Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Ian & Ronnal – ICC East London: This weekend we traveled to East London for our very LAST East London wedding. It was a hard decision but something that has been coming for a long time. We could not have asked for a better couple to end our journey in East London with. Ian and Ronnal finally got married after years of […] Source: FullCircle Photography | Port Elizabeth and Garden Route wedding photographers. Click HERE to … [Read more...] about Ian & Ronnal – ICC East London – Featured Blog
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Thankful for the rain – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Thankful for the rain: What an absolute pleasure the rain was today. From the sound of it not much fell in the catchment areas which means we need a lot more but I'm sure at least the lawns around town sighed a sigh of relief. 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 … [Read more...] about Thankful for the rain – Featured Blog
Grey High Festival Rugby – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Grey High Festival Rugby: Watch live here Source: BrainStorms – Ed Lunnon's Blog. 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 Newsletter. … [Read more...] about Grey High Festival Rugby – Featured Blog
Underneath the bridge – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Underneath the bridge: A couple of years ago I got to walk underneath the Van Stadens Bridge for the first time while following one of the trails in the Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve in search of a Geocache. A couple of days ago I saw a friend post a similar picture and I decided to go and dig this photo out to post again. Not the usual view of the bridge, is it? Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Clouds over Port … [Read more...] about Underneath the bridge – Featured Blog
St George’s Park fountain – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: St George's Park fountain: The centre piece fountain of the Pearson Conservatory in St George's Park was made by Andrew Handyside at the Duke Street Foundry "Britannia Iron Works" in Derby in the UK around the same year the Conservatory was built in 1882. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Sardinia Bay from the air video: This week's Video Friday post is another of Renaldo Gouws' aerial drone videos, this time of what is probably … [Read more...] about St George’s Park fountain – Featured Blog
Drakensberg Amphitheater views – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Drakensberg Amphitheater views: South Africa has two iconic "flat" mountains. Table Mountain in the west and the Drakensberg's Amphitheater in the east. It is below the Amphitheater in the Royal Natal National Park that we camped at Mahai during December and like with Table Mountain I just could not get enough of looking up at the Amphitheater. Well truthfully, not just the Amphitheater but all the mountains around us, … [Read more...] about Drakensberg Amphitheater views – Featured Blog
Shipwreck memorial in South End Cemetery – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Shipwreck memorial in South End Cemetery: Probably the biggest maritime disaster that ever took place on the Port Elizabeth coastline happened way back during the Great Gale of 1902. On Sunday, 31 August 1902 there were 38 ships at anchor along the then North End Beach. Rain and a south-easterly wind started to lash the bay and by midnight the storm turned into a hurricane. By the end of the storm on 2 September 1902, … [Read more...] about Shipwreck memorial in South End Cemetery – Featured Blog
Another Automotive Experience in the Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Another Automotive Experience in the Bay: The automotive industry is the largest manufacturing sector in South Africa’s economy and about 35% of the South African automotive components industry is located in the Nelson Mandela Bay area and there are a few giants calling the Bay home like General Motors SA, Volkswagen (VW) and the Ford Engine Plant and First Automotive Works (FAW). There are also a lot of … [Read more...] about Another Automotive Experience in the Bay – Featured Blog
How old is St George’s Park? – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: How old is St George's Park?: I took a walk through St George's Park a week or so ago and along the way I wondered how many people actually know how old St George's Park is.St George's Park was laid out and opened on 6 August 1861 to commemorate the visit of Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, to Port Elizabeth exactly one year earlier.Flags and streamers were flying in every direction, all shops were shut, people dressed in … [Read more...] about How old is St George’s Park? – Featured Blog
Conservatory lines – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Conservatory lines: I just can't get enough of the lines in the Pearson Conservatory in St George's Park. Great for photography. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Maitlands from the air: Last week's Video Friday post was one by Renaldo Gouws showing off Shark Rock Pier and surrounds. This week I'm sharing his video with drone footage of the Maitlands area. We really are fortunate to have such beautiful coastal … [Read more...] about Conservatory lines – Featured Blog
Building sand castles – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Building sand castles: While we were on the beach yesterday and Miggie and her friend were swimming, my 15 year old son chose to rather dig holes and build sand castles. Perhaps we should all take a break every now and then and build sand castles. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Beach fun at "The Rock": When we were small one of our favorite places to go on a Sunday afternoon was "The Rock". The Rock refers to … [Read more...] about Building sand castles – Featured Blog
Antique Shopping in the Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Antique Shopping in the Bay: Nelson Mandela Bay’s bustling streets and modern face is steeped in history; whether you are trotting along the shores of Sundays River, dwelling in the city or venturing out to the neighbouring towns of Despatch and Uitenhage where the 1882 Chimney still towers next to the Swartkops River and where remains of a Stegosauras was discovered almost 115 years ago. … [Read more...] about Antique Shopping in the Bay – Featured Blog
Garden stroll – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Garden stroll: A weekend or two ago we went for a photo shoot in St Georges Park. No, I don't mean I went to take photos in St Georges. In February the Damselfly gave me a voucher for a couples shoot with Champayne Creations for Valentines Day and we were in St Georges to have our photos taken. I'm not one who always like photos being taken of me, especially posed ones, but Lundi did an amazing job and the pics … [Read more...] about Garden stroll – Featured Blog
Our little SA champions – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Our little SA champions: Over the past week the South African Indoor Cricket junior championships took place in Port Elizabeth and Miggie was in the under 10 EP Elephants side taking part in the tournament. It's been close to 8 months of preparations and the team did not disappoint. They came through the round robin rounds undefeated although they gave the coach, parents and supporters a few very stressful moments and took on … [Read more...] about Our little SA champions – Featured Blog
Splash Festival crowds – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Splash Festival crowds: It was Splash Festival time again this Easter weekend and after a bit of a damp squib on Friday, the rest of the weekend turned out rather nicely. I spent some time at Splash as part of the Luister FM outside broadcast on Sunday and was quite impressed with the amount of people around. When the wresting started the crowd watching was a bit thin but it quickly grew when Kurt Darren did a performance … [Read more...] about Splash Festival crowds – Featured Blog
