Muizenberg, Cape Town : LakeSide, Muizenberg

Friday, July 18, 2008

LakeSide, Muizenberg

Taken from Boyes Drive, Close to Colona Castle. Overlooking Muizenberg, False Bay and into the distance.

Cheers

2 comments:

Virginia said...: Wow, those gorgeous bluish mountains in the distance and the love landscape in the forefront. Lucky you!; July 18, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Anonymous said...: Very pretty community scene! Love the color; July 18, 2008 at 11:20 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.