Donkin after dark
The Donkin Lighthouse and Pyramid lit up after dark
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29/07/2017
Port Elizabeth Vibes
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQei0aJvTNE&w=500&h=400]Videographer Jan Jordaan spent a few days in Port Elizabeth recently to attend a wedding and did some sightseeing with his camera and drone.
28/07/2017
The oldest tennis club in South Africa
Did you know that the Port Elizabeth Lawn Tennis Club in St Georges Park was founded on 1 September 1879, making it the oldest active tennis club in South Africa? The club hosted the first South African Lawn Tennis Championship in 1891 and today the club is still situated on its original site.
25/07/2017
5 to 12 at City Hall
The Port Elizabeth City Hall really is one of the most beautiful historic buildings in Port Elizabeth. Did you know City Hall was originally built between 1858 and 1862 with the clock tower being added in 1883.
23/07/2017
So many activities to do around Addo
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytr7JafvP7o]When you mention Addo, most people think elephants. They wouldn't be wrong though BUT, these days Addo is so much more than just elephants. Crisscross Adventures is a tour and adventure activity company based in the Sundays River Valley and they offer a wide range of activities from tours to the Addo Elephant National Park to quad biking, canoe safaris on the Sundays River and sand boarding. Check out their new promotional video and tell me you don't want…
21/07/2017
Port Elizabeth Concentration Camp Memorial
Today's post basically is a report of a post I did in 2014. It's one of those little pieces of Port Elizabeth information that very few know about and is worth reposting.When you mention the word concentration camp most people would probably associate it with the Germans during the second World War. Few know that concentration camps were first implemented in South Africa by the British to hold Boer women and children during the Anglo Boer War (1899 and 1902).There…
20/07/2017
Queen Victoria and the library
It's really sad that the magnificent historic Public Library in the city centre is still closed with no indication on when the necessary work will be done or at what stage budget will be available to do it. The building was built in 1901 with the façade constructed in England and shipped to Port Elizabeth in numbered blocks to be reassembled in front of the building. The statue of Queen Victoria was added in 1903 to celebrate the queen's Diamond Jubilee that took…
19/07/2017
“Lost” in an antique store
Getting lost somewhere doesn't always have to mean you don't know where you are. Sometimes you are so in awe of where you are that you lose track of time and literally get lost in your own mind. While exploring Ira's Antique Shop in Graaff-Reinet while looking for the oldest cake in South Africa, I spotted this guy down the passage looking totally lost in himself.
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19/07/2017
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