Cape Town, and Cape Point, have a number of names, from Cape of Good Hope, the Tavern of the Seas to the most telling - The Cape of Storms. It's not too far from the Roaring 40s and there's nothing between Cape Town and Antarctica but the Southern Ocean.
So when a storm arrives in winter, it can be awesome to experience. Such an event happened weekend before last.
Anyone familiar with Cape Town will know The Brass Bell pub and restaurant at Kalk Bay - built right on the rocks at the waters edge. Here's some pics from the storm. The harbour entrance beacon is built on the harbour wall and is pretty big (and almost every year someone gets washed off that wall, seldom to be seen again!)
From inside one of the bar's:
In the pub
Deck and first floor roof gone in a welter of foam
Just a little wave - surfers corner must have been pumping at Muizenberg!!
Note the eedjit hanging on...
Definitely a contender for this years Darwin Awards
Another wannabe...
Open for business as usual??
Nature's power is awesome to behold!!
So when a storm arrives in winter, it can be awesome to experience. Such an event happened weekend before last.
Anyone familiar with Cape Town will know The Brass Bell pub and restaurant at Kalk Bay - built right on the rocks at the waters edge. Here's some pics from the storm. The harbour entrance beacon is built on the harbour wall and is pretty big (and almost every year someone gets washed off that wall, seldom to be seen again!)
From inside one of the bar's:
In the pub
Deck and first floor roof gone in a welter of foam
Just a little wave - surfers corner must have been pumping at Muizenberg!!
Note the eedjit hanging on...
Definitely a contender for this years Darwin Awards
Another wannabe...
Open for business as usual??
Nature's power is awesome to behold!!
