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DESTINATION HERMANUS

The first hints of summer are in the air, and maybe the fourth surge of Covid 19 will not materialise in December. If the weather holds…

UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE: OVERBERG

DATE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2021 TIME: 10.00 VENUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL, EASTCLIFF, HERMANUS (also on zoom, see link below) PRESENTER: ROBIN…

The Riviera Hotel, the Grottos, and Grotto Beach

The Riviera Hotel, the Grottos, and Grotto Beach By Dr. Robin Lee The grottos, Grotto Beach and Piet-se-Bos today The…

TOPIC: ARTISTS AND WRITERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREATER HERMANUS AREA

SPEAKER: DR ROBIN LEE DATE: 20 AUGUST 2021 (10.00) The coastline of greater Hermanus (an area from Voëlklip to Fisherhaven) has…

F SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-194O): THE MAN WHO NAMED THE JAZZ AGE

A Presentation by Robin Lee to U3A: Overberg Monday 16 August 2021 at 10.00 Few novelists have their description of the period they…

British and Irish Lions in Hermanus

Covid permitting, the British and Irish Lions will be in Hermanus in July, training at the High School grounds. Great news! But the All…

The Fernkloof Nature Reserve by Dr Robin Lee

The Jewish Community in Hermanus

CAFES IN OLD HERMANUS

Hermanus was renowned for its cafes during the 20th century. Tourists and residents met frequently in a cafe or tearoom, sometimes to…

Hermanus history and powered flight – Part 2

People I have interviewed have told me that the Imperial Airways flying boat service between the UK and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s…

Hermanus history and powered flight – Part 1

CAFES IN OLD HERMANUS

Hermanus was renowned for its cafes during the 20th century. Tourists and residents met frequently in a cafe or tearoom, sometimes to…