Africa in a nutshell: Boyes Drive, Kalk Bay

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Boyes Drive, Kalk Bay

Boyes Drive, Kalk Bay.
Photo taken with SE xperia x10i, with Sony Ericsson's Panorama app.
Cheers and regards
Kingjim

2 comments:

Katoikei's Jukebox said...: This going to make and awesome desktop. Have you ever taken photographs from the top of black hill, overlooking Sun Valley?; July 27, 2011 5:37 PM
KiNgJiM said...: Is this what you mean - http://muizenbergdaily.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-top-of-world-muizenberg.html; August 1, 2011 9:13 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.