Further to my recent post regarding walking with baboons I realized that it is easy for someone to support these animals if that person doesn’t have to actually deal with them (no baboons in Fish Hoek!)
Well, I am not going to be moving to Glencairn or Simons Town anytime soon so I thought that I would do the next best thing and look into tactics for combating these potent...
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Month: August 2010
Walking with Baboons
I can’t claim that I did this recently but I did find the photos on my hard drive. With all the tension that is being seen between the two primate groups on the Cape I thought I would write a little piece on my afternoon with the baboons.
For the sake of not misleading my readers, I have to say that I am pro the baboons, so don’t think for a second that this piece is goi...
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Quick link to the Gaby Bouwer post
If you are visiting the site after reading the letter in the paper then follow this link to the artcle it mentions
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Many thanks for visiting the site.
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New walking route added, Black Hill to Lewis Gay Dam
Fearing that the weather was going to turn for the worst over the weekend I decided to make the most of the beautiful sunshine and take a walk from Black Hill to the Lewis Gay Dam. I also wanted to see what the state of the water level in the dam was, since I had seen stats that said it should be nearly full, but I just didn't believe that we had had that much rain (see post ht...
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Morning out to Noordhoek Farm Village- Breakfast at The Foodbarn
With the weather closing in and the wind picking up we decided to combine a trip to the supermarket with a visit to the Noordhoek Farm Village.
The Noordhoek Farm Village is a great place for us because it allows us to grab a sneaky coffee and it gives our daughter somewhere different to play on the swings and slides- she especially loves the two wooden rocking horses.
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Gaby Bouwer- A Double Tragedy
The 19th August has become a sad day for the town of Fish Hoek; this Thursday marked the first anniversary of the tragic death of Gaby Bouwer. Gaby was walking her dog, waiting to cross Kommetjie Road, just to the east of the notorious 17th Avenue junction, when she was struck and killed by an out of control taxi- allegedly being driven at speed by a driver with no license....
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Is El Nino to blame for our dry winter?
It seems that this winter has been unusually warm and dry; some days have felt more like summer. Whilst this is very nice for the soul it does make you worry about the effects on water supplies this coming summer. Is this due to general global warming, a one off glitch or happening because of something else?
The data supplied by the Western Cape local government suggests t...
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New walking route added to Walks Page
Hello all
Since the weather looked like it was going to close in and rain was likely I decided to make the most of it this morning and take one of my favorite short walks: Peer's Cave from the Fish Hoek side.
This is one of my favorite short walks in the area and you are more than adequately rewarded for your efforts with fantastic views of the valley. It was especially g...
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Cape Point Chronicle- what it is all about?
This is my first post to this new resource for the Cape Peninsula and I would like to take a few moments to explain to you what this site is all about.
I love living in this area, and actually start to feel homesick if I spend too much time on the other side of the mountain: and I have every right to feel that way since I chose this area to live in, having not being born any...
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