Old Port Elizabeth #3
This well maintained settler cottage was built circa 1863 in Ivy Street, Central. It along with many other cottages of the time, can be seen on the Donkin Heritage Trail.
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16/12/2008
Prester John Monument
One of my favourite monuments in Port Elizabeth is also one of the least known one's in the city. Ask somebody where the Prester John Monument is and they will probably never have heard of it. Refer to the monument with the cross behind the City Hall and they would all have seen it.The monument is dedicated to the mythical king-priest Prester John and the Portuguese explorers who discovered South Africa. Although the Portuguese were looking for a route to…
15/12/2008
Old Port Elizabeth #2
Picturesque old cottage in Military Road, in one of the older parts of Central.
15/12/2008
Old Port Elizabeth #1
Looking down on some of the older buildings in Govan Mbeki Avenue (formerly Main Street), built in the days when this section was still known as Queen Street. These buildings stood on the beachfront in the old days and everything behind them is reclaimed land.
14/12/2008
In the summer time when the weather is fine
It is a beautiful day and the Bay and the start of the holiday season. Pollock Beach was quieter than the other beaches today, with no wind and clear skies. Out in the ocean too far away to photograph, were two hump backed whales making their way acroos the Bay and far in the distance was a school of about 2000 dolphins in a feeding frenzy.For some beautiful photos of whales, dolphins and other animals in the Bay visit the…
13/12/2008
Skywatch: Pearlised clouds
In all my years of watching clouds, this is something I have never seen before. When fetching our kids from the airport recently, we were greeted with shimmering pearlescent clouds as the lowering sun caught them at just the right angle to create irridescent colours across them, and we went home gasping at the sight of emerald green clouds. To see more Skywatch photos, go to the site and follow the links, you'll see wonderful photos and meet a great…
11/12/2008
For Brenda….
This is for regular reader and ex-PE girl Brenda, who lived here a while back. We featured a "Then and Now" of her at the house in 1949 (now now, it isn't gentlemanly to do the maths!) recently and she wanted to see how it looks now, so here you are.
10/12/2008
derelict beauty.
I loved the graphic quality of the play of light and shadow on these derelict train sheds at the narrow gauge train station.
09/12/2008
Swartkops river mouth
Standing on the freeway last weekend, looking seawards, this was the lovely view that we saw of the sea mist rolling back from the Swartkops River Mouth.
08/12/2008
The Apple Express
The historic little Apple Express steam train that puffs out of Port Elizabeth most weekends on a day trip to Thornhill has really been struggling for the last couple of years. Not just do the Apple Express Society struggle financially, but their steam engine has been out of commission for about two years now. The have been working on restoring the engine and about three or so weeks ago they took her out on a trial run. I just got…
07/12/2008
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