Sunday, March 24, 2013

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Blitz on sleepy drivers in Western Cape

Today's People's Post cartoon on how provincial transport MEC Robin Carlisle might implement the new fatigue management plan.

Officers will look out for symptoms including red eyes and drowsiness in drivers.

Perhaps they should have Father Christmas at the Road Blocks, as he knows when you are sleepy and knows when you're awake. Although he might get pulled over for travelling long distances without resting....

Road closures for the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/Pages/RoadclforCapeArgusPickPayCycleTour.aspx

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Binnelanders pasop vir die Kaapse Waters

Cheetah vs Fox

Only in Afica

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Facebook Stats

Most liked pages on facebook(January 2013):

1. Facebook for Every Phone-190,921,383.
2. Facebook -83,971,033.

3. YouTube -67,622,044.

4. Texas HoldEm Poker- 67,613,845.

5. Rihanna- 64,705,327 .

6. Eminem -64,409,277 .

7. The Simpsons -58,725,967 .

8. Shakira -58,469,206 .

9. Coca-Cola -56,837,442 .

10. Lady Gaga -54,640,788.

11. Harry Potter -54,618,525.

South African Shipwrecks

Kakapo Shipwreck -

Kakapo, Noordhoek Beach, Cape Town. 26 May 1900.
The skeleton of the boat is now an important landmark. The Kakapo left Cape Town for Sydney on a misty night. Captain Nicolaysen saw Chapman's Peak and thought it was Cape Point. He turned sharp east but instead of cruising into False Bay he 'parked' his boat on Noordhoek Beach. The Slangkop Lighthouse has prevented such mishaps from recurring since 1918. Captain Nicolaysen ploughed so deep into the dune that his crew could step out of the boat without getting their feet wet! Today horse riders and visitors to Noordhoek Beach explore the skeleton of his boat.
The Kakapo shipwreck is one, of what must be very few, completely visible shipwrecks in the world.

Shipwrecks

Some of the better-known wrecks dotted along the Western Cape coast include:
• The Arniston – a British East Indiaman, wrecked near Waenhuiskrans in 1815
• The HMS Birkenhead – an iron-hulled troopship that struck the rocks near Gansbaai in 1852
• The HMS Guardian – a 44-gun Roebuck class ship damaged by an iceberg in 1789
• The Joanna – a gold-laden first East Indiaman wrecked near Cape Town in 1682
• The SS Maor

The Wreck of the Jahleel

The September 2003 wreck of Port Elizabeth harbour's former pilot boat, the Jahleel – converted to a diamond gravel boat, is battered by icy Atlantic breakers off Hondeklipbaai.

i – a steamship wrecked near Llandudno in 1909
• The HMS Sceptre – a 64-gun Royal Navy vessel wrecked near the Cape of Good Hope in 1799
• The HMS Thames – a former cruiser that later became a training ship that was scuttled in 1947
• The SS Thomas T Tucker – a munitions carrier that ran ashore at Olifantsbos point in 1942

http://www.flickr.com/groups/southafrican_shipwrecks/pool/

Blitsvinnig

Jy lê in ’n kar wat soos ’n vegvliegtuig lyk en teen ’n topsnelheid van 1 690km/h kan ry, en rem met behulp van ’n valskerm.
Dié vaartbelynde projektiel versnel van 0 tot 1 000km/h in 42 sekondes, dis heelwat vinniger as jou oorle skoonpa se Cortina.
Die Bloodhound- supersoniese kar (SSC) is ’n blitsryding wat deur ’n vuurpylenjin én ’n straalspuitenjin aangedryf word. Die straalspuitenjin gebruik ’n Formule 1-enjin as ’n brandstofpomp om hom van 800liter peroksied-brandstof binne 20 sekondes te voorsien.
En nou gaan dié meneer die landspoedrekord in 2013 aanvat. Nagenoeg 6000 ton se klippe is op Hakskeenpan in die Noord-Kaap verwyder om ’n 19 km lange renbaan voor te berei.
Die Britse ingenieur en projekbestuurder, Richard Noble, sê dat die Bloodhound nuwe standaarde in aërodinamika en spoedtoetse gaan stel. “Ons beproef die uiterstes van tegnologie en ingenieurswese met die Bloodhound. Dis die soort projek wat nuwe ingenieurs en ontwerpers gaan inspireer.”
Noble was self ’n jaagduiwel en het in 1983 en 1997 onderskeidelik twee landspoedrekords aangeteken.
As jy hierdie naweek in Kaapstad se V&A Waterfront is, kan jy self dié pappie van alle snelmotors gaan ry... oftewel 'n nabootser.
Klik hier vir die video
Die sneltoetse op Hakskeenpan – 45km suidwes van Twee Rivieren in die Kgalagadi-oorgrenspark – behoort teen vroeg 2014 voltooi te wees.