Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The Lollipop beacon: In 1829 two stone beacons were erected near the beach that had to be aligned by ships sailing into Algoa Bay from the west so that they could avoid the very dangerous Roman Rock. In 1858 they were replaced by two new stone beacons. These were painted red and white with a black ball on top. The one beacon is located in the Cape Recife Nature Reserve near the lighthouse while the other one, usually … [Read more...] about The Lollipop beacon – Featured Blog

