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Showing posts with label Cape Town visits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cape Town visits. Show all posts

22 April 2025

Cape Town 2025 Highlights

 

Arrival


Afrikaburn


Photography outings


Hiking


Walking



The Beach


Nostalgia


Eating out and food


Family


Friends


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    10 February 2024

    Cape Town 2023 / 24 Highlights


    Dates

    • 27 Nov 2023 - 7 Feb 2024

    Family



    Friends



    Nights away



    Hikes



    Walks



    Beaches and swimming


     

    Nostalgia



    Events in order



    2023


    2024


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    4 November 2022

    Cape Town 2022 Highlights


    Flight and arrival 


    Hikes


    Walks


    Beach 


    Birding outings


    Shows


    Woodside

    • Tour of Woodside Village
    • Lunch at Woodside Village
    • Meeting with Jill van Syl to discuss Antarctica
    • Dinner at Woodside


    Social


    Meals


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    15 January 2020

    Cape Town, Plett, Victoria Falls, Chobe 2019 / 2020 Highlights


    Arrival


    Hiking


    Outings


    Camping tip


    Family and friends


    Trip to Plett


    Victoria Falls and Chobe


    Flying home


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    26 July 2018

    Cape Town and Mauritius 2018 Highlights

    Arrival


    Walking


    Hiking


    Meals


    Trips away


    Family holiday


    Back to Sydney


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    17 January 2017

    Cape Town & Garden Route 2016 / 2017 Highlights


    It's been a wonderful 7 weeks that has flown by.  Lots of quality time with the family. Some great outings. A fabulous roadtrip.  And I even managed to get plenty of work done.  Great stuff.


    Outings

    Road trip to Sedgefield

    Walks

    Family

    Food
    • Mum's orgasmic Xmas cake
    • The Spur (Pecan Nut Sundae!! x2)
    • Pizza at Pomodoro (Wilderness): blue cheese, onion, ham and sweet fig and the best base ever.
    • Kudu, Ostrich and Steak in Stellenbosch
    • Fish and chips at Woodside
    • Braaid fish and Kalamari with Jo at Kalkbay
    • Pizza at Kelvin with Liz and family
    • The Eatery for lunch with mum
    • Facachia with the Botings
    • Peddlers
    • Forries
    • Lunch at Katima 

    School

    Friends

    Purchases
    • New sunglasses
    • New reading glasses
    • Shoes with mum
    • Battle Field 1 for Matt

    Admin
    • Getting new passport and ID

    Movies  (Putlocker, Solar Movies)
    • Star Wars Rogue 1  (*)
    • Planet Earth 2
    • Happy People, a year of the Tiagra
    • Miss Saigon
    • Girl on a Train
    • Nocturnal Animals
    • Forrest Gump
    • Brooklyn
    • The Lego Movie
    • Miss Saigon
    • Hell or Highwater
    • Sicario
    • Eye in the Sky
    • Zootopia
    • The Accountant
    • The Light Between Oceans
    • Suicide Squad
    • Black Mirror ("Playtest" with Matt, then "Be Right Back" with Jo)
    • Hunger Games Mocking Jay 2
    • Tickled

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    31 May 2015

    South Africa 2015 Highlights


    Cape Town

     Garden Route

     Cape Town with Chrisèl

     Baz bus

    Cape Town

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    23 May 2014

    Cape Town 2014 Highlights



    Wow, what an amazing time I've had in Cape Town.  Non stop special memories to savour.  Thanks so much to the generosity and hospitality of my family.  It's been so, so wonderful to spend such quality time with family and friends.  And what a gift that Russell that could be here at the same time.

    Here are some of the highlights of my time in Cape Town.

     Photography outings

    Sunset over ...

    Adventure

    Hikes and walks

    The beach

    Great meals

    More special times with family and friends

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    1 December 2012

    Cape Town, Orange River, Kruger 2012 Highlights

     Cape Town


    Orange River Adventure


    Kruger National Park Adventure



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    27 February 2010

    Cape Town and Garden Route 2009 / 2010 Highlights

    After a wonderful Christmas with the family in December 2009, I remained in Cape Town for another 5 weeks.  I was able to share in Matt's 7th birthday party with a water slide and lots of splashing and fun.  I also went taboggening with the family which was a great adrenaline rush, especially when I discovered that Sam has no fear of speed and sees no need to apply the brake on corners!

    Other family outings included a trip up Signal Hill to see the new World Cup  football stadium, a picnic at  Llandadno Beach and a day out with mum and the kids at the Waterfront and Oceanarium.  We also did a a lovely Constantia Nek walk as well as walks at Silvermine.

    I also got to see Ivor and I caught up with the people from the Hardcore Hiking club at a braai with James and Fiona.  We also went to Scarborough for the day to see Sean.

    In addition to family activities, I took many photos in and around Cape Town at places like Table Mountain, Paarl, the Muizenberg to Kalk Bay walk, Kirstenbosch, Franschhoek, Hout Bay and Chapman's Peak, Cape Point, Camps Bay, Boulders Beach and the World of Birds.

