Muizenberg, Cape Town : Photos from 2008 that I like

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Photos from 2008 that I like

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

2 comments:

Virginia said...: This is an incredible portrait. I am voting this a favorite as well. BRAVO.
C; December 28, 2008 at 5:37 AM
Unknown said...: Thank you; December 30, 2008 at 11:00 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.