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Read this, chum…

By 6000 | 6000 | April 20, 2012

No-one can deny that the latest fatal shark attack in False Bay was a tragic event. David Lilienveld, a 20 year old body-boarder from Camps Bay who had represented South Africa in the sport, died after he was attacked at “Caves”, a popular surfing spot at Kogel Bay between Gordon’s Bay and Rooiels. What’s also [...]

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Death By Life

By 6000 | 6000 | April 14, 2012

Late nights, disturbed sleep, early mornings. It all adds up and suddenly I realise again that I’m not getting any younger. We spent the afternoon at a wedding overlooking Simonstown, a few miles down the coast from Kalk Bay where we partied until late last night. False Bay is beautiful, but I don’t want to [...]

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Shark Spotter flags and what they mean

By 6000 | 6000 | September 29, 2011

After yesterday’s shark attack in Fishhoek, I listened to a woman who rang into a local radio station saying that she was confused about the flag system used on the beaches of False Bay to warn of shark activity and how she had to look at the signs each time she went to the beach. “Red [...]

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False Bay view

By 6000 | 6000 | January 3, 2011

Some weeks there are too many pictures on this blog. But this hasn’t been one of those weeks and there are words everywhere. It’s time to remedy that situation. I grabbed this image from the upper slopes of the Groot Constantia Wine Estate on the evening that my boy was meeting Father Christmas and as [...]

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Stairway to Heaven

By 6000 | 6000 | March 13, 2010

The kids were anxious to get to the beach this morning after last weekend’s stupifying temperatures and who were we to deny them, despite the fact it was only 18°C under dreary English grey skies? Clovelly was the beach of choice and Alex’s latest pastime of digging a really big hole in the sand began in earnest, [...]

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