We started our last day in the Western Cape with a tour of the Castle of Good Hope. It was built between 1666 and 1679 by the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or in English the Dutch East India Company. In the afternoon Matthew took in his last swim at Fish Hoek and later when the locals started pulling in the nets, Matthew jumped straight in and gave them a hand. Oh course he was an eager beaver to see what was the catch.
As our holidays down in the Western Cape draws to an end I leave you this photograph of twilight over False Bay with the little villages of St James, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and Simon's Town and the Cape Peninsula in the background being attacked by fog. Although it is near the end of our holidays, it is the first day of this year and we look forward to this spanking New Year ahead. This is the year that Salted Lightly project will be born. With so much promising feedback on the idea, 2009 year of our Lord is the year of new blessings.
The sirens blared and the bathers fled the water as the black flag was changed for a white one with a black shark on it. Yes, a Great White shark was seen in the water just beyond the bathers at Fish Hoek. They have a flag system here, a green flag means "Shark spotter on duty and no shark seen"; a black flag means "Shark spotter on duty but poor water visibility"; a white flag with a black shark on it means "Shark spotted in water" and a red flag means "Shark spotted in the water in the last 2 hours". Enter their world at your own peril. That put an end to any thoughts of the beach today. So we went penguin watching at Boulders Beach and whale watching near Miller's Point as a Humpback whale frolicked near the shore.
This is where we will be based for the next 12 days, Fish Hoek. It is a small coastal town between Kalk Bay and Simon's Town on the False Bay side of the Cape Peninsula. A cold front has come over bringing some windy cold weather but hopefully that won’t last too long.
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