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Oudekraal nature reserve on Table Mountain

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Oudekraal and Hout Bay
I took this photo from the Constantia side of Table Mountain. That in the distance is the Lion's Head look-alike that you may have recalled seeing on your drive though the Hout Bay area. Hout Bay's to the left, and Llandudno's to the right - with the vast Oudekraal nature reserve in the valley below. Pretty awesome, don't you think?

You can access this spot from where the Constantia Nek hiking trail starts - right where Rhodes Drive meets the circle before the descent to Hout Bay.

Snow on our mountains

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Snow on our mountains
It's recently been really cold in Cape Town - and here's the evidence. Over the past couple of weekends dozens - nay - hundreds of families have made their way though to Ceres and other locations to play in the Matroosberg mountain snow. Take a look at the pictures on the Matroosberg website, and remember, this is Africa folks!

Cycling season is back

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Cycling season is back
It seems like cycling season is back. Remember to keep a 1 meter gap between your car and the cyclists you pass - and perhaps give a warning blip on your hooter if you feel they stray too far towards the middle of the road. :)

A table top mountain

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A table top mountain
It would be super-weird if we one day awoke to a flat landscape, without the iconic Table Mountain to greet us. The mountain's like a huge compass that Capetonians, and visitors I guess, use to orientate themselves.

And this get's me thinking - I wonder if the reason that traffic's a complete disaster in cloudy-rainy weather isn't perhaps because we lose sight of the mountain? ;)

Bees, bees, and Red Bull

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Bees, bees, and red bulls
I, for some inexplicable reason, find the fact that in English the word "bees" refers to a group of flying-stinging pollen-loving insects, while in Afrikaans the word "bees" refers to cattle. Not specifically Red Bull's flying bulls - but that is an interesting happenstance, don't you think? :)

Boxed LPs

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Boxed LPs
Isn't it interesting that LPs, which pre-dated cassette tapes and compact disks will probably outlast them both? Peter Goldmark, were he alive today, would have good reason to be proud of the part he played in developing the long-playing record. :)