A Day at the Cape

Back in the day, i had been to Cape Town, but had never spent much time there - so it was great to do some driving around and seeing the sights. We went to the Cape of Good Hope which is in the Table Mountain National Park. Seeing as i hadn't seen any Proteas in a while, i had to take a picture of one. The King Protea is South Africa's national flower - this is not a King, but it looked cool.



The Cape of Good Hope has some significant nautical history - it's not the southern-most tip of Africa, but it does signify the point at which sailors could stop heading directly south. In the 1400s, a couple Portuguese explorers left some landmarks. Below is a replica of the one left by Vasco da Gama. The information sign said the original was placed in 1488 and that it's whereabouts are unknown - so this has been erected in it's place.



Closer to the coastline there is a lighthouse with a path winding up a series of WWII watchpoints. It turns out that Toby is not all that fond of heights, but he hid it well and even got some 'over the edge' pictures.



How could we resist a hike to a lighthouse on the coast?



We got another picture with Susie's hair pretty much straight up in the air from the wind, but i've been "requested" not to post it.



We didn't stop at it, but there is a second similar landmark that had been placed by Bartolomeu Diaz (not sure what year).



We drove around the rest of the park as it is more of a nature reserve. We saw some animals that i didn't expect to see - bontebok, tsesebe, eland, ostrich, and white deer.