Things have been a little busy with work so I havn't been out and about much recently, and I can't imagine that you would like an account of the inside of my workshop. With that in mind I have to admit that I wasn't there for what happened in this account, it is second hand information, but still, I wish I had seen it and I will probably spend the rest of my life watching out f...
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Author: Russell Hepworth
What to do with the kids during the Christmas Holidays on the Cape Point
Christmas is fast approaching us and it is now that you start wondering what are you going to do with the kids for all that time. It won't be long now until they are breaking up from school.
As parents of a lively little girl we were trawling the internet looking for things to do over Christmas (luckily Gogo and Bappie (don't ask) are going to be here for the whole of Decemb...
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Another accident on Kommetjie Road- Sunday, 30th October
When you hear a strange noise at 1.15 in the morning it tends to get your imagination going overtime. First I thought that something had fallen over outside; then that a gate could be banging. After checking those two (through the window) my mind went into overtime- is someone trying to break into the garage?
It is strange that whenever I think that there could be an undesir...
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Census 2011 has started in the Cape Point Peninsula
The census for 2011 has started and already there has been an unsavoury incident. On the very first day two men posing as census collectors conned their way into a property in Kensington, Johannesburg, and robbed the owners at gunpoint.
It was bound to happen, and it surely won't be the last incident of this type before the end of the census.
The residents of the Cape Poi...
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Introducing Cape Point Chronicle’s Poll
After the recent shark attack off Fish Hoek beach the usual debate has been opened in the letters pages of local newspapers. There are two camps, those who think that the only way forward is to fence off the bay in some way (control nature) and those who think we should continue to find a way to live with sharks (live with nature). In the tradition of the Cape Point Peninsula, ...
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Shark Attack off Fish Hoek Beach
This morning there was a tragic Shark Attack off Fish Hoek Beach, at the Clovelly end, and although at present facts are dependent on who you talk to it seems that this is going to have to go down to one of those things. All the reports that I have read point to the fact that the shark watch was in operation, that the correct flag was flying and that spotters were working ...
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Shark joins Fish Hoek Beach Heritage Day Fun
Early Summer for the Cape Point Peninsula
What a glorious Heritage day weekend on the Cape Point Peninsula, perfect Saturday to light the coals and Sunday is set to be a scorcher! You can't go wrong!
Being that it was a perfect day, and the missus wanted us out of the house, my daughter and I took the slow, and familiar walk down to Jaegers Walk in Fish Hoek. I was hoping t...
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Atmospheric Sunday in Hout Bay
Hout Bay- the Cape Point Peninsula’s oft forgotten gem
It isn’t often that we get to Hout Bay- the geography and road systems of the Cape Point Peninsula seem to make it easier for us to get to a number of places easier than Hout Bay.
This Sunday we had other business to take care of in that area so decided to double up and have a trip to the Lions Craft Market in Hout Bay....
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Long Beach Mall Closed?
It has been some time since I last went to Long Beach Mall, I am not a mall person, but needs must sometimes. So imagine my surprise when I arrived to find it closed! Not just the shops but the whole building, with the windows covered in paper!
Surely Long Beach Mall had not been closed down- the owners Growth Point are a large company, their bankruptcy would make the news I...
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Free Entry to Cape Of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Cape Point
To celebrate National Parks Week SANParks are giving all South Africans free entry to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. The offer is from 12 to 16 September 2011 and all you need to do is turn up at the gate with a South African ID book.
This is a brilliant offer, especially if you are not a Wild Card owner, as the entry fee is a bit steep (if you are a fa...
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