Nieu-Bethesda in the Karoo is one of those interesting little towns that one just can't afford to miss. Home to the Owl House, Kitching Fossil Centre, guesthouses, restaurants, a micro brewery and so much more yet the town (or should I perhaps call it a village?) doesn't have a petrol station, atm or even a tar road. Every corner offers something new or interesting or, in this case, old and interesting.
Standing at the top of the Campanile one tends to wonder how many have never seen the views from up here. I can understand somebody who is unable to climb for whatever reason not to go to the top, but most others who have never been there is probably to some degree just too lazy to take the 204 steps to the top. So kick those lazy bones in under the bed and be adventurous. The climb won't kill you…
After posting a picture featuring the Port Elizabeth Harbour on Tuesday, I decided to do another one. This time its an fairly empty harbor photographed from Fort Frederick and posted in sepia. I always love the "harbor giraffes".
Nelson Mandela Bay is a motoring mecca with General Motors situated in Port Elizabeth and VW in Uitenhage as well as numerous other motor related factories manufacturing everything from engines and catalytic converters to bolts and rubber tubing. Both GM and VW export their cars through the Port Elizabeth Harbour and from the top of the Campanile you can see the cars lined up quayside waiting to be shipped abroad.
Today is the 1st of September and we are celebrating Spring Day. Not that winter is over by a long shot but the season is turning and signs of spring is starting to appear all over the show. I was hoping to post some flowers in celebration of spring but unfortunately had non on hand. I'm driving back from Johannesburg after the Getaway Show and never thought of uploading a flower picture before leaving. I do have this picture of…
The view south from the top of the Campanile. The Port Elizabeth Harbour is in the foreground on the left with the PE beachfront off in the distance.
A trip up to Nieu-Bethesda a week or so ago gave me the opportunity to detour into the little village of Wolwefontein between Uitenhage and Jansenville. There really wasn't that much to see but the old hotel sign behind a sweet thorn tree made for an interesting photograph.
The Donkin Reserve seen from the top of the lighthouse as the St Dominic Priory kids I was on tour with walk across the park to have their lunches.
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/uoYinU8CjRw&source=udsAs you know I like to post a video on a Friday and this week I found a Pasella clip on YouTube I Haven't posted on the blog yet. Can't believe I forgot about this one as I was involved behind the scenes in helping to organize it. The insert featured Port Elizabeth based Afrikaans singer Abel Kraamsaal. Pasella took Abel for a walk on the Sacramento Trail and the two guides that took them tell the viewers more about the shipwreck, Khoisan…
I often wonder how many Port Elizabethans have climbed the Campanile as adults (not counting going up there as kids on a school outing). I for one can put my hand up as I do it at least once or twice a year. Last week I went up with the St Dominic Priory grade 6 classes. The Campanile was completed in 1922 to commemorate 100 years since the landing of the British Settlers in 1820. It was built on the landing…