Sunrise over the Cemetary
Sunrise over the Russell Road Cemetary, Richmond Hill.
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15/06/2008
Come fly with me…
Port Elizabeth airport is not the biggest on the planet, and although it has had a few upgrades over the years, it is still basically a small town airport. The runway is not long enough for the jumbo jets and the new airbusses, so traffic is automatically limited to smaller volumes on each flight. Although there has been talk for many years about lengthening the runway, nothing has materialised yet. But it suits us. If I had to choose between…
14/06/2008
34 deg South again
While we are on the subject of 34 degrees South, we might as well go and have a look around inside.... interesting industrial look ,well stocked pub, custom painted table cloths, great food and a huge stock of wines and other drinks, sushi and sashimi, deli goods, baked treats, imported luxury foods, ample outdoor seating for good weather, and wrap around glass walls and doors with a view across the lake, and live jazz on most weekends.... what a winner!
13/06/2008
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We have featured 34 degrees South before. It is one of our favourite restaurants, with a great deli and one of the widest ranges of seafood and Mediterranean dishes anywhere. This sign amused us, although I must admit it could well be the motto of the dictators in some of our neighbouring states!
12/06/2008
The Ruins of St Peter’s, South End
We have posted about South End before, it is one of the areas that were cleared out during the Apartheid era, because of the racialy mixed community, and this church was later demolished because the congregation kept returning here to worship. It remains as a necessary reminder of a shameful part of our history that will hopefully never be repeated!
11/06/2008
Development….
Those of you who have been to PE and been away for a while would be gobsmacked to see how fast the city is growing. Remember the big open space along Buffelsfontein Road, between 10th Ave Walmer and Miramar and Mount Pleasant on the outskirts? Well it is musrooming into a ribbon of townhouse complexes and retail outlets, and has become so built up that the road is being widened into 4 lanes! This is part of the section between…
10/06/2008
Cape Recife #6
Here is another aerial view of the lighthouse, taken when our son took us flying a couple of years ago, to look for whales. You can see some of the rocky reefs jutting into the sea.
09/06/2008
Cape Recife #5
Here is another view of the Cape Recife Lighthouse. You can read more about it in the previous 2 posts.
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08/06/2008
Cape Recife #4
Yesterday we showed you Cape Recife. There are some trecherous reefs on the rocky coastline at this point, including the infamous Thunderbolt reef, so named because it claimed the HMS Thunderbolt in 1847.It was realised that a lighthouse was needed here, and so the Cape Recife lighthouse was built and commissioned on 1 April 1851. It is 24 meter masonry tower, painted with distinctive black and white bands.Since then, despite the presence of the warning light, the reefs in the…
07/06/2008
Plein Air Painting
A group of local artists get together each week for a bit of plein air painting (painting in the open, on the spot, rather than from photos). This morning we went to a dairy farm along Kragga Kamma Road, on the outskirts of town, and painted the dam, and beautiful spotted local cattle called Ngunis. It was great to be part of this group, a good mixture of fun, sharing skills and being productive, not to mention the pure joy…
05/06/2008
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