Lambert's Bay, South Africa
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are attracted to Lambert's Bay by the busy life round the harbor and the freshly caught fish served in the restaurants (for example the well-known Muisbosskerm beach restaurant, 5km/3mi south of the town). A major annual event is the Crayfish Festival at the end of November.

The town lies in a 30km/19 mi long coastal strip of very sandy soil in which only drought-loving plants flourish. In spring, however, this ''sandveld'' is transformed into a sea of blossom.

The town is named after Sir Robert Lambert, naval officer in charge of the region in 1820-21. The bay was the scene of the only naval battle of the Boer War, when General Hertzog's fleet opened fire on a British warship, the ''Sybille''