Crisp winters day
One of the things are enjoy most about winter is those crisp clear days. They just make for much better photos than hot summer days.
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04/05/2016
Off the off the beaten track in the Langkloof
Most tourists and holiday makers traveling from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape (or vice versa) do so along the world famous Garden Route. It means that they miss out on the very scenic Route 62 through the Langkloof which runs parallel to the Garden Route on the other side of the mountain. You could say traveling through the Langkloof is travelling off the beaten track. On my last trip up the Langkloof I detoured off onto a dirt…
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03/05/2016
Then and Now – The Campanile bells
The Campanile, wedged between the Port Elizabeth Railway Station, the PE Harbour and the Settlers Freeway, was built to celebrate the centenary of the landing of the British Settlers in 1820. The tower was built on the landing beach where the Settlers came ashore with the foundation stone being laid in 1921. It was officially opened in 1923, the clock was installed in 1925 (started at noon on 28 April of that year) and the bells hung in 1936. The…
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03/05/2016
Lowering the Campanile bells
The Campanile was opened in 1923 with the bells installed in 1936. Although the bells have received renovations while in position, the tower has only had cosmetic work done over the years. Recently an inspection of the Campanile showed that the structure holding the bells was in a bad state and in need of urgent repairs. It meant that the bells has to be taken out to replace the structure in the tower's top. While admiring and taking photos of…
02/05/2016
Encountering the Campanile bells
On Tuesday morning I noticed a post on Facebook where the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) announced that the Campanile bells would be coming down that morning, if the weather allowed, as part of the restoration of the Campanile building. I was stuck in a workshop and very disappointed that I was going to miss it. On Thursday morning one of my friends at Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism called me having just heard that the most of the bells were…
01/05/2016
The beach is calling
I don't think it matters if its summer or winter, living in Port Elizabeth means that the beach is always calling. You don't have to go swim to go to the beach, just go for a walk or lets the kids run free a little.
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30/04/2016
A penguin party video, kinda
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qiBBaWWLv0&w=500&h=400]On 25 April we celebrated World Penguin Day. Here in Algoa Bay we are very fortunate to have the biggest breeding colony of African Penguins on St Croix Island. But we're not just fortunate to have them here, we are thus also aware of the desperate plight of the African Penguin. Penguin numbers have plummeted since the 1980's with only around 18000 breeding pares left out in the wild. As a belated celebration of World Penguin Day, I'm posting this…
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29/04/2016
Exploring (and not ghost hunting) the Somerset East Museum
I struggle to pass by a small town museum if I have time on hand and time on hand I had the last time I visited the Karoo Heartland town of Somerset East. I immediately headed up to the Somerset East Museum standing in the shadow of the Boschberg Mountain at the top end of Beaufort Street. I've been here before but it's been a few years so I decided another visit was in order.The Somerset East Museum is also…
29/04/2016
Sidewalk dining
A new restaurant recently opened in the McArthur's Pool complex. This post isn't about the restaurant as I don't even know what its name is, but rather about the people who sat outside having a meal or drink on the evening of Ironman.
28/04/2016
An Anglo Boer War lookout near Springfontein
About 35 clicks north of the Gariep Dam just off the N1 towards Bloemfontein stand a blockhouse looking out over the surrounding landscape. Most passing motorists probably don't even notice it but the fact that there is a Geocache located there has put it on my radar. On the previous two road trips north I just looked up at it in passing, but on my last trip to Johannesburg I decided to pull over and make my way up…
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28/04/2016
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