I had to pop down to Settlers Park for a quick visit the other day and just couldn't help to take a couple of moments to enjoy the view up the Baakens Valley. The valley truly is Port Elizabeth's green lung.
Valentines Day is a day of flowers. Personally I prefer the flowers in the garden or the wild rather than sitting in a vase inside. So to celebrate Valentines Day I'm posting a pic of a Bromeliad flower in St Georges Park, photographed when we went in search of a Geocache there the other day.
Maduna Road is one of the road in Langa, Uitenhage, where the Langa massacre took place in 1985. The Langa massacre took place on the 25th anniversary of the Sharpville massacre of 1960. The police fired on a group of mourners on their way to a banned funeral, killing 20 people. There was an international outcry following this incident and a Commission of Inquiry (Kannemeyer Commission) was immediately appointed to investigate the cause of the shooting. The story is told…
A few weeks ago I posted the blowing newspaper art piece which forms part of Route 67. It may be the biggest but its not the only blowing newspaper piece on the route. At the Campanile there is another smaller one containing quotes by Nelson Mandela.
There are a couple of war memorials around St Georges Park commemorating those from Port Elizabeth who have died in various wars over the years. A number of them refer to the two World Wars with the most prominent one being the Cenotaph in front of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum. One of the lesser known ones is a plaque on the front wall of the art museum.
Yellow wild flowers growing along the Sundays River outside Port Elizabeth
At 60 meters high the flag pole on the Donkin Reserve in Port Elizabeth is the tallest flag pole in South Africa while the flag flying from it is the biggest South African flag in the world. The flag is about the size of a tennis court and usually when I say it people look at me funny, look up at it and then shake their heads. Remember that the flag is flying 60 meters up so it doesn't look that…
We joined a couple of friends for breakfast at the Wimpy in the Summerstrand Village Shopping Centre. Standing outside on the deck you can see the Piet Retief Monument in the foreground and the old Something Good roadhouse in the back. The roadhouse has stood empty for a couple of years now and extensive renovations have started on the building in the week after I took this picture. I think most people in town are very excited to see what…
Een van die mooiste kunsstukke wat deel uitmaak van die nuwe Roete 67 kuns- en kultuurroete in Port Elizabeth is die reuse mosaïek op die Donkin Reservaat. Die moasïek wat deur studente aan die Nelson Mandela Metropolitaanse Universiteit gedoen is verteenwoordig aspekte van die Ooskaap. Die sluit in diere, voëls, plante, mense en vele ander dinge. Route 67 bestaan uit 67 kunswerke wat die 67 jaar wat Nelson Mandela in die publieke oog deurgebring het verteenwoordig. Dit begin by die…
Drumming sessions is a great part of any corporate team building. At the end of last year we had a drumming session with African Drumbeat during our end of year function at Thunzi Bush Lodge. I don't want to say I was sceptical, just not sure what to expect. In the end though I was pleasantly surprised. Such an awesome activity to do with one's colleagues and once you get started you kinda wonder where you can get your hands on…