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Golden Arrow Bus Service

carynkaleido — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:43:12 +0000

Golden Arrow bus service has passed 160 years of providing road-based public transport to the community of Cape Town. The company is in its present form the culmination of an unbroken chain of mergers and acquisitions. It is uniquely positioned as one of a few privately owned companies providing public transport services. Our weekly and monthly products are perfect for passengers who travel to work and home regularly. Weekly 10-ride products are valid for 30 days and monthly 48-ride products for 90 days. – See bus schedules here. Pensioners discount applies To get your pass please call 021 466 7000. hello@gabs.co.za

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King David Mowbray Golf Club

carynkaleido — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:43:59 +0000

King David Mowbray Golf Club is one of Cape Town’s oldest golf clubs. It is the result of a historic merger between two distinguished clubs: King David Golf Club, founded in 1956, and Mowbray Golf Club, which dates back to 1910. It is achalleng par-72 18 Hole Championship Golf Course course with a rich heritage. It is known for its meticulously maintained fairways and greens, The club hosts 7 SA Opens, and 5 SA Amateurs Events. It is owned by its members and managed by an elected board of members. more 1 Raapenberg Road Best golf courses in the Western Cape article

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Mapping Museum

carynkaleido — Sun, 31 May 2026 12:36:48 +0000

The Mapping Museum listing in Cape Town focuses on the history and development of cartography in South Africa, with strong links to National Geo-spatial Information (NGI) in Mowbray, where the country’s official topographic maps are produced. It reflects the evolution of mapping techniques, historical survey work, and the people and institutions involved in documenting the Western Cape and broader South Africa. This includes early surveyors, mapping pioneers such as McClear and Le Callé, and the long development of government mapping systems that are still in use today. This small museum offers a fascinating glimpse into the science, technology, and determination that shaped South Africa’s maps. Visitors can view instruments used by generations of surveyors and learn how pioneers helped create one of the world’s most advanced survey systems. Astro theodolite Mapping in South Africa is closely connected to the physical landscape. The geology of the Western Cape plays a major role in how terrain is surveyed, classified, and represented on official maps. Admission is free from 8.30 to 15.30. It is possible to schedule an appointment with a guide to explain the instruments. Small groups are welcome, and maps can be purchased. Mapping of the Western Cape (Story) Van Der Sterr Building 19 Rhodes Drive Mowbray

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Metro Rail

carynkaleido — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:24:16 +0000

Metro Rail is a public transport provider in Greater Cape Town that operates train lines. The Metro Rail Western Cape has 6 train lines in Cape Town and services 124 train stations. Find the train Schedules here See schedules app here. Find out the train lines, schedules and stops of Metrorail Western Cape. The trains operate from 4 am to 7 pm Transport Information Centre: 0800 65 64 63 (all hours) Transport.Info@capetown.gov.za

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Mostert’s Mill

carynkaleido — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 14:52:59 +0000

Mostert’s Mill was built around 1796 on the farm Welgelegen, owned by Gysbert van Renen. It was named after his son-in-law, Sybrand Mostert, following Van Renen’s death. The mill was the first privately owned mill in the Cape Colony. Before the British occupation of the Cape in 1795, only mills controlled by the Dutch East India Company were permitted. By 1873, the mill had ceased operation but remained in the Mostert family until 1889, when it was sold to Mr Wilks, who in turn sold it to Cecil John Rhodes in 1891. Rhodes added it to his Groote Schuur estate, although farming on the property had ended after the phylloxera epidemic destroyed the vineyards. The mill fell into disrepair but was restored in 1935 by the Public Works Department, employing Dutch millwright Christiaan Bremer. The restored mill was officially reopened on 1 February 1936 by Dr. Lorentz, the Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister General Hertzog. Flour was ground for the guests at the event. Mostert’s Mill is a three-story Cape-style truncated-cone tower mill, about 8 m tall and nearly 8 m in diameter. The first 2 m of the tower are built of stone, with the remainder made of unbaked brick. The walls are 1.5 m thick at ground level, giving an internal diameter of just over 5.5 m. The cap, threshing floor, and adjacent house were originally thatched, and the nearby house was likely the miller’s home. After the 1930s restoration, the mill was operated occasionally but became derelict again during the Second World War. In 1986, its windshaft broke, causing the sails to crash to the ground. The Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa then launched a campaign to save it, leading to the founding of the Friends of Mostert’s Mill in 1993. This group oversaw another full restoration in 1995, once again by the Dunning-Bremer firm, at a cost of R245,000. On 18 April 2021, the mill was severely damaged in a fire that began on Table Mountain, destroying several buildings, including one of the University of Cape Town’s libraries and four thatched houses behind the mill. At the time, it was South Africa’s oldest working windmill. By March 2023, the friends of the Mostert’s mill had nearly completed a full restoration, returning this historic landmark, after centuries of use, neglect, and renewal, to working condition once more. The Mill is open to the public on the third Saturday of each month, from 10 am to 2 pm. Providing there is enough wind, you can see the mill working, take a tour and buy some flour or Sourdough bread. It is R50 per annum for a Friends of Mostert’s Mill, membership. Rhodes avenue Mowbray read more here Updated December 2025

