Jupiter Returns to the Cape Point Evenings

For the first time in a while the skies are relatively clear tonight and I noticed that Jupiter has returned to our late evening skies. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and many believe that it is a failed star. It has all the elements in it to make a star, it just falls short of creating enough pressure to cause a chain reaction as in the Sun. Jupiter is a ga...
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Baboons: Practical tips for living in harmony with our simian neighbors- part 1

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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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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