Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Google Street View guy in PE: A month or two ago I was down in the city centre on a Sunday morning to take some photos and I noticed a guy with a funny thing on his back come walking up the road towards me. As I passed I realised that it was the Google Street View camera. Cool! There may be photos of me taking photos of the Street View Guy on the net soon.Fast forward to last week and Google launched 170 trails, all 19 National … [Read more...] about Google Street View guy in PE – Featured Blog
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In Memoriam – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: In Memoriam: Ingrid Elizabeth Scholtz (nee Lunnon) 1960 – 2016 In just barely a half-century, but during your too few years on this earth, you acquired many titles. For so many, you were a leader of people, a graduate of Stellenbosch University, a Primaria of Serruria, a head girl of Hendrik Louw and Hottentots-Holland, an A academic, a captain of sports teams, a teacher and incubator of excellence in Cradock and Queenstown and … [Read more...] about In Memoriam – Featured Blog
Discover South Africa – with Google Street View & Drive South Africa – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Discover South Africa – with Google Street View & Drive South Africa: Early this month Google said: “The new trails, launched today, extend the existing Street View imagery of South Africa’s wilderness areas to include all 19 national parks, 17 previously ‘un-trekked’ nature reserves and many sites of natural, cultural and historical significance in all nine provinces of South Africa”. Together South Africans put South … [Read more...] about Discover South Africa – with Google Street View & Drive South Africa – Featured Blog
Going surfing in Coffee Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Going surfing in Coffee Bay: One of the very popular activities to do when young international backpackers visit Coffee Bay is to learn to surf. Most of the backpacker lodges in the area offer surf lessons and there is always somebody walking around with a surfboard either heading for the waves or out of it. This young lady just finished her surf and was making her way back to where her friends were waiting for her. Now … [Read more...] about Going surfing in Coffee Bay – Featured Blog
10 years of Port Elizabeth Daily Photo – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: 10 years of Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: Today is the 10th birthday of Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Yes, exactly 10 years ago to the day PE Daily Photo was started by SAM (Sue and Max Hoppe) with a post featuring some generic facts about Nelson Mandela Bay. Two days later they were off and running, doing 500 posts before passing the baton on to me. I did my first post on the 15th of March 2009 which means I have been at … [Read more...] about 10 years of Port Elizabeth Daily Photo – Featured Blog
Pet-friendly Spots in the Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Pet-friendly Spots in the Bay: Let’s be honest; a dog is not just a pet but it is part of the family. Same goes for cats, Paulie the parrot, Harry the hamster and Gertjie the goldfish. And while it’s not possible to take them all for a walk (or a swim or a spin), your four-legged furry doggy friends definitely deserve to join their humans for a few adventures in Nelson Mandela Bay. … [Read more...] about Pet-friendly Spots in the Bay – Featured Blog
Welcome colour added to Walmer Boulevard. – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Welcome colour added to Walmer Boulevard.: A dreary old municipal building on Walmer Boulevard was recently given new life. A fresh coat of paint and some creative input draws attention to a somewhat interestingly-shaped building…penguin included! It’s a pity we can’t provide a ‘before’ photograph which would demonstrate the transformation. (Search on Google maps for a ‘before’ photo: Shell-Traingle Service Station, 177 … [Read more...] about Welcome colour added to Walmer Boulevard. – Featured Blog
Koffiebus and Teebus on a moody day in the Karoo – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Koffiebus and Teebus on a moody day in the Karoo: The Karoo Heartland has a unique beauty which I have really learned to appreciate more and more as I have gotten older. If you're a forest or beach person then the Karoo may not be for you, but if big skies and open spaces feed your soul then there is no better place. One of my favorite Eastern Cape Karoo Heartland landmarks is the Koffiebus and Teebus mountains outside … [Read more...] about Koffiebus and Teebus on a moody day in the Karoo – Featured Blog
5 Spots for Scrumptious Burgers in the Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: 5 Spots for Scrumptious Burgers in the Bay: Summer is fast approaching, with longer, warmer days and all the joys of the festive season; you’re bound to be in search of the Bay’s very best burger joints. Whether you sink your teeth into a scrumptious delight and a cold one with your mates or milkshakes with the kids, burgers are a core ingredient of an epic summer. Here are a couple of firm favourites, but be … [Read more...] about 5 Spots for Scrumptious Burgers in the Bay – Featured Blog
Prospect Hill – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Prospect Hill: I'm posting this just because I like the photo. I was waiting for Chaos Boy to pass during the Urban Run a while ago and was pointing the camera in different directions. This was one I liked. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your inbox with the MyPE Monday to Friday … [Read more...] about Prospect Hill – Featured Blog
Wiggles in the sand at Kings Beach – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Wiggles in the sand at Kings Beach: It seems somewhere I've lost a whole week of posts. No, not in lost, but in just so busy that I haven't even been able to think about blogging. I need days to be extended by 3 or 4 hours so that I can have some extra time to just sit back, relax and, most importantly, switch off a bit. My mind is going at 1000 miles an hour and is all over the show, very much like the wiggles in the sand at … [Read more...] about Wiggles in the sand at Kings Beach – Featured Blog
The Shrinking Circle of Life – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The Shrinking Circle of Life: Doris Lunnon 1931-1986 (C) 2017 Edward C. Lunnon | 11 years 1 month ill | Advantage CBD Today is 28 October. Our Mother Doris was born 86 years ago today in Observatory in Cape Town. Her life was but 55 years long, passing away on 19 November 1986. Ten years prior to that in 1976, Mom dropped me off at Helshoogte Residence at Stellenbosch University. Amongst many other people, I became friends with Gretel … [Read more...] about The Shrinking Circle of Life – Featured Blog
10 Facts about the Campanile – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: 10 Facts about the Campanile: The Campanile has been standing iconically tall in Nelson Mandela Bay since 1923 and after 2 years of renovations this 51.8 meter tower opened its doors to the public once again on the 15th of August 2017 with a few new modern additions to tell the story of not only of the Campanile, that houses the largest carillon of bells in South Africa, but also to tell the story of … [Read more...] about 10 Facts about the Campanile – Featured Blog
A Saturday morning stroll – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: A Saturday morning stroll: On Saturday morning we went for a walk along Kings Beach to enjoy the beautiful weather we had over the weekend. Miggie was feeling a little under the weather and not her normal bubbly self so strolled along by herself to the one side. Of cause dad always has his camera... Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily … [Read more...] about A Saturday morning stroll – Featured Blog
Peace and Blessing – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Peace and Blessing: I think I'm going to take a little break from Campanile posts before people get tired of it. I have a few more but will keep it back for a week or two. Route 67 literally has 67 art pieces scattered along the way between the Donkin Reserve and Campanile. Next to the bus station at the bottom of the steps down from Market Square, you will find the Walk of Words. The pavement contains a whole … [Read more...] about Peace and Blessing – Featured Blog
