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the adjacent Highlands Forest Reserve. The paths offer wonderful seaside views, as well asviews of the floral variety of the area.Jackass Penguin Reserve: The reserve is at Stony Point and protects the breeding ground ofjackass penguins.Whales: Schools of southern right whales mate and nurse their young in these waters everyyear from June to November.Wild Vlei Horses: A herd of free-roaming wild horses have established themselves near theRooisand Reserve.HISTORY AND ARCHITECTUREIron Museum: The museum in Main Road is South Africa’s only museum dedicated to thehistory of the household chore of ironing and the implements that have been used for it overthe ages.Toy Museum: The museum exhibits a collection of the toys played with by children over manydifferent decades.NATURAL WONDERSCape Hangklip: This awe-inspiring 460-m-high peak projects into the sea and reminds onestrongly of the Cape of Good Hope. In fact, many mariners sailing down the East Coast inthe past often mistook Cape Hangklip (“Hanging Rock”) for the Cape of Good Hope andbelieved they were turning into Table Bay. This common mistake led to the bay being calledFalse Bay.L’AGULHASCape Agulhas is the southernmost point of Africa and is the place where the Indian andAtlantic Oceans meet. The name, Cape of Agulhas (“Cape of Needles”), originated with theearly Portuguese seafarers. They discovered that at this point the compass needle did not147