Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree at Imhoff Farm. Keep your children's imagination alive.

Beside the seaside ...

A very typical old South African seaside holiday house on the beachfront at Kommetjie, a seaside village on the outskirts of Cape Town. A bit ramshackle, a big enclosed veranda and white walls. This one has a signpost with "No bad guys allowed in this house" handwritten on the gatepost. I wonder what it refers to - humans or seagulls?

An Italian in Africa

At the top of Rubbi Road in the seaside village/suburb of Kommetjie, with gorgeous views over Long Beach, is this very Italianate Catholic Church of St Josephs. It was built in memory of Joseph Rubbi, who was born in the village of Marostica, near Padua in Italy, in 1873, and who came to South Africa where he became a successful builder and prominent citizen of Cape Town. There is quite a lot about the chapel and the man on this Cape Town Family History Society webpage.