Cape Town’s harbour is an agglomeration of industries. While most of the world’s ports are single-minded in their function, our historical harbour has grown…
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Plastic Free July?
It’s ‘plastic-free July’ we are told, but as you go about your day, it’s unlikely that you will come across much evidence of this. Plastic is just so damn useful.
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Clawless and Flawless
The eco-systems of planet Earth host an enormous variety of life-forms, and each system has a wealth of fauna and flora that vary almost impossibly in size, structure and ability.
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One Ocean, One Climate, One Future.
The Global Ocean, also known as the World’s Ocean. It covers 71% of our planet’s surface, and a full 90% of the biosphere. If that difference confuses you, the biosphere can be described as the worldwide sum of all ecosystems…
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Happy Huntigowk Day
It seems that one of the inbred human conditions is to laugh at others misfortunes. The German expression that has migrated into English terminology…
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Your Hand, Your Hand, Your Hand…
Conundrum. What has six arms, two legs, three hearts, a foot next to its head, a beak, breathes water and has two thirds of its brain in its arms?
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One Ocean, One Climate, One Future – Together
The heading of this week’s blog is the powerful motivation behind a very important initiative: World Ocean Day. This falls each year on June 8th…
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Basking Questions?
‘Basking’ is a word that lends itself to a Waterfront Charters cruise. To quote an eminent dictionary, Basking – verb: ‘to lie exposed to warmth and light, typically from the sun, for relaxation and pleasure.
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Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
This week we focus on that wonderful part of the Waterfront Charters experience, the Add-on extras…
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Life’s a Beach
Mention the words ‘Clifton Beach’ virtually anywhere in the world and people get a dreamy look in their eyes. This look can be occasioned by thoughts of Clifton’s splendour, its beauty…
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