“You abandoned me
Love don’t live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don’t live here anymore
Just emptiness and memories
Of what we had before
You went away
Found another place to stay, another home”
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore ~ Patti LaBelle
One of the best known landmarks in Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route is the Beacon Isle Hotel. Beacon Island is at the mouth of the Piesang River and has a history that goes back to 1771. In that year the first navigational beacon was erected on the island. The original was a square block of stinkwood, inscribed with the latitude and longitude of Plettenberg Bay, and erected to enable mariners to check their location and chronometers. It also gave Beacon Island its name.
Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children
And his cabin fallin’ down…
Ballad of Hollis Brown – Bob Dylan
Ruin – the parts of a building that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed.
One of the best known landmarks in Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route is the Beacon Isle Hotel. Beacon Island is at the mouth of the Piesang River and has a history that goes back to 1771. In that year the first navigational beacon was erected on the island. The original was a square block of stinkwood, inscribed with the latitude and longitude of Plettenberg Bay, and erected to enable mariners to check their location and chronometers. It also gave Beacon Island its name. The wooden beacon was replaced by Captain Sewell with a stone one in 1881 and has been replaced a couple of times over the years. It can be seen in the gardens of the hotel.
