Muizenberg, Cape Town : A day on the beach

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

A day on the beach

Cheers

4 comments:

Nathalie H.D. said...: Yes yes yes, gimme a day on the beach!; March 4, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Dottie Jo said...: Oh, this is so inviting - it hasn't even hit 30 degrees Fareheit yet today here! Very nice photos!; March 4, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Unknown said...: Something very funny - these where the only three people sun tanning on the beach the rest where walking.

Go figure.

Cheers; March 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Steffi said...: Looks like a hot day on the beach!; March 6, 2009 at 7:23 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.