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The Waterfront and Two Oceans Aquarium
The Waterfront and Two Oceans Aquarium
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Visit the Sunshine Coast
Visit the Sunshine Coast
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Simons Town's historical mile – seeing the seaside town through new eyes
Simons Town's historical mile – seeing the seaside town through new eyes
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Rondevlei – Hippos in the City
Rondevlei – Hippos in the City
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Kelp vuvuzelas – a local, green touch for the Fifa World Cup Final Draw
Kelp vuvuzelas – a local, green touch for the Fifa World Cup Final Draw
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Horse Back Safaris in the Mabula Game Reserve
Horse Back Safaris in the Mabula Game Reserve
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Get away from it all this 'xmas — retreats for the soul
Get away from it all this 'xmas — retreats for the soul
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Last few days to see My Fair Lady at The Playhouse Theatre in Durban
Last few days to see My Fair Lady at The Playhouse Theatre in Durban
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Dirty Boots Adventure Guide South Africa Now Available to Order
Dirty Boots Adventure Guide South Africa Now Available to Order
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Culture vultures in Kalk Bay
Culture vultures in Kalk Bay
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Thursday, 31 July 2008

New Flea Market in Durban

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, KwaZulu Natal

Share Durban’s Newest Flea Market opens Sunday 3 August — Don’t miss the 1st Umkhumbane Flea Market on Sunday 3 August! It’s on the corner of Booth and Bellair Roads just a short drive from the Pavilion or the University. Shop for curios, cloth­ing, jew­ellery and home décor items, try a tra­di­tional herbal cure or [...]

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Wednesday, 30 July 2008

A Swell Weekend Getaway

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share The small town of Swellendam, is loc­ated approx­im­ately half way between Cape Town and Mossel Bay on the N2 highway.You will know you are reach­ing the town when you pass over the Breederivier, and see the Ostrich pro­cessing facil­ity on the right hand side, approach­ing from Cape Town. To reach the main road of [...]

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Tuesday, 29 July 2008

De Hoop Nature Reserve

posted to: Attractions, Game and Wildlife Encounters, Western Cape

Share De Hoop Nature Reserve is roughly three hours drive from Cape Town and just east of the town of Bredasdorp. The Reserve cov­ers an area of 34,000 hec­tares and one of the favor­ite des­tin­a­tions for those who want to spend time away from fren­etic city life. The reserve offers diverse scenery for hikers, bikers and [...]

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Monday, 28 July 2008

Design for sustainable living expo in Hermanus

posted to: Annual Events and Festivals, Western Cape

Share Contributed by Wanda of www.urbansprout.co.za There is some­thing so excit­ing about this time of year. Yes, it rains a great deal in the Western Cape (who’s com­plain­ing, it’s not like we get a lot!) but it’s also the time of the com­ing of the whales to our shores. I love the whales. These beautiful, [...]

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Monday, 28 July 2008

Hout Bay — a Delightful Hideaway

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share Hout Bay gained its name from early Dutch set­tlers in the Cape. It lit­er­ally means Wood Bay, for the tim­ber they gathered there to con­struct the early build­ings in the Cape. After a brief period where the area was used for Manganese min­ing, the still-existent fish­ing industry was foun­ded. One of the main attractions [...]

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Sunday, 27 July 2008

The Westcliff's Chocolate Afternoon Teas

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Gauteng

Share July to September 2008: Chocolate is espe­cially irres­ist­ible when it is enjoyed with the glor­i­ously warm Highveld winter sun stream­ing through the win­dows of The Westcliff’s Conservatory. Which explains why The Westcliff’s Winter Chocolate Afternoon Teas are such a pop­u­lar treat for not only chocol­ate lov­ers but for any­one who is pas­sion­ate about the [...]

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Saturday, 26 July 2008

Oxpecker Research Facility unveiled at Mokopane

posted to: Game and Wildlife Encounters, Limpopo Province

Share The National Zoological Gardens of South Africa’s Mokopane Centre unveiled its custom-designed oxpecker facil­ity on Friday 18th July 2008. This facil­ity is for the research of Red-billed Oxpeckers with the aim of breed­ing and relo­cat­ing these endangered birds to areas through­out South Africa. In the 1900’s oxpecker num­bers were drastic­ally reduced as a result [...]

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Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Wacky & Wonderful Robertson!

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share Located in the foot­hills of the Langeberg Mountains, on Route 62 between Worcester and Swellendam, is the small town of Robertson. With a his­tory span­ning more than 150 years, hav­ing been foun­ded in 1853, the town has plenty to offer, des­pite only hav­ing a pop­u­la­tion in the region of 17 000 people. Many of the [...]

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Tuesday, 22 July 2008

The Transkei

posted to: Attractions, Eastern Cape

Share When driv­ing towards the Transkei, par­tic­u­larly between East London and the Kei River cross­ing, it almost seems as if you are enter­ing another coun­try. This, you can tell, is wild, untamed coun­try. Whereas en route to Transkei you will travel through towns and cit­ies much like any other in South Africa, when you get [...]

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Thursday, 17 July 2008

The Cederberg

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share Many people remem­ber being a teen­ager with a fond, misty, sen­ti­mental look on their face. I for one am lucky to crack a grim­ace at some of the down­right out­rageous things I got up to dur­ing those years. Like the time my friends and I decided to go camp­ing in the Cederberg. At the [...]

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Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Diving in Cape Town

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

Share Silently bal­an­cing in a state of almost com­plete weight­less­ness, the dark water mov­ing around you, it can feel almost med­it­at­ive. Here, in the quiet depths of the ocean, you are forced to ignore your often hyper­act­ive, chat­ter­ing mind and just focus on the dive, all your atten­tion focused on absorb­ing the strange and sometimes [...]

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Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Blackheath Lodge in Sea Point

posted to: Accommodation and Specials, Western Cape

Share Blackheath Lodge is, quite simply, an indul­gence. Set snug up against Signal Hill in Sea Point, Cape Town, this Victorian style, spa­cious home has been con­ver­ted into a guest house deluxe with first rate ser­vice and that some­thing ‘extra’ that comes from its gra­cious and down­right affable host, Antony. Blackheath Lodge is a gorgeous [...]

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Wednesday, 9 July 2008

The Cango Caves

posted to: Attractions, Western Cape

Share The KhoiSan used the Cango Caves thou­sands of years ago as shel­ter but nobody else real­ized the beauty under the lime­stone ledge until the curi­os­ity of a farmer in 1780 made him lower him­self into the caves to invest­ig­ate. For the first time his dim torch showed an awe­some splend­our that still takes the [...]

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Tuesday, 8 July 2008

Hermanus Whale-Crier

posted to: Attractions, Western Cape

Share Until fairly recently it was unknown to all but loc­als, but men­tion the small South Africa coastal town of Hermanus any­where in the world today and someone will have heard about the vil­lage, and no doubt, the whales. Whales are one of the most pop­u­lar and well known attrac­tions on offer in this small [...]

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Friday, 4 July 2008

Hot Springs in the Western Cape

posted to: Attractions, Western Cape

Share Hot springs have long been known to have bene­fi­cial effects on health, as well as a relax­ing, reju­ven­at­ing way to while away time. High in nat­ural min­er­als due to geo­thermal activ­it­ies deep below the ground, which causes the water that bubbles up through the earth to be heated, their waters are thought to provide [...]

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