The road to the 2010 Green Point Stadium, Cape Town

A small road off High Level Road in Green Point. "Thank you" to the 2 patient drivers who waited for me to take this shot Its amazing how my photography always get people to comment While I was shooting here, people in passing cars would stick their thumb up, nodding and smiling broadly. Two guys licking an ice cream stood by,watching the stadium and commenting : Its beautiful, hey ? A French guy arriving at his home, called out "Did you get a good shot ?" If you like you can come and take some photos from my balcony ! :)

Working day and night on the 2010 Green Point Soccer Stadium now that the strike is over

Click the photo to see how many men there are working on this half of the roof, its hectic !
I have no idea what they were going to do with that tent which is hanging on the crane I dont see it anymore

The middle part of the stadium

They worked through the night on friday and saturday Lights blazing, cranes moving, I love to see all this activity because the stadium looks stunning at night all alight

Only on Sunday night all is quiet

Notice the snow on the mountains in the distance You will not believe how hot it was today people are in their swimsuits on the beach and its supposed to be winter here This is very typical for Cape Town It can be cold and wet in winter but it can also be sunny and warm or even hot like today

Green Point Stadium on fire

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If you are coming to Cape Town for the Soccer World Cup 2010 next year, then I know for sure that you will be totally awestruck by the amazing "can't believe my eyes" sunsets you will see
I got quite a series of good shots this evening, which in itself is a pain, since its hard to choose but I liked this one for the men on the edge

Doesnt the glass roof look amazing ? Actually it looks amazing any time of the day taking on the colours of the sky I hope you noticed that these shots are a different angle from my usual shots :)

A view of Green Point Soccer Stadium with Table Mountain in the background

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The glass structure of the 2010 Green Point Soccer Stadium

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Made of laminated sheets 16mm thick, will weigh 1 500 tons and fill an area of 37sq km and cost about R475-million. Engineers hope to finished the roof construction in September. No other stadiums (in the world) are using glass, they use other materials The glass roof will be clear but with a slight "greenish" tinge to it, and cover most of the 68 000 seats. It is expected to last more than 50 years.

Underground spring water will irrigate the Green Point Common area and Golf course for 2010

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As I walked up to the stadium I saw this scene and couldn't resist taking a quick shot :) The people in the boat are offloading fish into the "bakkie',piles of fish: Snoek to be precise, there were at least a hundred of little fishing boats today, all along the coast, fishing for snoek aparently there was a huge shoal between Robben island and Sea Point

Underground spring water will irrigate the Green Point Common, originally uploaded by Joanne/CapeTownFIFAWORLDCUP2010.

The City of Cape Town has approved a R15m "green" project to irrigate 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums

After several green options were considered, the city decided to use underground spring water for irrigation The final report identified the use of underground spring water from a few natural springs situated above the Molteno Reservoir in the city bowl, as being the most favourable solution There seems to be enough spring water to irrigate the entire Green Point Common, as well as the adjacent Mouille Point Promenade and beach front.

This will be much cheaper than using potable water
The project will include a water supply pipeline from these natural springs to the Green Point Common area

Glass roof being installed on top of Green Point Stadium, Cape Town

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Taken on May 8 Late friday afternoon

Well this is very unusual but I have only a handful of closeup shots today since the fog was like a thick soup This photo is still from last night