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The Black River

carynkaleido — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 18:42:30 +0000

The Black River or (Swart Rivier) is a tributary of The Salt River, the Liesbeek River, and the Elsieskraal River. It rises in Arderne Gardens and flows underground under The railway line and the main road. It continues in a canal through the suburbs of Claremont and Rondebosch naturally through Observatory, Mowbray, and Maitland before it joins the Salt River. 55% of the river runs in canals.

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The Kings blockhouse

carynkaleido — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 14:28:57 +0000

The King’s blockhouse on the Mowbray ridge was built between 1795 and 1803 by the British to defend against any enemy attack. Along with the Prince of Wales and the Queen’s Blockhouses, it formed a line of defense designed to spot ships entering False Bay and signal the Castle of Good Hope. It is located in a prominent part of the mountain. More recently, it was used as a signal station for communications between Table Bay and False Bay. In 1814, a few redoubts were built to strengthen the defence, and at that time, this was considered as the boundary between Cape Town and the “country districts” Story from Saartjie Klipkop The King’s Blockhouse is a well-known landmark on Mowbray Ridge, on the slopes of Devil’s Peak, Table Mountain. It is strategically placed to command views of Table Bay and False Bay, and combined with the York and Prince of Wales Blockhouses, forms a defensive line guarding the land approach to Cape Town and Table Bay. Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line, was extended by the addition of three blockhouses up the slopes of Devil’s Peak. These included the Queen’s Blockhouse, on the Zonnebloem Estate, the Prince of Wales, above present-day De Waal Drive, and the King’s Blockhouse further up the mountainside. The first two have since fallen into a state of disrepair, but the King’s Blockhouse, a massive stone structure 7m square, located on a prominent point on the Devil’s Peak, was retained in use as a signal station for communication between Table Bay and False Bay. The line was further strengthened in 1814 when several additional redoubts were built, and at one stage served as the official boundary between Cape Town and the country districts beyond. The King’s Blockhouse was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 4 February 1938. The blockhouse can be reached by hiking or by bike up a steep path from behind the Rhodes Memorial. Follow the contour path running above Newlands Forest up to Skeleton Gorge. Then continue to Kirstenbosch. It is better to hike in groups as muggings have happened on the slopes of the mountain. A forester’s dwelling was built in 1893 below the King’s blockhouse. It was demolished, and now there is just a plaque memorial to the original forester Frank Jarman. The plaque reads ” He found these barren stony slopes treeless, and he left them covered in forest. The early forest cultivation was done with convict labour. The fort was used as a prison. The convicts were housed in the fort from 1893 until the 1920s The King’s Blockhouse was declared a national monument in1936 GPS 33° 56′ 6.1273″, 18° 28′ 13.8018″ Hike to the blockhouse

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The Liesbeek River

carynkaleido — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 09:11:12 +0000

The Liesbeek River which was originally called the Amstel or Versse Rivier. is named after a small river in Holland. Land along the river was granted to the first Free burgers in 1657. The river is only 9 km long and originates on the slopes of Table Mountain. Jan Van Riebeek had a riverside property here. Water abstraction takes place to water local properties. The Josephine mill is placed on the river. From Rondebosch, a large part of the river has been canalized. Sadly some sections downstream have been badly eroded. The confluence of The Black River with the Liesbeek River is just below Rosebank, Mowbray, and Observatory. At this location is the Two rivers urban park. The river merges with the Black River and then continues to Paarden Eiland and empties into the sea at Table Bay The lower reaches of the river have large numbers of carp and sharp tooth catfish. Freshwater fishing species in the Western Cape are explained in our illustrated guide Fishing code of practice Coordinates: 33°56′11″S 18°28′35″E

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The Wild Fig Restaurant

carynkaleido — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:18:21 +0000

The Wild Fig Restaurant! A-La-Carte and Al Fresco Dining. Now open for breakfast on Saturday and Sunday from 08h00 – 12h00. Come and start your weekend with a hearty breakfast in beautiful surroundings. Last orders at 11h00. On Sundays, we present our scrumptious Sunday roast. A duo of meats, Yorkshire pudding, veg, roasties and gravy. Cosy indoor dining or a country feeling outside, the perfect end to a weekend.

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Yiayia

carynkaleido — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:09:48 +0000

Yiayia is a Greek bakery in the heart of Little Mowbray. Yiayia serves artisanal coffee and a unique offering of baked delicacies made from recipes passed down through the generations. 41 Klipfontein (Durban) Road, Mowbray.

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