Two days ago we traveled to the Darling Windfarm. Sounds nice and quaint I suppose. It is magnificent. It’s astounding and huge for four fans spinning at a rate of knots to create energy.
Another highlight (yes there were many) of yesterdays Cape Town trip was this Windfarm. It’s called a wind farm I can only suppose, because four windmills are being farmed for energy in a matter of speaking.
Here’s what was said to us by the person in the know.
Not only is this stuff sustainable and clean energy but it is scalable and will produce almost as much power as Koeberg. I’m in. On top of that there is talk of wave-generated power. fantastic stuff.
On top of the video I also managed to snap a few pictures:
I absolutely love Stormhoek wine. Why? Because they sponsor blogging events, they are online-conscious and to put it plainly, they just get it.
What is it that they get? Social media. The value of giving to receive.
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the Stormhoek wine farm in Stellenbosch, South Africa. What an absolutely pleasure. I had almost forgotten how much of an incredible guy Graham Knox (Stormhoek owner) is. He also has fantastic support from Chris Rawlinson who has helped Stormhoek become a brand of note in the online market.
Stormhoek has taken SA, the wine market and marketing online by storm over the past 2 or so years.
The most incredible part of the story is that they did it all using dial-up internet in the deepest, darkest and most incredibly stunning part of Stellenbosch.
To give you the story of Stormhoek winery I present you with Graham Knox:
It helps to have an event remind you of that occasionally. That reminder came for me yesterday. I was immensely privileged to take a helicopter ride through, around, in between, over and about Cape Town yesterday.
It is definitely one of the most breath-taking and awe-inspiring things that I have done in South Africa. Cape Town truly is one of the most astoundingly gorgeous cities that I have ever traveled to. I am not saying that as a biased South African positiva (that’s not a word, go with me here!) but as a traveled man who has seen many great cities in the world (Sydney, New York, San Francisco, Athens, London, Dubai, Florence, Venice, Paris, Rome). Cape Town is right up there with the best in the world. If you don’t believe me, have a look at the slideshow below.
The Helicopter ride was documented with great detail in video. I want to try and do the thing justice so I’ll be spending slightly more time on it. It should be up sometime today.
