Wave shower at Humewood
A couple of beachgoers enjoying the rough seas at Humewood Beach with the waves crashing over the rocks
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28/10/2014
Skateboard rink
The new skateboard rink at Kings Beach has become a very popular spot with both young and old
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09/03/2014
Narrow gauge station remains
On a recent Geocaching outing I got to walk a bit around what is left of the old Humewood narrow gauge station. Of the actual station and sheds nothing really remains, but there are still a couple of carriages on the line between where the station used to be and Kings Beach. Makes for interesting photography.
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28/02/2014
Brookes Hill Battery Observation Post
During the Second World War a series of harbour defences were built around Port Elizabeth to keep a lookout for approaching enemy ships, planes and submarines. The harbour defences consisted of three Forward Observation Posts (FOP) at Schoenmakerskop, Cape Recife and Bluewater Bay along with the Algoa Battery building in Humewood and the Battery Observation Post on Brookes Hill overlooking Happy Valley. I started out my exploration of these old buildings because they are the sites of a series of Geocaches, but the history…
13/01/2014
Discovering PE’s oldest dam – Frames Dam
Its always nice to discover something or somewhere new. In this case it was something old. A quick geocache outing during lunch time took me into the Shark River Valley in Humewood and to the old Frames Reservoir. In the mid 1800's the fledgling town of Port Elizabeth was having water problems. As a stop-gap measure, a Mr Pinchin and Mr Clement Wall Frames, nephew of William Brooksby Frames, negotiated with the Town Council to supply water to the lower parts…
09/12/2013
Narrow gauge line
The narrow gauge railway line between Port Elizabeth and the town of Avontuur in the Langkloof was built by the government of the Cape Colony between 1890 and 1906 and at 285 kilometres it is the longest 610-mm-narrow gauge route in the world. Along the way the line crosses over the highest two foot narrow-gauge railway bridge in the world. In 1965 the Apple Express tourist train started operating on part of the line and finally seized operations in 2011 due to…
09/08/2013
John Shelton Park
In the suburb or Humewood is a park called John Shelton Park with a stone pillar with marble plaque on it and everything. Problem is that the plaque only says "John Shelton Park" and doesn't say who John Shelton was. I'm curious but haven't found anything on the internet yet. The search continues.Edited on 08/04/2013 - And Grant Slater comes to the rescue - "John Shelton, Director of Parks for Port Elizabeth, who had earlier helped with the planning and…
07/04/2013