Saturday 16 December 2017

See what's showing showing at the Whale Coast Mall Theatre in Hermanus



It's Movie Time!  At the Whale Coast Mall in Hermanus.  See what's showing and bring your friends and family along for a spot of big screen entertainment!  Grab some popcorn and a seat!


Link:  what-s-showing-at-the-whale-coast-mall-theatre


Thursday 30 November 2017

“Oom Otto” die storie van Sopiesklip

“Oom Otto” die storie van Sopiesklip



“Oom Otto” die storie van Sopiesklip in Hermanus

Jacobus Claude (Kowie) Otto wat destyds in die grot by Sopiesklip “gekampeer” het, was allermins ‘n kluisenaar of boemelaar soos wat dit uit verskillende oorde al beweer is


Sunday 26 November 2017

The Old Whaling Station at Stoney Point, Betty’s Bay

The Old Whaling Station at Stoney Point, Betty’s Bay

Situated in Betty’s Bay and close to the Stony Point Penguin Colony, lies a site that was once a place of terrible cruelty and devastation, the Waaygat Whaling Station.

The History of Fisherhaven

The History of Fisherhaven

In 1674

the kraal of Captain Klaas/Dorha is recorded just west of the Bot River. The Hesseque people frequently camped on the banks of the Bot River and watered their cattle. They called the river Gouga, meaning “much butter”, which was then translated by the early travellers into Botter and later shortened to Bot. The old Mill in the village of Bot River is the location of the cattle trading post, where VOC obtained cattle from the Khoekhoe.

Hermanus had thirteen Hotels in the golden and olden days.

List of the Hotels and their locations in and around Hermanus, South Africa. Quite amazing that Hermanus hosted so many hotels when it was just a little fishing village.  One of the reasons could perhaps have been just that — the tranquillity of the place that people flocked to and the abundance of fish in the bay. 

Hermanus had thirteen Hotels in the golden and olden days.