumphantly in the air, and a group of children. The children…
13/03/2013
The Lion Matches lion
When I saw this lion at Kuzuko Lodge near Port Elizabeth it immediately reminded me of the lion on the Lion Safety Matches logo. There is a bit of a resemblance.
13/03/2013
Swampy coastline
Along the Wildside there are many fresh water springs that originate from water that has collected between the (vegetated) sand dunes along what used to be the Driftsands area. The water then emerges again on the coast in the form of springs and flow to the sea. In some places it dams up above the high water mark between rocks and swampy spots get formed. In the search of a geocache the other day I had to cross through one of these…
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12/03/2013
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