Muizenberg, Cape Town : Dude, where's your wetsuit

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Dude, where's your wetsuit

Cheers

3 comments:

Lowell said...: Some of us really strong, handsome dudes don't need no wetsuits!; March 29, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Unknown said...: Lol, I know, men need to be as tough as nails!; March 30, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Candice said...: He must be part of the All-Man club - didn't you know?? Real men don't wear wetsuits ;); April 7, 2009 at 4:59 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.