The Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld is the third oldest museum in South Africa. The Bayworld complex is unique in Southern Africa as it embraces a natural and cultural history Museum combined with a Snake Park and Oceanarium. It is located in the heart of the Port Elizabeth beachfront and serves up a feast of edutainment to hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The main activities of the Complex are research and education aimed at stimulating a greater awareness of the need for … [Read more...] about Bayworld – #MustSeeinPE
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Ocean Cleanup – #MustSeeinPE
Local Port Elizabeth based Marine NGO, Ocean Messengers, teamed up with Walmer based Masifunde Learner Development to highlight the dangers of plastic in Algoa Bay. "Plastic is the oceans and our environments worst enemy! That plastic bottle that you drink water out of and throw away will take longer than your lifetime to 'decompose' - 450 years in fact. BUT, plastic does not decompose like a leaf or other animal matter - it just breaks down into smaller and smaller particles which animals … [Read more...] about Ocean Cleanup – #MustSeeinPE
Ibhayi Sunshine Saunter – #MustSeeinPE
Take the roads less travelled with the Sunshine Saunter that will take you along roads such as; Marine Drive, Victoria Drive, Sardinia Bay Road, Heron Road, Seaview Road, Chelsea Road, Kragga Kamma Road, Oceanview Drive, Van Stadens Road, Draaifontein Road and Cows Corner. The Ibhayi Sunshine Saunter is a circular journey of discovery for the family, within 50km of the Port Elizabeth city centre. Discover SAMREC (the South African Marine Rehabilitation and Education Centre) Cape Recife … [Read more...] about Ibhayi Sunshine Saunter – #MustSeeinPE
Feather Market Centre – #MustSeeinPE
The Feather Market Centre in Port Elizabeth is located on the corner of Baakens Street and Military Road, Central opposite the City Hall and was an extension of the original commercial activities once carried out on Market Square (now Vuyisile Mini Square). The center gets it's name from the Feather Market Hall, which owes its existence to Ostrich feathers. Its history goes back to the 1870's, when the City Council decided to build a trade centre for the booming ostrich feather industry. The … [Read more...] about Feather Market Centre – #MustSeeinPE
Stromatolites – Port Elizabeth’s oldest most important climate change fossils
Port Elizabeth's coastline is home to living fossils that are credited with creating the living conditions in which animal life could thrive. The first marine tufa stromalites along the South African coast were first described in the early 2000's. Ongoing research indicates that the recent discovery of numerous and closely spaced living stromatolites on the coastline south of Port Elizabeth 'appears to be extraordinary'. The Wikipedia definition of Stromatolites or stromatoliths is; "Layered … [Read more...] about Stromatolites – Port Elizabeth’s oldest most important climate change fossils
