Ok, Ok, we admit it -- we were lazy and took the funicular up to the old lighthouse at Cape Point.  The ride is only a few minutes, but the scenery is just as spectacular as the walk.  Opened in December 1996, the funicular replaced the little bus named the Flying Dutchman operating the transfers from the lower station at 127mr (417ft) above sea level to the upper station at 214mr (702ft) above sea level.