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National Arbour Week was celebrated from 1 to 7 September this year. If you’ve forgotten, or if you weren’t around, Arbour Day was first celebrated in South Africa in 1983 and was extended to National Arbour Week in 1999. According to the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, National Arbour Week was established to promote awareness with regard to planting and maintaining indigenous trees, and to highlight the importance of trees in sustainable development.

Gary Wright is the assistant mechanical fitter for Table Mountain Cableway and, in his own words, “I check out the bearings, platforms, wheels, cables and basically all the moving parts, and make sure it stays maintained.” This year marks the 20th year service for Gary at the Cableway – the same year that he turns 40. Gary has therefore worked half his life for the Cableway! Now that’s impressive.

You may have read some of our blog posts on the beautiful blooms that have begun to colour the slopes of Table Mountain – of course, we couldn’t engineer this glorious transformation if we tried! Slowly but surely Cape Town is shaking off her winter coat, spreading her arms wide and embracing the summer sun. But first, it’s springtime!

Looking down from the top of Table Mountain, you get to spy on all the trendy homes in über-cool Camps Bay. One can dream, right? Photo courtesy c8132.

Do you have images of Table Mountain you’d like to share with us? We’d love you to join the Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Flickr group. You could see your image on our blog!

Soaring through the air with early spring blooms below you and clear, blue skies above – in Table Mountain Cableway style! Photo courtesy Shinrya.

Do you have images of Table Mountain you’d like to share with us? We’d love you to join the Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Flickr group. You could see your image on our blog!

This picture of the sun setting behind Table Mountain is worth 10 000 words. Photo courtesy j_hallward.

Do you have images of Table Mountain you’d like to share with us? We’d love you to join the Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Flickr group. You could see your image on our blog!

Now that the sun is out and the winter rains are behind us, celebrate the start of the warm weather by visiting Table Mountain Cableway with friends and family. Your kids can ride for free every weekend, public holiday and during the September school holidays, until the end of October this year.

Happy Spring Day! And what better way to ring in the new season than with an image that evokes all those warm, flowery feelings. Table Mountain is slowly turning into a kaleidoscope of colour and it’s an absolute privilege to watch the transformation. Aren’t these pelargoniums a sight for sore eyes? Photo courtesy biancapreusker.

Do you have images of Table Mountain you’d like to share with us? We’d love you to join the Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Flickr group. You could see your image on our blog!

The Cape Floral Kingdom is the smallest and richest on Earth and is home to an amazing 8 200 plant species … and Table Mountain is covered in them! Although spring officially starts in September (tomorrow!) some specimens have already started flowering – all mellow and yellow.

It’s been such an exciting week – even though we had to close our doors to the public, it was riveting to watch the maintenance teams do their highly skilled thing! Here are some amazing images of the haul rope replacement process that took place last week. Thanks for your patience, and we look forward to hosting you again! Remember, you can buy your tickets online to skip the ticket office queue, which may be longer than usual this week considering we weren’t operating for a few days.