r/capetown • u/saigon567 • 1d ago

Question | Advice-Needed Seen along the beach in Cape Point what is this shed for?

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u/russiansausagae Weskus Aspris 1d ago

beach front property 1.9million

/s

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u/Standard-Bar6002 1d ago

Only 1.9? That's a bargain! /s

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u/JimmyRott 1d ago

Where do I sign?

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u/DoodleBob45_ 1d ago

Data centre.

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u/Very_Dolphin 1d ago

That's where I keep my treasure. Please don't look inside it

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u/2226cc 1d ago

Single bedroom beachfront apartment. R35K/month.

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u/P4N4D4_045 1d ago

Single bedroom no bathroom and dry kitchen you mean

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u/lekkanaai 21h ago

Its a "punt in die wind" forward meteorological base station for measuring incoming geomagnetic storms, detection of Flying Duchman apparitions, wave height for predicting bombs at crayfish factory, digital nomad flocks, red tides building from the two oceans convergence, repo rate fluctuations, baboon gatherings in preparation for their next sixt car raid, reddit grumbles over rental options or bad drivers and whether Chappies is open for today.

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u/Roger-the-Dodger-67 20h ago

Just a nitpick, the "two oceans convergence" is about 150km southeast of there - near Cape Agulhas. The exact line of convergence varies seasonally.

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u/Comprehensive-Run-71 20h ago

Now I am very intrigued in the detection of Flying Dutchman apparitions.

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u/saigon567 20h ago edited 20h ago

😂🤣😂🤣 this comment section! You guys crack me up.

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u/Samadhi1141 21h ago

Stephenson screen

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u/fyreflow 7h ago

You may be right, but at the same time, it doesn’t seem to meet most of the design criteria for that.

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u/Friendly_Peace_2163 1d ago

Thats where i keep my hopes and dreams. i dont need them in this economy.

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u/fyreflow 7h ago

I realise this could be a wrong-answers-only situation, but if not, could it be a hide for birdwatching? Would depend on whether there are open viewing ports on the other side, of course.

Guess it wouldn’t have the best viewing angle, though, so maybe not.

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u/saigon567 4h ago edited 4h ago

haha, I'm not surprised you think it might be a wrong answers, bc no one has said anything sensible! But actually I did post it hoping to find the right answer. Def not a bird hide, it's some sort of storage unit.

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u/CryptographerFlat426 5h ago

Tokoloshe holiday house.

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u/Prudent_Link6029 21h ago

Digital nomad laptop storage

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u/fredjutsu 22h ago

It's a love shack

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u/Ok_Trade_8706 1d ago

Trust me, you don't want to know

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u/DeeEmm 19h ago

Is that one of Johnson’s sheds?

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u/BestBeforeDead_za 14h ago

Did you knock on the door and ask?

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u/BadmoonRising24 4h ago

R15000 rent per month apartment 🥰😍😍

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u/Previous-Ad-376 3h ago

The Love Shack is a little place where we can get together!

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u/deeble_meester 2h ago

It's possibly linked to environmental monitoring or research but not an actual monitoring station, more like storage for equipment when the researchers are there. There's always active research projects on the go in the area. Which beach was this near (Buffels Bay, Diaz Beach, Platboom, Olifantsbos, etc.) ? Might be easier to narrow it down then, as some of those have specific ongoing projects.

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u/eatmyhex 1d ago

Airbnb

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u/Inner-Improvement970 1d ago

lifesaving equipment?

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u/Hammersteyn 18h ago

The homeless

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u/Educational_Error407 1d ago

that's GHL's beachfront s3x fort

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u/GinaMariella 22h ago

🤔 I heard that it was filled with previous metal and listed on Air B&B as the Mother Lode Shed Inn ...I'll see myself out.

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u/MuchMoreMunchtime 1d ago

Eet ees for none of your businesses.

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u/Carcass16B 23h ago

He will need to unsee unfortunately