On top of the lighthouse
A couple of tourists enjoying the view from the top of the Donkin Lighthouse
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03/09/2013
The best view in PE
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.
13/08/2013
The Port Elizabeth St Georges Club
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…
12/08/2013
Looking up at Pleinhuis
Port Elizabeth has some beautiful Art Deco buildings, some in good condition and others in need of repair. Pleinhuis (plein meaning square as in open space and huis means house) on Market Square is one of the prime examples in the city. I went to a meeting at Pleinhuis and before I entered looked up at the gargoyles on the side of the building. It just screamed out to be photographed, so I did.
18/06/2013
Donkin flag
The giant South African flag on top of the 65m high flagpole on the Donkin Reserve has truly become one of Port Elizabeth's new iconic landmarks. The flag is visible from just about all over the city (if you have some kind of vantage point) thanks to the fact that the flagpole is the second highest in Africa. Incidentally the highest one, which is in Angola, isn't used at the moment which makes our the highest by default.
09/05/2013
St Mary’s Cathedral
Up to the time that the British Settlers arrived in Algoa Bay in 1820, the needs of the British garrison at Port Elizabeth had been served by chaplains on passing ships. By 1825 the settlement had grown to about 500 people. One of these was Reverend Francis McClelland (the same person who built No 7 Castle Hill). He was appointed Colonial Chaplain that same year and laid the foundation stone for the Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin was laid. The church was finally…
08/05/2013
Courtyard pump
The well in the courtyard at No 7 Castle Hill must truly be one of the highlights to kids visiting the museum. Not because of the hole in the ground, but for the pump that gets the water out the hole. The date on the pump is 1849 which means its been in place for over 150 years already. Rain water collects in the well from the roof and kids are encouraged to try it out. According to Grizel Hart, the…
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22/04/2013
artEC shop
The artEC (EPSAC) Gallery in Central recently opened an art shop selling local art and craft. Over the last couple of years the gallery has really seen a turnaround with new exhibitions happening just about every few weeks as well as workshops and other activities geared towards the local art community. The new art shop just adds to their offering and I'm sure I heard a little birdie tell me that there could be a coffee shop opening there at some stage…
10/04/2013
The Voting line on the Donkin
My favourite Route 67 art piece on the Donkin Reserve must be The Voting Line. The Voting Line was created by artists Anthony Harris and Konrad Geel and consist of life-size laser-cut steel figures that form a symbolic voting line celebrating the voters as they were seen in the country's first democratic elections in 1994. At the front of the line stands the figure of Nelson Mandela, fist triumphantly in the air, and a group of children. The children…
13/03/2013
St Augustines
Port Elizabeth has two beautiful cathedrals literally a couple of hundred meters away from each other in the city centre. The one is the St Mary's Anglican Cathedral while the second (in picture) is St Augustine's Catholic Cathedral. When the first Catholic priest set foot in Port Elizabeth in 1840 (after being shipwrecked in Cape St Francis and having to travel the last 100km to town on horseback), there were only 42 Catholics in the town. In the coming years…
08/03/2013
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