{"id":8097,"date":"2012-02-18T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/the-length-of-port-elizabeths-shark-rock-pier-is\/"},"modified":"2012-02-18T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T12:13:09","slug":"the-length-of-port-elizabeths-shark-rock-pier-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-length-of-port-elizabeths-shark-rock-pier-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The Length of Port Elizabeth\u2019s Shark Rock Pier is?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><\/p>\n<p>Hi Alan, I trust you and the family are all well.<\/p>\n<p>At dusk, sitting under the Shark Rock Pier, my daughter and I were trying to compare the length of the longest whale (Blue Whale at 30m) to Shark Rock Pier.<\/p>\n<p>Now, 30m is moerse long, but I cannot trace any reference to how long the Pier is in comparison.<\/p>\n<p>Would you know? Do I think you are an encyclopaedia? (Yes).<\/p>\n<p>Regards<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corinne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Construction of the 137m long reinforced concrete pier was started in 1998 to save Hobie Beach from erosion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b3ca5_Shark_Rock_Pier_Hobie_Beach.jpg\" alt=\"Shark Rock Pier Hobie Beach\" width=\"600\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shark Rock Pier Hobie Beach &#8211; 137 metres in length<\/p>\n<p>The pier makes a stunning platform to watch watersport from \u2013 look out for the upcoming <a title=\"Permanent Link to Boardwalk Hobie 16 National Championships\" href=\"http:\/\/abyc.co.za\/hobie-16-national-championships\/01\/19\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Boardwalk Hobie 16 National Championships<\/a> from 27 to 30 April 2012.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic -->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alan, I trust you and the family are all well. At dusk, sitting under the Shark Rock Pier, my daughter and I were trying to compare the length of the longest whale (Blue Whale at 30m) to Shark Rock Pier. Now, 30m is moerse long, but I cannot trace any reference to how long [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-8097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}