[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50OA9kRAZc&w=500&h=400]The King's Beach Skateboarding Crew jointed the Port Elizabeth Instagram community for a fun couple of hours out in the city center a Sunday or two ago. Other than a whole bunch of Instagram pictures being taken, the skateboarders also filmed their own video which I'm sharing with you today.
I think people are so used to Kings Beach, Humewood and Hobie that they often forget how awesome a beach Pollok Beach is. It is a dangerous beach to swim at when the lifeguards aren't on duty, but it's great for a walk, to watch the surfers and dolphins or to splash around with the kids in the tidal pool by the gap in the rocks in front of Something Good.
I often wonder if people really realise how many historic places and objects there are around our cities and towns. I'm not only referring to the big and well known historic attractions but rather to smaller ones many people probably drive past without even a second look. One of these I discovered in the Cape Town suburb of Mowbray while on my way to a meeting. I was following my GPS to a Geocache that was on my way and…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
[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…