Africa in a nutshell: Muizenberg beach

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Muizenberg beach

Photo taken with SE xperia x10i, with Sony Ericsson's Panorama app.

Cheers and regards
Kingjim

2 comments:

feelit said...: The big blue skies make me so, so lonesome.; July 10, 2011 9:26 PM
KiNgJiM said...: water a chilly 10 degrees though....

brrrrrrrrrr

Cheers
James; July 11, 2011 5:08 PM

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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.