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Threatened Species

There are old electrical substations like this scattered all over the city. We originally photographed this for the 'mural' monthly theme, but ended up using something different. The building may be dirty, but it is also in danger! The oil-based curcuit breakers are not designed to be switched on and off regularly. Each area in the city has a daily 2 hour power outage that is part of the load shedding schedule imposed on us due to the complete ineptitude…

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20/04/2008
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Autumn at City Hall

Yup, it's that time of the year, when our trees turn brown. Trees require very cold weather to turn the real rich autumn colours, ours basically go brown, but if you backlight them you can cheat and get an autumn effect. So those of you who have just suffered through a long freezing winter, and are now celebrating the arrival of spring bulbs, bear in mind that the miserable weather is what gives you the best autumn displays! We lose…

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17/04/2008
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Shark Rock Pier #5

It's been a while since we posted a pic in the Shark Rock Pier Series, but we are about to make up for it.........this weekend she was all dressed up and ready for the big event.... Ironman SA started on Hobie Beach, and the pier was crammed with spectators. (You can see a whole lot moreironman images here and also there is an overflow post of pier photos here.)

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16/04/2008
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Behind Bars

I went to Prison today............. really! I was one of the delegates who attended a "Business against Crime" outing to St Alban's Prison, to see the work being done by Correctional Services in rehabilitation of prisoners and helping with their integration back into society. It was really inspiring. I have written about it, and yesterdays Ironman in detail, with lots of extra pix here.

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14/04/2008
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Ironman SA

Yesterday we told you about Ironman SA, here are the 1600 swimmers waiting for the starting gun at 7am today. ......and they're off, for their 3.8km swim which is the first stage of the event.As there was a bank of clouds over the sea, the sun was not yet up. The pier was thronged with crowds waiting to cheer the competitors on, while the press hovered overhead. We will post lots more pix of the event on our personal blogs…

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13/04/2008
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Ironkids

This is a big weekend for Port Elizabeth.... the Ironman SA contest is being held here, and the beachfront is all decked out for the occasion. It could not have been a more perfect day for the first stage, which was the corporate and Ironkids events. Here is Duncan, who we met walking along the promenade, proudly wearing his well earned medal. Tonight the beachfront was buzzing with people and activity, and a brilliant sunset greeted our visitors. Tomorrow is…

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12/04/2008
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Old Cape Road, 5-ways

From the 1820s, this used to be the road that led from the little settlement on the hill, to Cape Town . As the town grew, and the freeway system developed to bypass town on the way to Capetown, it remained as one of the main arterial routes. This is the intersection that leads across Cape Road, down Target Kloof and into Walmer, which used to be a seperate village, but is now a suburb of PE. It is known…

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11/04/2008
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Got any Questions about Port Elizabeth?

There is a great interactive website called MyPE, on which you can find pretty much anything you need to find, pertaining to Port Elizabeth. They have a lively forum, and a great new feature has been added, called ASK A LOCAL. It falls into 3 categories, business, tourism and general.If you have anything you want to know about Port Elizabeth, you can find the forum index Here.The plan was to leave the threads open for unregistered users, so that you…

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10/04/2008