When one embarks on a project such as this you need some serious equipment to get the job done. This "giant" crane is used to lift the the trusses into place. To get an idea of its size, look at the guy standing at the base of the crane. Yesterday's picture of the stadium shows the crane towering over the structure. There is a great deal of activity as the construction team prepare to put the next truss in place.…
The Soccer Stadium is beginning to take shape nicely. We have watched the progress, as the team has put up the roof trusses, over the past weeks. This has been a slow process - I imagine it is like putting together a giant jig saw puzzle. Now that they have started to put the cladding on the roof, one can get a good idea of what the final product will look like.The people working on the roof give a good…
Tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn we are heading away on holiday for two weeks. This is the first year since I met the Damselfly 11 years ago that we have been able to both get off during the summer holidays and are able to go away. We are going to be camping at Gariep Dam for a weeks and then head down to Cannon Rocks for another week. The Gariep Dam is the larges dam in South Africa…
This is the spectacular view from our daughter's bedroom door in Richmond Hill, on one of those lovely crisp days when it has rained, and cleared and everything is crystal clear. In the foreground you can see the fish farm near the harbour, beyond that a ship approaches port, and beyond that St Croix Island floats on a shimmering horizon. We are actively involved in neighbourhood patrols, spending several hours in the middle of the night each week, trying to…
Last night we headed down to the beachfront for the annual Opening of the Season festivities. The highlight of the evening is a fireworks display from Shark Rock Pier at Hobie Beach. I will post a couple of fireworks pics tomorrow. We found a good spot from where we had a nice view of the pier and settled in for our wait until the fireworks started at 20:30. Just after sunset the view across to the pier was beautiful, and…
Row of cottages in Ivy Street, along the Donkin Heritage Trail in Central on a clear ans sunny day.
Everybody knows the Big 5, but why are they called so and what are they? The Big 5 are the 5 most dangerous animals to hunt in Africa. They are the lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard. There are two types of rhino. The White Rhino and the Black Rhino. So what are the difference and why are they called so.When the Dutch came to the Cape and started exploring the Southern tip of Africa, they discovered all these magnificent…
This well maintained settler cottage was built circa 1863 in Ivy Street, Central. It along with many other cottages of the time, can be seen on the Donkin Heritage Trail.
One of my favourite monuments in Port Elizabeth is also one of the least known one's in the city. Ask somebody where the Prester John Monument is and they will probably never have heard of it. Refer to the monument with the cross behind the City Hall and they would all have seen it.The monument is dedicated to the mythical king-priest Prester John and the Portuguese explorers who discovered South Africa. Although the Portuguese were looking for a route to…