Vintage cars

A little while ago the team from SABC 2 show Pasella was in Port Elizabeth to shoot a couple of stories, one involving vintage cars. Here the cars used for the insert are lined up at one of the lookout spots along Marine Drive. This specific insert will be aired on 21 November on SABC … Continue reading Vintage cars →

Red Location Museum tour

A group being taken on a guided tour of the Red Location Museum in New Brighton. The museum represents the struggle years specifically in Nelson Mandela Bay with exhibits remembering people, places and activities in the townships.

Old cars under threat

The St Croix Motor Museum in Port Elizabeth has one of the most magnificent private collections of classic and vintage cars in South Africa. Unfortunately this museum is under threat of closing due to the fact that the government department that owns the property doesn't want to renew the museum's lease. The owner of the museum, Eben de Vos, is a … Continue reading Old cars under threat →

Beetles galore

If you are into cars then the VW AutoPavilion is just the place for you. The museum is state of the art and a superb representation of everything Volswagen. On display is everything from actual cars to driver simulators, engine parts right through to the detailed history of VW. Visitor can also book tours through the VW factory next … Continue reading Beetles galore →

Olof Palme Road

Swedish visitors to the Red Location Museum in New Brighton always stand in amazement at the fact that the street in front of the museum is called Olof Palme Road. Olof Palme was the Prime Minister of Sweden until his assassination on 28 February 1986 and a big supporter of the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa. … Continue reading Olof Palme Road →

Cuyler Manor water mill

I think its very sad that so few people visit the Cuyler Manor Museum in Uitenhage and get to see its many features. One of these is their working water mill which if you ask very nicely, they may just show the workings of to you.

Motor Museum hubcaps

The St Croix Motor Museum is THE place to visit if you are into vintage and classic cars. I'm not the type of guy who goes gaga over cars and even I was hugely impressed when I walked in there. But the museum has more than just the actual cars. The back wall is filled with … Continue reading Motor Museum hubcaps →

South End map

One of the most prominent features in the South End Museum is a map of what South End in Port Elizabeth looked like before the Apartheid government demolished most of the buildings and subsequently also a lot of the streets in the area. The map shows street names as well as where a lot of … Continue reading South End map →

A couple of Beetles

The VW AutoPavilion in Uitenhage has a very impressive collection of vehicles and memorabilia connected to Volkswagen and every boy (young or old) who is interested in cars should visit the museum at least once. Part of the collection are a number of Beetles. 288 353 Beetles were manufactured at the Uitenhage plant between 1951 and 1979 … Continue reading A couple of Beetles →

Shepherd’s hut

Looking at this scene with the Xhosa shepherd hut surrounded by flowering aloes one could easily think that the picture was taken somewhere in the heart of the former Transkei or the Wild Coast. In actual fact it was taken at the Cuyler Manor Museum just outside Uitenhage.