Archive for July, 2011

If you are new to the site then don’t worry about this article, just have a browse and enjoy the content. Returning readers will be wondering what is going on. I have decided to have a bit of a change. Recently I have realized that there is now a lot of information on the site. [read more]

There is some great news for the residents of the Cape Point peninsula from the Table Mountain National Parks, with the introduction of a new residents card- called The Green Card. This is essentially a Wild Card with a limited number of entries per year and is solely for the benifit of local people. [read more]

We thought that it would be nice to take advantage of the unseasonally nice weather and take a trip to Cape Point to see if we could see the zebras I recently posted about. Unfortunately the weather did not play ball, it was cold and windy but we still had a cracking day out. [read more]

Mountain Zebra Foal Born In Cape Point National Park I read today with great interest that a Mountain Zebra foal was born in the park on Tuesday (19th July). More accurately the new arrival is a Cape Mountain Zebra , one of two species of mountain zebras (the other being the Hartmann’s Mountain [read more]

I have received a reply back from the ministry of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning regarding the controversial Dassenberg Development and it appears have managed to get egg on my face! [read more]

The Hout Bay Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Support group Invites you to a talk on 'Current treatment of ADHD'. Follow the link for more information. [read more]

At this time of year I am delighted and annoyed by the arrival of hordes of Egyptian Geese that descend onto Fish Hoek sports field. Delighted- because they are beautiful, interesting and funny birds. Annoyed- it isn’t the birds’ fault, they turn grass into guano, and they haven’t been supplied with enclosed toilets yet, which [read more]

If you tried to view the site this morning (Sunday, 10th July) and got a weird bunch of nonsense instead then please accept my sincere apologies- as you can see, things are up and running as normal again. I was updating the system I use for administering the site and the auto updater failed, resulting [read more]

Despite all the recent local media attention regarding the problems on the roads on the Cape Point Peninsula it seems that the message is not getting through. On Sunday evening, just as I was leaving the house to walk the dogs, I heard an almighty screech, crash and a crunching sound. I thought at first [read more]

It is citrus season on the Cape and so all things orange and lemon are very cheap in the shops. We have a lemon tree on our veranda that is overloaded with fruit this year. Lemons are not the kind of thing that you want to eat as fruit, and there is only so much [read more]