On a geocaching outing along Marine Drive the other day, Chaos Boy was very chuffed to find the spot where Santa hangs out during the year. The painted rock is visible from the road but not as well known as the bikini tree lady on Buffelsfontein Road.
One of the first things they did when they started with the Route 67 developement was to open up the section of Strand Street between Market Square and the Campanile. A new set of steps were built to link the two areas and at the bottom of the steps a fountain was installed to cheer the area up a bit.
Kuzuko Lodge, a private concession in the Greater Addo Elephant National Park, sits on top of a hill overlooking the surrounding countryside. It has beautiful views down the valley and beyond, but I would like to share a picture of the lodge taken from the valley while we were on our afternoon game drive
The Pearson Conservatory in St George's Park was opened by Honourable John X Merriman on 12 September 1882 at a cost of £3,800. It is named after Mr HW Pearson, the Mayor of Port Elizabeth at that time.The Eastern Province Herald discribed the conservatory as following in an article the next day. The structure consists of a centre building and two wings. The central building measures 25 feet by 50 feet by 29 feet high to the centre of the skylight. The roof…
Standing at the same spot as yesterday's post from where I took the picture of the Cotswold (Moregrove) Quarry but looking the other way, the N2 snakes away from the suburbs towards Algoa Bay. The N2 is the main road from Cape Town along the Garden Route, through Port Elizabeth and up along the east coast past Durban.
Situated next to the suburb of Cotswold is the Cotswold Quarry where they collect supacrush for building purposes. I got to this lookout area with fellow geocacher Seekoei the other day on a caching expedition. Even though I've always known that it's there I actually don't know much about the quarry and thought to consult my good friend Google. Unfortunately he didn't know anything either. There seems to be one more informed that my friend Google and that is regular PEDP…
Although there are still lots of flowering aloes about you can clearly see that the aloe season is slowly coming to an end. I wish they could flower all year round. But saying that, it wouldn't be as special if they did. Here's a close up of an aloe flower for those who may have wondered what it looks like.
What is the best viewpoint in Port Elizabeth? In my opinion its the view from the top of the Donkin Lighthouse. This is the view across the Donkin Reserve showing the King Edward Hotel, Grey Institute, Donkin Street Houses and some of the Route 67 art pieces, including the 65m high flagpole. To think of it, I should have taken a panorama towards the city centre side as well. Next time, I promise.
In 1866 a group of Port Elizabeth businessmen decided to start a social club where they could come together after work for a drink while playing snooker and billiards. The Port Elizabeth Club was born. The club originally started in Western Road opposite the Trinder Vlei and then moved to the present location when membership started to grow too big for the premises. The present building was completed in 1903. The club's facilities were quite primitive back then compared to modern standards. Gas and oil lamps and…
The view down the Baakens River Valley towards the Port Elizabeth Harbour from the Knysna apartment building in 1st Avenue Walmer.