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Cape Peninsula |
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Dramatic cloudscapes threaten to keep the Twelve Apostles hidden from view - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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The Twelve Apostles seen during a brief stop and a brief clearing of the cloud - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Shortly afterwards the Twelve Apostles were once again hidden from view - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Camps Bay, Cape Peninsula - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Departing Hout Bay for Duiker Island to view the Cape Fur Seals - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Cape Fur Seals on Duiker Island at Hout Bay - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Duiker Island - boats make frequent and regular sailings from Hout Bay - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Returning to Hout Bay where the owner of the performing seal took umbrage if you took its photo and didn't pay him - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Contrasting hill dwellings at Hout Bay - Houtbaai in Afrikaans means means Wood Bay - where Lichtenstein Castle (right) is a guest house - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Start of Chapman's Peak Drive which is a toll road maintained by a private company - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Sentinel Mountain, Hout Bay - Sentinelberg, Houtbaai - viewed from Chapman's Peak Drive - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Hewen out of the rock face, Chapman's Peak Drive connects Hout Bay with Noordhoek with over 100 bends in 14 kilometres - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Under the rock on Chapman's Peak Drive (left); Noordhoek Beach (right) was used for beach scenes in Ryan's Daughter - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Between Noordhoek and Simon's Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Part of the extensive Cape Town suburban rail system running along the shore on the approaches to Simon's Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Simon's Town Naval Base (left); Main Road (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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SAS ISANDLWANA, a Valour Class frigate alongside at Simon's Town, October 2011 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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The only dog to have been enlisted in the Royal Navy - Able Seaman Just Nuisance, RN at Simon's Town, South Africa - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Just Nuisance was adopted by British sailors at Simonstown and when he died he was given a military funeral - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Colonial architecture in Simon's Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Phoenix Hall of the Free Mason's (left) on Main Road, Simon's Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Dutch Reformed Church, Simon's Town - Nederduits Gereformeede Kerk, Simonstad - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Town Hall (left) where I was kindly invited in to see a large builder's model of an early Union Castle liner. Next door to the Home and Hardware store is the Leather Shop, but the meaning of the signal flags - LHK - was not apparent - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Colonial architecture reminiscent of Australia in Main Road, Simon's Town, South Africa - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Main Road, Simon's Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Simon's Town Mosque in Alfred's Lane founded in 1923 (1341 Islamic Calendar) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Boulders, near Simon's Town is home to the African Penguin - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Walkways lead down to the beach which is exclusively reserved for the little birds - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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When we visited, there was little activity and none of the birds were actually on the beach but instead remained on the boulders - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Baboon are a constant threat and nuisance on the Peninsula - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Dedicated patrols are employed to keep them on the move and, as far as possible, off the road - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Cape Point, Table Mountain national Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Cape Point (left) and Cape of Good Hope (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Look out for ostrich on the beach and also Cape Zebra which have a white underside and no "ghost" stripes - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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While you get a good view of the Cape of Good Hope from the old lighthouse on Cape Point, when you actually get there it is only the notice that indicates you have reached, perhaps, Africa's greatest anti-climax - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Heading back to Cape Town through Fish Hoek - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Fish Hoek - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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