How long since you last saw one of these?
This was tucked away behind the counter at the equally aging Constantia Nek Restaurant where we stopped in for a quick beer and ice cream after acrobranching.
Covered in dust and grease (again a similarity with the rest of the place), it felt clunky, awkward and HEAVY!
It was the first one I’d ever seen in South Africa. But then it’s only been 9½ years since I arrived…
We had a busy, eventful Mother’s Day, but all’s well that ends well, right?
Lunch on the Waterfront was preceded by a quick look at the ships from http://www.barkeuropa.
We took the kids along to Acrobranch at Constantia Nek today and they had a ball.
It was well organised, the equipment was all in good condition and the helpers were well trained and… well… helpful.
This is going in the 6000 recommends category.
I’ll get some more pics up soon.
…well, that and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who continues to provide us with amazing photos of the earth, taken from the International Space Station and shared via twitter.
Yesterday, he gave us this gem of a a rather barren looking Western Cape, with a bit of Northern Cape at the top right and a bit of Eastern Cape at the bottom. (Because this image is “sideways”, South is left here.)
Looks like a lovely day in the Mother City (as it was), but Cape Agulhas is hidden under that little blanket of white cloud. Still, hardly get the red wine in and light the fire kind of weather, although you’re always more than welcome to do that if you want to.
So take note and spread the word.
Last week, the City of Cape Town sent out a press release warning people of roadworks at the lower end of the CBD over the weekend and telling motorists to expect delays when entering the city via the N1 or N2.
But, as is their wont, people took no notice of this press release, motorists got delayed and everyone got very annoyed and blamed the city for everything: the alarming rise in bird flu cases in south east Asia, the continuing absence of any decent peace deal in the Middle East, the reduction in NASA’s funding by the Obama administration and the fact that it took them 15 minutes extra to get into town last Saturday.
There is, of course, precedent for this: each year at the State Opening of Parliament – an annual event which is always well publicised well ahead of time – there is utter chaos as people who apparently live under a rock and routinely head into work wearing blinkers and avoiding any kind of media on a 24/7 basis, then whine as they caught up in an unexpected (to them) traffic jam.
Let’s not let that happen this weekend. Here’s the detail:
Intersection of Buitengracht and Walter Sisulu Avenue
Extensive road rehabilitation work will take place on the intersection of Buitengracht and Walter Sisulu Avenue.
Lanes will be closed from 19:00 on Friday 10 May 2013 until 06:00 on Monday 13 May 2013.
Lest we forget, Walter Sisulu Avenue is the “new” name for Coen Steytler Avenue. And, because we’re trying to help out those sort of people that wouldn’t know where Coen Steytler Avenue was anyway, it’s the road that runs along the side of the CTICC and is the first set of robots you get to coming into town via the elevated freeway.
There will be delays.
You have been warned.
Share the wealth.