Muizenberg, Cape Town : A speeding train

Saturday, August 16, 2008

A speeding train

The board walk from Muizenberg to St. James, now that tiny (yellow) thingy majigy in the centre of the photo is a train coming back from Simons Town.

Also note those clouds.

Cheers

4 comments:

Saretta said...: Wow! What kind of camera are you using?; August 16, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Unknown said...: Thanks,

A Pentax K10d with a sigma 10-200mm lens; August 16, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Nathalie H.D. said...: Yaaaaah, what a spectacular shot!
I'd love to see this in extra-large format!; August 16, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Steffi said...: Wow!Great pic like always!; August 17, 2008 at 5:38 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.