Muizenberg, Cape Town : Muizenberg from a different angle

Friday, August 8, 2008

Muizenberg from a different angle

Just a different angle. Still experimenting with this lens, but what is happening is that I am having to go back to camera basics and not relying purely on the camera.

I suppose that back to basic is not really a bad thingy magingy.

Cheers

3 comments:

Steffi said...: Very nice photo! I love the Sea.Your camera is very good!; August 8, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Virginia said...: I just can't get over the color of your water and white foam makes such a beautiful photo. The basics are killling me. Good luck.; August 8, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Ann (MobayDP) said...: ooooh! How lovely! Look at that sky!; August 10, 2008 at 2:08 AM

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.