    During the last part of my holiday, I did the Garden Route including Knysna, Nature's Valley, Oudshoorn and Robberg (in Plett). It was good to see this beautiful part of the world again. As usual, a highlight for me was the gorgeous Storm's River National Park where I did the first day of the Otter Trail. I love the way the ocean pounds the coast along this park's rocky shoreline and the sensation of walking across the suspension bridge.

    In Cape Town, I did my first official photoshoot which produced some nice portraits of Meggan's children.  It was my first paying "gig"   I got a great shirt out of the deal!
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    30 April 2007

    Cape Town 2007 Highlights

    Myburgh's Ravine with Russell

    Leaping

    Colleen and Steve's wedding

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    13 July 2006

    Two weeks back in Cape Town before emigrating to Australia

    Highlights
    • Seeing our wonderful family again. I cannot get enough of Sammy and Matthew. They are absolutely adorable and we are having so much fun together.
    • Seeing all our friends at our Pudding and Punch party
    • A visit to St Jame's beach with Jo and the kids
    • Ring a ring a roses on the trampoline with Matthew and Sam and many games of hide and seek
    • A lovely lunch with Russel, the Boet and Lucy
    • Geocaching with Russel, Aaron and Nicky (the professional photographer) at Betties Bay - running down the dunes, climbing the hill at Gordon's Bay, the Botanical Garden and penguin colony, and walking in the reserve
    • Dancing to Abba songs with the Boting clan
    • Jesus Christ Superstar at Camps Bay theatre
    • Ice skating, "horse racing" and go-cart racing at Grand West - and Anthony's winning of "Hot Stuff" the devil for Matthew
    • Catching up with Julian who has just had a new son
    • Jeans shopping with Sally. Stretch jeans rule. Thanks Sally!!
    • Sushi dinner with Jo and Anthony
    • Madagascan steak with mum and Mike at Barristers - steak and pepper sauce doesn't come better
    • Delicious SPUR meal with Robyn - with peacan nut sundae
    • Lovely dinners at mum and Mike's
    • Dinner at Marrianne - and her adorable dogs
    • Dinner at Jo and Steve and seeing their beautiful new kitchen
    • More of that amazing strawberry juice - thanks Steve!!
    • Appletizer - how I miss it!
    • Playing with the kids at West Lake and rolling around on the castles
    • Visiting Nicola's new house and catching up with her and Shirly
    • Getting Skype (at long last)
    • Jo's amazing biscotti and date balls and mum's chocolate mousse and soup
    • Some icey dips in the pool (done to impress Sammy and Matthew)
    • Taking Sammy to school
    • Packing the boxes
    • Watching Annie with the kids
    • Taking the kids to visit the fire station and getting to ride in the fire engine and blow the siren - not sure who was more excited, Antony and me or the kids!
    • Seeing Ivor and Janice, Jessica and their new baby
    • Snogging in the car wash
    • Gardening with Sammy
    • Dinner at James
    • Mike's birthday party where we got all the family together
    • Burning all my papers from way back


    Flying into Cape Town




    Outing to St James








    Punky Sam


    Partying to Abba music with the Boting clan





    Visiting Nicola's new house




    Geocaching with Russel in Betties Bay








    Check out the heron eating a rat!



    And we saw some very cute penguins





    And a dassie. Apparently dassies are related to elephants.



    Family Outing to Grand West - ice skating and fun fare









    Dinner at Marianne






    Out for Sushi dinner




    Playing at West Lake









    Visiting Ivor, Janice, Jessica and their adorable new baby. The cutie in the photos is Jessica.




    Visiting the fire station with the kids and getting to drive in the fire engine with the siren on (very exciting for us adults, let alone the kids!)




    Mike's birthday party   









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    31 December 2005

    Christmas in Cape Town 2005 (before heading to South America)

    We spent our Xmas 2005 with our family in Cape Town - our first Xmas with them in 6 years. Very special it was. Some our our Cape Town highlights were:
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    19 November 2004

    Cape Town visit 2004

    Ally and I just returned from a wonderful trip to South Africa. It was wonderful to see our family again. I could have gobbled the kids up they were so cute.











    Sammy´s first ever photo. Of me, nogal, and a good one. I didn't even crop it.



    We took the cable car - to lazy to walk. Actually, more due to lack of time. One week is not enough!!









    Apart from our lovely family, this is what I miss most about Cape Town. The beaches are just so beautiful.









    Amazing how the Waterfront has grown since we were there last. Incredible to think that a smelly harbour renowned for sleeze has become Cape Town's premier tourist destination and "the place" to have a penthouse.









    The highlight of our stay was to have a reunion of our friends at Jo and Ant's lovely house. Volleyball, hot sun, swimming, good food, old friends... Talk about combining the best things in life into one day. A day I will always cherish







    A night out in Cape Town. Great to see Adam, Rusty, Jo and Adam again








    Some of my happiest childhood memories are from this beach St James. It was wonderful to experience it again with Sammy and Matthew. I'm pretty sure there are almost identical photos of Jo and I as toddlers munching ice cream lollies on St James beach. Ah, the circle of life!







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