Muizenberg, Cape Town : The blues of Muizenberg

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The blues of Muizenberg

I personally love this image, the blues, the sky, the brick work and the gates - me I like. Just off Palmer Road - see what I mean when I say things to photograph in the Muizenberg village just jump out and say shoot me (please).

4 comments:

Tash said...: Beautiful blues.; June 18, 2008 at 8:02 AM
Hilda said...: Gorgeous blues! You're right—they do jump out at you.; June 18, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Diederick Wijmans said...: I like it too, especially because thw two blues are so different!; June 18, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Unknown said...: Thanks, unfortuently it is raining at the moment - so tomorrow might be greys - lol; June 18, 2008 at 3:23 PM

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.