In an early post I reported that we were going to enter a La Nina cycle of weather, (for more on this follow this link.) At the time the phenomina was expected to give us a wet end to the winter, which it did, heavy rain for the north of the country in the summer and- if it stays with us, the pattern should be for a dry winter in the Western Cape.
Certainly, world expert opi...
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Month: January 2011
A History of the Cape Point Peninsula Article 1: A (brief) laymen’s look at the Geological origins of our beloved Cape Point
Being a curious person I recently got interested in the geology of the region. This was partly fueled by the fact that the view from my computer is of the Dassenburg in Fish Hoek, a most intriguing looking lump of rock. This is part one of a series of articles I am planning and is a brief journey back in time, written by a laymen, for the enjoyment of other laymen.
All good ...
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Ten reasons to visit the Cape Point Peninsula
My web traffic stats tell me that a lot of people overseas visit this site for information on the area. So I thought I would write an article promoting the area, giving those people an insight into why they cannot visit South Africa without coming and seeing us here.
Reason 1:
Kalk Bay- what better place to start your visit to the deep south than in Kalk Bay, a picturesque ...
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Holiday Accommodation Page Added
Welcome to the New Year and wishing all our readers a very prosperous 2011.
Over the holiday period I was reviewing the statistics for Cape Point Chronicle, mainly who was visiting the site and where they are from. This proved to be very revealing.
Cape Point Chronicle was devised as a local resource, aimed at people who live in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, particular...
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