Fish Hoek

Fish Hoek is a seaside township about 17 miles south of Cape Town, on the west side of False Bay. I had often dreamt of living there, and this dream came true for the 4 months June-September 2008. The Fish Hoek Valley runs west from Fish Hoek right across the Cape Peninsula to the sea on the west - in former times it was under the sea. It is bounded by low but craggy mountains on the north, and particularly on the south side - I lived on the south mountainside.


A street in Fish Hoek

 

Isolated dunes a mile from the beach:

The six photos that follow were taken on one walk, after that there follow more photos taken on later occasions.


Coming over the crest of a hill, we see the sea :

Houses against the mountainside

A mountainside drive

A house perched on the mountainside

A house takes the high ground

At this point we descend to the sea's edge :

Looking toward the west

Protea on a vacant plot

View from a vacant plot

Bokbaai vygies alongside the road

A storm approaches from the west

Pincushion Proteas on the mountainside

A wintry day in Fish Hoek

On the mountainside near home:

On the dunes:

Yellow pincushion proteas:

Red pincushion proteas:

Nasturtium patch:

At the end of a cul-de-sac, Fashion and Honey sense something in the bushes :

Flowers seen along the road :

Wild flowers:

Flowers:

Long Beach, Simonstown, some 4 miles south of Fish Hoek:

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