Barry Humphries Australia
How does a comedian know he’s doing his job, and that he hasn’t slowed down mentally as his body decays? Well, for Barry Humphries it would be opening the …
Map of Mataranka Australia Tourism
MATARANKA One stop along the Stuart that is always a certainty for us is marvellous Mataranka. There is always time to stop in for a cool dip at Mataranka! …
STAR CLIPPERS CRUISES TRAVEL GUIDE
Tall Ships: Real tall-masted sailing ships how cool is that? Unusual Itineraries: Because of their size, these ships can get into small ports, and the line takes advantage of …
TAJ HOTEL CAPE TOWN St George’s and Wale streets Cape Town
The entrance to the former South African Reserve Bank is meticulously preserved and in use today as the hotel’s front door. Thee can’t be many sites in the centre …
Map of Cape Town
There are places that are less well known, other than to those who use them. The Lodge de Goede Hoop is one, Herbert Baker’s Welgelegen is another. Here hang …
CITY HALL Darling Street Cape Town
The 1909 Cape of Good Hope Official Handbook, by town clerk Finch, describes the City Hall in Cape Town as being in the Italian Renaissance style. Hans Fransen, in …
GROOTE KERK Adderley Street Cape Town
The stairs lead to the galleries, one on either side of the gigantic interior space above the main doors, and added as the congregation expanded. Originally, the less-elevated sat …
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SOUTH AFRICA Queen Victoria Street Cape Town
Portrait of HRH Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria’s favourite son, presented to the library on its opening in 1861 and signed by the artist, Frederick Say (b.1804). During his working …
SENDINGGESTIG MUSEUM Long Street Cape Town
The interior is dominated at one end by a pulpit (1824) and a gallery, made of yellowwood and stinkwood, that runs around the back and the two long sides. …
NEDERLANDSE GEREFORMEERDE KERK TAFELBERG Buitenkant Street Cape Town
The organ has always been a feature of the NGK Tafelberg. It was installed in 1892, and has 1164 pipes and a walnut case. The innards have subsequently been …