{"id":12319,"date":"2013-05-10T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T13:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=12319"},"modified":"2013-05-10T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T13:07:25","slug":"daytrip-to-bettys-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/daytrip-to-bettys-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Daytrip to Betty&#8217;s Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eventDate\">Tuesday 7 March 2013<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"The Sleepers, Coal &amp; Wolftown at Zula\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/the-sleepers-coal-wolftown-at-zula\/\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrating my recently-obtained freedom<\/a> and joining a Joburg friend sight-seeing were good enough excuses for <a title=\"Daytrip up the West Coast: Kraalbaai &amp; Postberg\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/daytrip-up-the-west-coast-kraalbaai-postberg\/\" target=\"_blank\">a little daytrip<\/a> along False Bay to Betty&#8217;s Bay on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5139.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\" data-rl_title=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12326\" alt=\"On the way to Betty's Bay\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5139-575x383.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5139-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5139-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5139.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We got to Gordon&#8217;s Bay pretty early and stopped over briefly at the <a title=\"Bikini Beach Books in Gordon\u2019s Bay\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/bikini-beach-books-in-gordons-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bikini Beach Bookstore <\/a>(where I found a book I&#8217;d been looking for for ages, score!) before visiting the little <a title=\"Aboard the 92 year old Russian Sailing ship, The Sedov\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/aboard-the-92-year-old-russian-sailing-ship-the-sedov\/\" target=\"_blank\">harbour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12319 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay_LMcC_5075.jpg' title=\"Gordon&#039;s Bay\" data-rl_title=\"Gordon&#039;s Bay\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay_LMcC_5075-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Gordon&#039;s Bay\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay_LMcC_5091.jpg' title=\"Gordon&#039;s Bay\" data-rl_title=\"Gordon&#039;s Bay\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay_LMcC_5091-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Gordon&#039;s Bay\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Then it was on towards Betty&#8217;s Bay, via Rooiels and Pringle Bay.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-12319 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5111.jpg' title=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" data-rl_title=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5111-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5158.jpg' title=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" data-rl_title=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5158-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5164.jpg' title=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" data-rl_title=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bettys-bay_LMcC_5164-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"On the way to Betty&#039;s Bay\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Betty&#8217;s Bay is a pretty sleepy-looking town with a lot of open space and for sales signs, but the walkway at Stony Point was packed with people admiring the nesting Jackass Penguin and cormorant colonies.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-12319 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stony-point_LMcC_5189.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stony-point_LMcC_5189-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stony-point_LMcC_5196.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/stony-point_LMcC_5196-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jackass-penguins_LMcC_5222.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jackass-penguins_LMcC_5222-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jackass-penguin_LMcC_5228.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jackass-penguin_LMcC_5228-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/beacon-bay_LMcC_5245.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/beacon-bay_LMcC_5245-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cormorants_LMcC_5248.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cormorants_LMcC_5248-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sandy-point_LMcC_5280.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sandy-point_LMcC_5280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sandy-point_LMcC_5296.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sandy-point_LMcC_5296-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sandy-point_LMcC_5298.jpg' title=\"Stony Point\" data-rl_title=\"Stony Point\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sandy-point_LMcC_5298-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stony Point\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The main destination of our trip was The Harold Porter <a title=\"Sunday stopover in Stellenbosch\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/sunday-stopover-in-stellenbosch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Botanical Garden<\/a> in Betty&#8217;s Bay, which we found after a fair amount of confusion. It was really beautiful, like a wilder and more secluded <a title=\"Yoav &amp; Tailor at Kirstenbosch\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/yoav-tailor-at-kirstenbosch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kirstenbosch<\/a> (and with a much more affordable entrance fee of R18).<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, by the time we arrived we were quite tired, late in the day and under an ever-darkening and cloudy sky, so we didn&#8217;t get the key for the Leopard Kloof trail (an optional extra for R50) but definitely plan to go back and explore the area properly some day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-12319 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5305.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5305-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5313.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5313-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5327.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5327-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5344.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5344-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5347.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5347-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5363.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5363-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5382.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5382-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5383.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5383-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5410.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5410-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5413.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5413-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5417.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5417-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5419.jpg' title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" data-rl_title=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/harold-porter-garden_LMcC_5419-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harold Porter Botanical Garden\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>A trip I&#8217;d recommend, particularly the botanical garden. It&#8217;s about 100kms from Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>Harold Porter Botanical Garden: <a title=\"trails\" href=\"http:\/\/showme.co.za\/tourism\/harold-porter-botanical-garden-betty%E2%80%99s-bay-cape-overberg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hiking trails<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0<a title=\"history\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sanbi.org\/gardens\/harold-porter\/history-harold-porter-nbg\" target=\"_blank\">History<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0<a title=\"drive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viewoverberg.com\/Biosphere%20Coastal%20Clarence%20Drive.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Info on the drive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stony Point : <a title=\"stony point\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stayinafrica.com\/countries\/southafrica\/provinces\/westerncape\/citiesandtowns\/hermanus\/attractions\/stoney\" target=\"_blank\">Info<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0<a title=\"history\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viewoverberg.com\/PenquinPage.asp\" target=\"_blank\">short history and penguin information<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0<a title=\"more info\" href=\"http:\/\/web.uct.ac.za\/depts\/stats\/adu\/stonypt.htm\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 7 March 2013 Celebrating my recently-obtained freedom and joining a Joburg friend sight-seeing were good enough excuses for a little daytrip along False Bay to Betty&#8217;s Bay on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[489,899,897,163,869,55,399,898,903,688,589,901,23,25,164,660,142,143,902,12,22,904,328,900,324,131,57,288,180],"class_list":["post-12319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-out-about","category-photography","tag-autumn","tag-bay","tag-bettys-bay","tag-birds","tag-botanical-garden","tag-cape-town","tag-clouds","tag-coastline","tag-daytrip","tag-false-bay","tag-gordons-bay","tag-harold-porter","tag-landscape","tag-mountains","tag-nature","tag-ocean","tag-out-in-the-country","tag-outdoors","tag-penguins","tag-photography-2","tag-plants-flowers","tag-roadtrip","tag-sea","tag-seascape","tag-sky","tag-south-africa","tag-south-african","tag-water","tag-winter-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12319"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12359,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12319\/revisions\/12359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}