Athlone cooling Towers Going photo by brauteseth twitter (follow him)


I believe they Buggered it up by blowing the towers up 5 minutes early, so quite a few people missed it.

The Salt & pepper towers/Athlone Cooling Towers / Cape Town Eyesores are gone...

Good thing I think ---

here is a Video

From 21-25 September, Ysterplaat will be housing the biggest Air show on the continent showcasing everything from general and sporting aviation to military based aviation products.

As a child, my logic bestowed the Athlone cooling towers with the prefix “poofie”. Mostly pinning the blame of the nearby sewerage stench on something bigger than my parents. Everyone remembers that libelous game of; “did you make that smell”, something played in cars all over the world. I still play it, no matter how mature the company, I rarely let an opportunity for a fart joke slip by. Comedy gold in fact. From as far back as I can remember I have used those towers as a landmark to launch the “who made a fart” ambush. I’m sharing these precious memories because they are scheduled for demolition. Very soon the poofie towers will be no more.

A couple of days ago a did a little post with regard to a rather incredible event that took place off the coast of Cape Town when a whale breached onto a sailing ship... Im sure you have all seen the image, but have you seen the video footage? thats right some1 managed to catch the event on film... you gotta love youtube :)

A breaching whale has crash-landed on a sailboat in Table Bay, narrowly missing the vessel's occupants and leaving in its wake bits of blubber and thick skin.

This picture shows the southern right whale seconds before its massive body landed on the coach roof of the boat, flattening the steel mast and bringing down the rigging before sliding back into the water and disappearing into the distance. 

Original article from www.iol.co.za