Archive for February, 2009
Robben Island’s Unforgiving Coast Line
Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa as seen with Table Mountain in the background.
Robben Island is in the Western Cape of South Africa, approximately 7km off the coast and 12km from Cape Town harbor. This island is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
The island was first discovered by Europeans in 1488 when [...]
Blaauwberg Hotel – Sore Eye or Beauty?
Rezidor Hotel Group this week announces that it plans to expand with 10 new hotels in Africa as part of its continental development strategy for 2009. President & CEO of The Rezidor Hotel Group Kurt Ritter said during a media briefing at the grand opening of the new Radisson [...]
Big Bay Beach, Cape Town, South Africa
Good Luck to all athletes!
BIG BAY in Blouberg Strand has been named as the venue for the second international 11global Olympic-distance triathlon race, which is to be held on Sunday 1 March.
The event, which was originally planned for Dolphin Beach, has been relocated to Blouberg Strand, where the organisers [...]
Just stop your crap, all of you!
RUMOURS of further disruption and possible violence by striking taxi operators in the Du Noon area were dismissed by the mayor of Cape Town, Ms Helen Zille, in a statement issued on Monday.
Zille said she had personally spoken to the chairperson of the dissident National Taxi Association (NTA) who [...]
Kitesurfing Blaauwberg Video
Taken from YouTube
Great footage of kiteboarding in Cape Town, South Africa.
Kitesurfing experience in South Africa. Just above Cape town, there is a town called Blouberg. The surf is good but the kitesurf is better! Water temperature is about 12 degrees, but air is in summer around 30 degrees. Wind is about 20 knots [...]
Cyclist Killed on Otto du Plessis Drive, Milnerton
0 Comments Published February 16th, 2009 in General News.Businessman and avid cyclist Colin van Schalkwyk, who was killed when a shipping container truck crashed into the group with which he was cycling, had been training to take part in his 10th Pick n Pay Cape Argus Cycle Tour.
His widow, Zarina, said her husband, the father of their six-year-old daughter, Sara, had been training [...]
Families on land stand in way of Blaauwberg Traffic Solution
0 Comments Published February 10th, 2009 in General News.Traffic Nightmares!
This peaceful circle at the end of Blaauwberg road…..
(off the record, I’ve always wondered why they never build a nice fancy fountain feature in the middle of this circle, it would have looked so much more spectacular than the existing weird features.. comments?)
..Could end up looking like this…
Photo apparently taken from somewhere in China
Yep, [...]
Rowing ON water
Can somebody clarify what this water sport is referred to? A number of our readers have sent in quite a few photos capturing many of these “surfers” out in the Big Bay area. It looks awesome! Comment and let us know.
Credit to: Datafreak
Shocking mindless people!
Poachers with packs of dogs have been targeting Cape Town nature reserves where they hunt animals as part of lucrative betting schemes.
City officials say the poachers operate with up to 20 dogs at a time which hunt small antelope and anything else they can catch, particularly in the Blaauwberg Conservation Area and in [...]
It’s about bloody time!
THE days are over when property owners on the Blaauwberg beachfront could put up a block of flats without going through a formal rezoning process that would have to include public participation.
With the lapse of Section 14 of the Land Use Planning Ordinance (LUPO) the scenario no longer exists where single residential [...]
Blouberg has proven to be one of the top kite surfing destinations in the world. We found a really great picture showing the beach activity on a great windy day in Blaauwberg.
Credits to: Ian Wilson for the photo.
BEST Kiteboarding and SA Kitesurfari School appear to be the two leaders on the Blouberg beach front for [...]