[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCzHbEcB_U4&w=500&h=400]Check out this awesome video Keith Hamilton shot while snorkeling around the six pillars of the old Humewood slipway. Just shows that we have some stunning snorkeling spots along our coastline with this one being right here on the main beachfront.
The Boardwalk Hotel pool deck feels like an amphitheater with the hotel building on three sides of it. Ideal to block the southerly and westerly winds off.
Everybody should head off the beaten track at some stage or another. Stop in the middle of a Karoo dirt road and switch off the engine. Get out and stand in the middle of the road. Feel the sun on your face and the breeze in your hair. Listen to the cecadas with no car noise in ear shot. Smell the Karoo vegetation. Watch the clouds move across the blue sky. Can you taste it? What can it be? Freedom.…
When the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship was in the PE Harbour a few weeks ago I took a drive to the St Peters Church ruins in South End as it has a great view of the harbour. It's been a year or two since I've last been there so I took a walk around the ruins and snapped a few pictures. I found this old picture of St Peters with the Fishermen's Cross in front of it and decided to…
The Port Elizabeth tramway network was opened on 14 May 1881 and was initially operated horse-cars. On 16 June 1897 the network was converted to electrical power and the system operated until it was closed on 17 December 1948. One of the most challenging parts of the tramway network was going up Whites Road past the Opera House. Apparently at one stage boys with buckets of sand used to throw sand on the line to give the trams more grip going up the hill.Looking down Whites Road today it's all…
Trinder Square is the latest addition to the Route 67 public art pieces. All around the central grassy area mosaic covered benches have been erected. The benches have been inspired by the exposed roots of the wild fig trees growing in the park and can be used to watch the locals play soccer in the park or kids playing on the newly installed play equipment.
Looking back over the Karoo from the top of the Olifantskop Pass
There is a number of Wild Fig trees in and around St Georges Park that is over a century old. This one stands between the PE Bowling Club and the Park Drive Bowling Club.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gam0-9b1w-c&w=500&h=400]Armed Forces Day took place on 21 February in Port Elizabeth. The date isn't just one chosen out the air but rather was selected to commemorate the sinking of the SS Mendi.SS Mendi was a British 4,222 GRT passenger steamship that was built in 1905 . In 1916 during the First World War the UK Admiralty chartered her as a troopship. On 21 February 1917, a large cargo steamship, Darro, collided with her in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight. Mendi sank killing 646 people, most of whom were black South African troops. The sinking was a major loss…
In yesterday's post I showed you the view of Settlers Park looking west from the parking area off How Avenue. Today's post is the view looking east from the same spot showing the little dam in the park.