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Boulder Beach and Our Tuxedoed Friends

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March 29th 2009
So to Boulder Beach we went to see our lovely, awkward, tuxedoed friends. Some random penguins facts and observations: They can't fly. They mate for life. They don't just shuffle around in the snow. They often don't look where they're going when they swim, get stuck in the kelp and get very confused. You can't touch them at the beach - which includes when they start swimming at ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Boulders Beach

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more