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Macassar Dunes Conservation Area – Coastal nature reserve in Macassar, Cape Town, South Africa; Helderberg Nature Reserve – Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa; Silwerboomkloof Natural Heritage Site – Protected valley near the Helderberg Nature Reserve, in Somerset West,
This bridge, which is situated just where the main road to the Strand and Sir Lowry’s Pass leaves the town of Somerset West, marks an important event in the history of communications in South Africa. Type of site: Bridge. Current use: Bridge. Cape Town, Somerset West: Somerset West Provincial Heritage Site
Main Road Somerset West in 1909. A cattle post was established here [clarification needed] by Dutch soldiers in 1672.. A town developed around the Lourens River (originally "Tweederivier", which means "Second River"; "Eersterivier", meaning "First River" passes through Stellenbosch, some 16 km (9.9 mi) to the north) and the farm of Vergelegen (Dutch: "remotely situated"), an 18th-century ...
This is a list of the heritage sites in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. [1]For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, please see the entries at the end of the list.
Somerset West is largely a residential and commercial area. Suburbs of Somerset West; Strand, (Afrikaans for 'beach') is a seaside resort town, situated on the north-eastern edge of False Bay south of the Helderberg mountain and the N2, between Somerset West and Gordon's Bay, and is about 50 km southeast of Cape Town City Bowl. [12]
Start: Newlands, Finish: University of Cape Town: Annual (since 1978) Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour: Start: City Centre, Finish: Green Point Stadium Annual (since 2004) Absa Cape Epic: Various routes around Cape Town and the Western Cape 1995 IRB Rugby World Cup: Newlands Stadium (50,000), Danie Craven Stadium (20,000) 1996
The City of Cape Town has targeted the Blouberg area as a priority conservation area to try and save a representative portion of this veld type. This is a dry region (rainfall 410 mm per year) - Tokai represents the wettest examples of this veld type, with almost double (190%) the average rainfall for this veld type.
These are generally examples of Southern Afrotemperate Forest, the predominant indigenous forest-type in the Western Cape. Cecilia Forest; Grabouw Forests; Grootvadersbosch; Kirstenbosch; Knysna Forest; Kogelberg; Marloth Nature Reserve; Newlands Forest; Nuweberg Forest; Orangekloof Forest; Platbos; Tokai Forest