The front parade ground of the Castle of Good Hope has been transformed into a giant Meccano set in the last two days. It’s all in preparation for the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015, which is taking place here next week, from Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 November 2015. I popped in again this morning,…
For much of this year, there have been extensive renovations at the Castle of Good Hope. I gather that this is in preparation for her 350th birthday celebrations next year. Yes, isn’t that incredible? The Castle was built between 1666 and 1679, during the time of Jan van Riebeeck and the Dutch East India Company…
I was down at the Castle of Good Hope for a short visit today, and got a first glimpse of the new arena layout for the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015, which will be hosted at the Castle from Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 November 2015. The team from Gearhouse – All Access – in…
With only two weeks left to opening night on the 11th of November 2015, bookings have finally opened at Computicket for the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015. Click on the picture to access the link. We have five full and amazing shows lined up: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening, and two shows on Saturday –…
As the night-time photos from Table Mountain Road (see Fancy a Game of Spot the Castle?) didn’t quite yield the result I’d envisaged (hm… this is starting to become a theme…), we got up really early two days later – just after dawn had cracked – and headed up Table Mountain Road once again. “If…
As the panorama shots at the Castle of Good Hope hadn’t worked out as envisaged, hubby graciously agreed to drive up Table Mountain service road with me the next evening, to see whether we could capture some interesting night-time images of the City of Cape Town – and hopefully the Castle, which will be hosting…
I wrote this post at the end of last year, but didn’t finish it. Now, though, I have another good reason for posting it: Joey the War Horse will be coming to the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015 at the Castle of Good Hope in a couple of weeks’ time! In early December last year,…
While we were compiling the programme booklet for the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015 (see: Our beautiful programme booklets are delivered), I realised that I needed some additional photographs. For instance, we were looking for a panoramic image that we could use for the backdrop to the running order in the centrefold, and for a…
An international singing sensation, a colourful 60-piece military band from far beyond our shores, a famous larger-than-life puppet horse, and a foot-tapping troupe of traditional rieldansers from the Cedarberg who recently won the world championships – these are just some of the exciting acts awaiting spectators at the upcoming Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015. Friday…
It is incredible how fast this year has flown past. When I look at the calendar hanging on my wall, I am astounded to see that we are already in October, and that I haven’t updated my blog in months! Life was simply too busy and all-encompassing this year, and the effort of blogging or…
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