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Port Elizabeth Station

The beautiful old Victorian Railway Station in PE underwent a renovation in the mid 80s. The round painted panels depicting scenes from the city were commissioned, and painted by Bernard Horn. A great restaurant was opened and the Station Restaurant was the in place for a while. They served all sorts of exotic African meats, like Zebra and crocodile! Sadly it went the way of the rest of PEs historic areas, and urban decay set in. Although the building is…

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12/05/2008
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Oceanarium

The Oceanarium, with its dolphin shows, has been one of the icons associated with Port Elizabeth for many years. It has had its ups and downs, but an upgrade is planned, and it always offers an interesting time to tourists, as well as useful research on and help for marine species.

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08/05/2008
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bonus extra

Yes, yes, I know, the rules say 1 post of 1 picture a day, but I have just received 2 more stunning pix from the GIZA Regatta, and couldn't resist sharing them with you now! So consider it a bonus, from Port Elizabeth with love! Yachts jostle for position on the start line. On the RHS on the bow is Scott Stephens part of the youngest crew sailing on Chris Frost from Durban's Pacer 3. The crew consisted of Thomas…

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07/05/2008
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more of the regatta….

Here are a couple more images taken by Leon Hugo for the Algoa Bay Yacht Club during the GIZA Challenge Regatta last weekend. In the top picture, colourful spinnakers brighten up a somewhat grey bay.The bottom picture (pun intended) includes a bit of a bum view of the Commadore of ABYC, Alan Straton, (in black top and red shorts) on the yacht Cooking - a Ladd 27, owned by Gavin Stephens.I particularly like this action shot because it shows the…

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07/05/2008
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Sailing along

No wonder Port Elizabeth is gaining a great reputation as a watersport capital. We recently showed you the swimming phase of the Ironman contest. This weekend PE was host to another major event. The GIZA Challenge is the Algoa Bay Yacht Club's premiere annual regatta attracting a strong fleet of local yachts as well as entries from around South Africa. We are very grateful to Alan Straton, Commadore of ABYC, for sharing some of the photos they had taken during…

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06/05/2008
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The Pier again

............well it's just so photogenic! This was taken by our son on one of his visits home. We were away for the last 10 days, but thanks to the wonderful new scheduled posting innovation available on blogger, we posted ahead before we left. So thanks for all the comments, and we'll get back into visiting as soon as possible!

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05/05/2008
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Garden Centre

The Sherwood Garden Centre is in one of the outlying suburbs, and is a great place for the whole family. The kids adore spending time at the playground and animal touch farm, while mom and dad shop for plants etc. There are beautiful walkways, this one features a fountain which can be seen from the coffee shop.

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04/05/2008
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Spaghetti Junction

Looking down from the flyover at the Russell road interchange. Port Elizabeth is a strange mixture of big City with a small town feel. It has areas that are historic, next to modern high rise buildings. Donkey carts share the roads with the latest hi-tech cars. This freeway system runs parallel to narrow little one way streets which were laid out in the early 1800s.

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02/05/2008