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The easiest and definitely the most boring way to climb Table Mountain
Platteklip footpath.
It zigzags slowly up through the cut in the front of Table Mountain

#FootpathFriday
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#capetown #tablemountainnationalpark

Rock Kestrel

While walking along a road that runs along a contour halfway up Table Mountain we came across this beauty.

Upper Station & Lion's Head, Table Mountain, Cape Province, 1934 - Postcard

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#TableMountain #CapeTown

Table Mountain with Aerial Cableway, Cape Town, c.1930 - CT Ltd Postcard

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#CapeTown #TableMountain

Fire on Table Mountain

A fire broke out on the front slopes of Table mountain.

Fortunately the South Easter gale had subsided and they could bring the helicopters in.

The helicopters circled picking up water from a local reservoir

#fire #helicopters #tablemountain #waterbombing

A fire has broken out on Table Mountain and a water bombing operation is in progress.

#fire
#Capetown
#helicopter
#waterbombing
#TableMountainFire
#TableMountain

Michelin-Star chef Jan Hendrik brings Le Bistrot de JAN to Cape Town https://www.diningandcooking.com/2321483/michelin-star-chef-jan-hendrik-brings-le-bistrot-de-jan-to-cape-town/ #AtlanticOcean #CapeTown #culinary #CulinaryTraditions #DavidGreen #EUROPE #European #francais #france #French #FrenchCulinary #FrenchCulinaryTraditions #GilesEdwards #IntercontinentalTableBay #JanHendrikVanDerWesthuizen #JoanneSelby #LaTête #LeBistrotDeJan #michelin #MotherCity #Nice #SouthAfrican #TableMountain #Victoria&AlfredWaterfront

Taken at sunset on the slopes of Table Mountain this is a Wagon Tree. It is a member of the protea family (Protea Nitida) and indigenous to the Fynbos Biome
It gets its name from the fact that it produced wood strong enough to repair the ox wagons used by early settlers.

#protea #nature #naturephotography #flowers #TableMountain #WagonTree

Before The Fire

#BigPines #BlueRidge #California #Cycling #MountBadenPowell #Mountains #MountainBiking #PacificCrest #SanGabriels #TableMountain #TransverseRanges #Wrightwood

A beautiful hike from Constantia Nek to the reservoirs on the back table of #TableMountain in #CapeTown

A short history of the dams on Table Mountain: https://www.thetablemountainfund.org.za/why-are-there-five-dams-on-top-of-table-mountain/

#SouthAfrica #travel #nature #photography #hiking

When Table Mountain burned in 2016 the helicopters dropped water on the blaze.

#ThrowbackThursday
#helicopter #fire
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#photography

Still on the road. Shot this pic in the morning. A lot of people will probably recognise this iconic mountain.

If you don't know, this is Table Mountain shot from the Bloubergstrand side.

Now imagine what the European explorers must have thought when they sailed around the Cape the first time.

#mountains #southafrica #capetown #tablemountain

Table Mountain with cloud

#MountainMonday
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#TableMountain
#photography
#clouds

There was a wonderful conjunction of the new moon and Venus on the fourth of September which I really wanted to see and photograph. In Cape Town such events absolutely guarantee clouds so I ended up taking sunset photos instead.
The mountain on the left is Lion's Head part of the Table Mountain range.

#sunset #lionshead #clouds #tablemountainnationalpark #tablemountain #astrophotography #cloudphotography #weather