Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 27, 2009, 4:04 pm
Late Afternoon The sea was like a mirror 19.25 Its a balmy evening and I am having dinner outside Note that there are not many cranes The helicopter is a military helicopter...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 26, 2009, 4:37 pm
Well they are steaming ahead with the facade ! They might just clinch it by the skin of their teeth ! Steaming ahead Compare this to yesterdays shot !
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 25, 2009, 4:17 pm
Nov 25  Hopefully ready by mid December
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 24, 2009, 4:31 pm
November 24 If you haven't read the The R1 stadium bungle here is the story
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 23, 2009, 4:27 pm
November 21 Regent, Seven Seas Voyager docked in the V&A Waterfront stayed just one day and night You can see here what a tight fit it is The harbour is quite s...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 22, 2009, 4:10 pm
A dramatic start to Race 4 of Clipper 09-10 in Cape Town saw eight of the boats cross the start line for the 4,700-mile race to Geraldton, Western Australia, while a collision between Hull & Humber an...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 21, 2009, 4:35 pm
Click image to see large An awesome sight this huge building towering well over the apartment blocks The old stadium wall on the left Robben island in the distance There was ...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 20, 2009, 4:51 pm
SSV Victoria Its always interesting to watch the traffic passing Robben island and when I saw the Seven Seas Voyager passing I drove to the Waterfront to capture her docking since I had to do ...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 19, 2009, 4:16 pm
Here they are on the  left and right in the process of being painted And by the way, just in case you take this  or my blog serious .. the blog post title is tongue in cheek !
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 18, 2009, 4:16 pm
Sorry for the boring images recently guys but haven't been well this last week  so this was my first outing again I was amazed at the progress especially since a freighter sunk...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 17, 2009, 4:04 pm
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 16, 2009, 4:57 pm
Where oh where and why are the bars gone ? FOOTNOTE: Today NOV 17 I saw a trailer with huge concrete slabs in front of that opening  I assumed they were using those to build something...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 15, 2009, 4:06 pm
There is a very very strong South Easter blowing and to my suprise they are working on the facade on the West side Usually they dont work on a sunday night but it is less then 1 month from now that th...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 14, 2009, 4:00 pm
Minutes after sunset North side Still allot to do on this side They have to paint the facade frame by hand I hope they dont need to do that every year !
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 13, 2009, 5:03 pm
Really ..when they have the lights on like tonight I just can't keep my eyes off it Please click images to see large It is also a very clear night and we had the most go...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 12, 2009, 4:07 pm
You can see part of the old Green Point Stadium on the left I edited this one in Picasa and the below one in Picnik I think I prefer the colours in Picasa yet I do like Picnik for the easy ...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 11, 2009, 4:17 pm
Th red piece is used wherever they work on the roof I presume to protect the glass Look at the facade here Interesting....Isn't it ? I was standing at the top of ...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 10, 2009, 10:33 pm
They jumped and whoopee'd when I asked them to pose but they were in a hurry and so was I  so only had one go at them Sorry guys I wish I had flashed it but I am not used to photographing p...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 9, 2009, 4:38 pm
After some sun I could see a rain storm coming in from the West  it moved to the East, clearing the sky and suddenly the most magnificent rainbow appeared which got better and better ...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 8, 2009, 4:14 pm
Not much to report other then that we had incessant rain till after 6 PM  there was some activity around the stadium This shot is from 6.30 PM 7.30 PM
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 7, 2009, 4:47 pm
Click images to see large It will be a while before they can work during the night again the weather has been dreadful today horizontal rain and gale force wind Weather forecast is bad... apa...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 6, 2009, 5:19 pm
Click images to see large I have no idea what those new yellow and blue ? things are but I am going to check it out tomorrow weather permitting There is gale force wind and rain forecast ......
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 5, 2009, 4:18 pm

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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 4, 2009, 4:04 pm
I took advantage of the special cable car offer form 6pm to 8Pm you pay R80 I loved the trip but I can imagine less then 2 hours is a little too short for most Read here : Four months of Cape...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 3, 2009, 4:49 pm
This is what I read today :   Table Mountain Aerial Cableway's renowned Summer Sunset Special starts on Sunday November 1, 2009 and runs until Sunday February 28, 2010. For four m...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 3, 2009, 2:15 pm
Joanne/CapeTownFIFAWORLDCUP2010 posted a photo: View On Black Please respect the "All rights reserved" I read today that you can go up Table Mountain by cable car for half price at sunse...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 2, 2009, 4:21 pm
Click Images to see large  The moonlight  on the sea and the exceptional warm clear night all combined to a breath taking sight and we had the most gorgeous sunset this evening but...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Nov 1, 2009, 4:32 pm
There is a hell of a wind again kicking the dust up on the Green Point Common and golf course Note that although the watering system is spraying water around, the fairway already looks bro...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 31, 2009, 5:46 pm
Canon Powershot SX20 IS Do you think the row of men are just sitting there admiring the view ? :) Or why do they sit like that ? Two more strips have been added and they took off th...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 30, 2009, 5:48 pm
I would like to learn how to make a photo look like  a "painting"  but I have only Picasa and Picnik to play with and there is no option as far as I know to do that ...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 29, 2009, 6:00 pm
Click images to see large Really my first thought was Nice Easter basket ! even the sunset created colours on the roof which are in keeping with the pastels of Easter :)
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 28, 2009, 5:29 pm
Shot from the West to the East side on a dull, mostly sunless day The West side is where the "urban park" will be created Click images to see large Working on a huge wate...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 27, 2009, 5:17 pm
Click images to see large V&A Waterfront straight ahead and Port of Cape Town to the right The far away shore is Milnerton and Blouberg Sea Point with the Ritz Hotel (blue lights) and on...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 26, 2009, 5:01 pm
Click Images to see large The strip on the left is obviously damaged but I have reason to believe that the empty hole on the right also used to have a strip which is now gone The evidence is the pie...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 25, 2009, 5:21 pm
Click IMAGES to enlarge  The wind is absolutely insane today in Cape Town  There are frightening strong and very noisy storm force wind gusts, one was so strong and loud it  m...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 24, 2009, 6:05 pm
Just past Granger Bay and the Radisson hotel here And so a few days ago I went on the Whale Watcher boat the Motor cruiser "Condor" it left at 6.30, which is later then the other tourist ...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 23, 2009, 5:52 pm
Click images to enlarge This was minutes a go  Just after midnight. It is a cold and misty night so different from yesterday when it was a warm summers evening It is a pity y...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 23, 2009, 5:46 pm
Joanne/CapeTownFIFAWORLDCUP2010 posted a photo: That is what she looked like after midnight in the mist See more photos daily updates on my blog
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 22, 2009, 5:22 pm
Scroll down and see how the evening progresses... Just before 7 oclock After a hot windless day and a big fire in Milnerton, the air was thick and hazy with smog, as you can see it hang...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 22, 2009, 3:20 pm
Click image to enlarge Cape Town was treated to a view of he Cape Town Stadium’s “ring of fire” tonight  The "ring of fire" are the 360 spotlights in the inner roof  ring, that wil...
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Joanne Vdk posted an article on Green Point Stadium and Cape Town Daily Photos - Oct 22, 2009, 5:33 am
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