Muizenberg, Cape Town : False Bay panarama

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

False Bay panarama

Taken near Kalk Bay, just before Fishhoek........
Photo taken with SE xperia x10i, with Sony Ericsson's Panorama app.
Cheers and regards
Kingjim

2 comments:

tiddym said...: Is that Woolley's Pool?
My great-grandparents were those Woolleys.; June 30, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Unknown said...: Yes it is Woolley's Pool - http://www.capetownlive.com/live/kultcha_view.jsp?kultcha_id=18139

:)
James; July 1, 2011 at 10:40 AM

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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.