Muizenberg, Cape Town : Muizenberg beach front

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Muizenberg beach front

Cheers

2 comments:

Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.com said...: nice photo I am looking forward to coming to South Africa next year so I continue to look forward to your photos.; January 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Unknown said...: Thank you, and is that Victoria falls in the background of your picture?; January 29, 2009 at 9:11 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.