The name Cape Agulhas is derived from the Portuguese for a needle. Hence the name given by the explorers to the southernmost tip of Africa. There appear, however, to have been many ships ill-equipped with 'pointless' navigation equipment and the coastline is littered with wrecks. The debate rages on between tourism marketing bodies (who seem to be alone in caring) as to whether the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet here or at Cape Point although the truth, as always, is fluid and lies somewhere in the middle where the Aghulas Current meets the Benguela Current. The point therefore fluctuates seasonally ...