Muizenberg, Cape Town : Photos from 2008 that I like

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Photos from 2008 that I like

I would like to wish every one out there, the very very best over the festive season and may happiness be the theme of the next few weeks.

I am taking a few weeks off, so I am just posting photos that I have posted since June on this little blog, basically in a nut-shell my favorites.

Cheers

3 comments:

Anne Vis said...: Wonderful shot! Happy Holidays!; December 25, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Steffi said...: Great picture!Soon can see my daughter all the beautiful nature with her own eyes!I hope she takes for me such beautiful pics like you!

Steffi; December 25, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Lynette said...: Happy holidays to you and yours from Mama, Duncan, Lamont, Leland, Kailey and me in Portland, Oregon, USA.; December 26, 2008 at 7:40 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.