Dinosaurs at Bayworld
If it wasn't for the fence in the foreground this
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19/01/2014
The Port Elizabeth Railway Station
The Port Elizabeth Railway Station has been around for a while, existing on it's present location since 1875 when the first line was constructed to Uitenhage about 40 kilometres away. The original building was designed by the town's Resident Engineer for Harbour and Public Works, James Bisset. In 1893 extensive additions were completed, including the cast-iron supported roof of the main concourse, designed by E.J. Sherwood. It's a pity that rail travel has declined so much over the last few year…
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18/01/2014
Port Elizabeth Whale skeleton
The Port Elizabeth Museum, which forms part of the Bayworld complex, has a very unique exhibit hanging in the Marine Hall. It's the skeleton of the last Southern Right Whale to be harpooned in Algoa Bay. Its the focus piece of a exhibit that covers whales and sharks along with everything associated with them.
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17/01/2014
Flamingo take off
I wonder how many people driving the Swartkops road on a regular basis don't even notice the flamingos anymore. I think its awesome to have so many flamingos on the Swartkoms estuary right here close to the city. I walked the Flamingo Trail recently and snapped this pic of the flamingos taking off as we started to get too close.
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17/01/2014
Trees on Doncaster Road
On a recent guided walk around St Georges Park, our guide told us a very interesting fact about Doncaster Road. Doncaster Road is on the other side of park drive close to the Prince Alfred Guard Memorial. On the day our guide pointed out that not two of the trees lining Doncaster Road are the same. When the trees were planted it was decided to plant different species all the way between Park Drive and Cape Road in the background.…
16/01/2014
The Coastal Fynbos Trail
The Coastal Fynbos Trail in Schoenmakerskop is probably one of the slightly lesser known trails around Port Elizabeth. Thanks to the PE Geocaching series which created the letters PE as geoart on the Geocache map, a few more people have set off to explore the trail lately. The trail is a circular trail and covers about 7 km on the eastern side of the village, starting at Sappershoek. The first section of the trail is an inland route through the coastal fynbos…
15/01/2014
Going nowhere slowly
Just west of Patensie, travellers through the Gamtoos Valley will find the Padlangs farm stall. It's a favourite with both visitors and the locals and I really have to do a post on it one day, but that day is not today. Outside the farm stall visitors would find the remnants of transport methods used in the valley in the past. Parts of an ox wagon and an old bakkie (a Chev perhaps?) I placed a couple of Geocaches in the…
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15/01/2014
Stage Door, an extraordinary restaurant
A restaurant (and pub) in the oldest hotel in Port Elizabeth. Sawdust covered floors. American memorabilia all over the walls... and ceilings. Historic memorabilia scattered in-between the previously mentioned American stuff. Friendly people. Relaxed atmosphere. Flippen good food. Staff taking photos of each and every table to post on Facebook. Excellent service (even if they're not willing to admit it). Where am I? The Stage Door at the Phoenix Hotel in Central is all of that and more. If you're looking…
14/01/2014
Fisherman on the Wildside
Unlike my brother who has provincial colours for fresh water fishing, I'm not a fisherman. I don't have the patience for it. I would much rather go for a walk with my camera and find something interesting to photograph. Perhaps its the same thing, just different. Its the same with Geocaching. I can spend hours doing it while others see it as a waste of time because other than a smiley face on my geocache map and my name on…
13/01/2014
Brookes Hill Battery Observation Post
During the Second World War a series of harbour defences were built around Port Elizabeth to keep a lookout for approaching enemy ships, planes and submarines. The harbour defences consisted of three Forward Observation Posts (FOP) at Schoenmakerskop, Cape Recife and Bluewater Bay along with the Algoa Battery building in Humewood and the Battery Observation Post on Brookes Hill overlooking Happy Valley. I started out my exploration of these old buildings because they are the sites of a series of Geocaches, but the history…
13/01/2014
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