Name:Cavendish (L14)
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20 February: Vehicle hijacked earlier in Burlington Heights is used by suspects to rob a security guard at the Shallcross Railway station at about at 10pm. Robbers hoot for security guard to approach and then rob him of shotgun. They repeat the same modus operandi and rob two other security guards at the Cavendish Railway Station of their shotguns.
http://www.expressonline.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=272&Itemid=26
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Cato Ridge (L13)
Name:Cato Ridge
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The 1000 Hills Choo Choo offers steam train trips from Kloof station to Cato Ridge on weekends. There are also boat cruises on Shongweni, Nagle and Inanda ...
www.wheretostay.co.za/information/kzn/mi/cato-ridge
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The 1000 Hills Choo Choo offers steam train trips from Kloof station to Cato Ridge on weekends. There are also boat cruises on Shongweni, Nagle and Inanda ...
www.wheretostay.co.za/information/kzn/mi/cato-ridge
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Cathcart (G14)
Name: Cathcart
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Cathcart is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, named after Sir George Cathcart. Sir George Cathcart was governor of the Cape of Good Hope 1852-1853.
The town is situated on the N6, just north of Stutterheim on route to Queenstown.
http://www.ectourism.co.za/city/27/Cathcart
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Cathcart is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, named after Sir George Cathcart. Sir George Cathcart was governor of the Cape of Good Hope 1852-1853.
The town is situated on the N6, just north of Stutterheim on route to Queenstown.
http://www.ectourism.co.za/city/27/Cathcart
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Carolina (J9)
Name:Carolina
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Carolina is a town situated on the Johannesburg to Swaziland route in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. It is a mixed farming and on a small scale coal and precious stone mining community. Carolina was establish by Cornelius Coetzee as a permanent outspan for wagons when gold was discovered in 1883 in Barberton and named after his wife Carolina. Carolina was rebuilt after it was razed during the Second Boer War.
http://www.countryroads.co.za/content/carolina.html
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Photos of the station 1996 http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa_stations/mpumalanga.html
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Carolina is a town situated on the Johannesburg to Swaziland route in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. It is a mixed farming and on a small scale coal and precious stone mining community. Carolina was establish by Cornelius Coetzee as a permanent outspan for wagons when gold was discovered in 1883 in Barberton and named after his wife Carolina. Carolina was rebuilt after it was razed during the Second Boer War.
http://www.countryroads.co.za/content/carolina.html
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Photos of the station 1996 http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa_stations/mpumalanga.html
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Carnarvon (C13)
Name:Carnarvon
Google count: 49,300 for Carnarvon
Date: 24 Sept 2008
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The town itself is a two Pep Stores kind of place, fairly large, brooded over by an Anglo Boer War fort on top of Carnarvon Koppie. On Market Plein, next to the old market bell, the 147-year-old Rhenish church sits firm. Well sort of as the local entrepreneur, Henk van den Bergh, relates, the cockerel weather vane is skew, thanks to a brawl of hunters who got drunk on the balcony of a nearby hotel and decided to play target practice with the unfortunate fowl. It hasn't been fixed since and now the cocked cockerel is something of a landmark, along with the rebuilt corbelled house next to the museum and the Blik Bar, with its 4 000-odd beer can collection.
Henk's a character. He runs the Ou Kraal collection of budget guesthouses scattered through town. When he's not behind the counter at the Ou Kraal café or serving plates of Van Wyksvlei lamb in his, yup, Ou Kraal Kombuis, he keeps busy running a popular see-the-Northern-Cape 4x4 tour, which meanders all round the province
Carnarvon is one of those onion Karoo dorps; peel back the layers to find the good stuff. Go and look at the abandoned railway station's mural; find the hidden antique shop in Church Street; ask Henk to take you to the immense but forgotten railway graveyard just outside of town.
Much more: http://www.getaway.co.za/content/magazine/features/feature.asp?id=961Where to stay:
History, property sales & accomodation - http://www.carnarvon.co.za/
Google count: 49,300 for Carnarvon
Date: 24 Sept 2008
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The town itself is a two Pep Stores kind of place, fairly large, brooded over by an Anglo Boer War fort on top of Carnarvon Koppie. On Market Plein, next to the old market bell, the 147-year-old Rhenish church sits firm. Well sort of as the local entrepreneur, Henk van den Bergh, relates, the cockerel weather vane is skew, thanks to a brawl of hunters who got drunk on the balcony of a nearby hotel and decided to play target practice with the unfortunate fowl. It hasn't been fixed since and now the cocked cockerel is something of a landmark, along with the rebuilt corbelled house next to the museum and the Blik Bar, with its 4 000-odd beer can collection.
Henk's a character. He runs the Ou Kraal collection of budget guesthouses scattered through town. When he's not behind the counter at the Ou Kraal café or serving plates of Van Wyksvlei lamb in his, yup, Ou Kraal Kombuis, he keeps busy running a popular see-the-Northern-Cape 4x4 tour, which meanders all round the province
Carnarvon is one of those onion Karoo dorps; peel back the layers to find the good stuff. Go and look at the abandoned railway station's mural; find the hidden antique shop in Church Street; ask Henk to take you to the immense but forgotten railway graveyard just outside of town.
Much more: http://www.getaway.co.za/content/magazine/features/feature.asp?id=961Where to stay:
History, property sales & accomodation - http://www.carnarvon.co.za/
Cape Town (A16)
Name:Cape Town
Google count: 26 600 000 (the Web), 5,070,000 for Cape Town (SA only)
Cape Town "Railway Station" 14 500
Date: 24 September 2008
Photos: http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/5544
News: http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=561&fArticleId=3665471Historic fact:
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Google count: 26 600 000 (the Web), 5,070,000 for Cape Town (SA only)
Cape Town "Railway Station" 14 500
Date: 24 September 2008
Photos: http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/5544
News: http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=561&fArticleId=3665471Historic fact:
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Canelands (M13)
Name:Canelands
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Canelands Industrial Estate Positioned on the Umdloti River, adjacent to the Durban/Richards Bay Railway line, serviced by Sasol Gas and 5 minutes away from ...
www.thdev.co.za/content/view/32/4
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Canelands Industrial Estate Positioned on the Umdloti River, adjacent to the Durban/Richards Bay Railway line, serviced by Sasol Gas and 5 minutes away from ...
www.thdev.co.za/content/view/32/4
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Camperdown (L13)
Name:Camperdown
Google count:41,100 for Camperdown.
Date:18 September 2008
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unicipality: Mkhambathini Local Municipality
District Municipality: Umgungundlovu District Municipality
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Camperdown is named after the British Naval battle and victory over the Dutch in 1797.
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Google count:41,100 for Camperdown.
Date:18 September 2008
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unicipality: Mkhambathini Local Municipality
District Municipality: Umgungundlovu District Municipality
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Camperdown is named after the British Naval battle and victory over the Dutch in 1797.
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Camfer
Name:Camfer
http://www.southerncape.co.za/history/transport/railways/stations/camfer.html
http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa_r-stock/coaches/union_limited/ul.html
T h e U n i o n L i m i t e d
The only authentic vintage steam rail company in Southern Africa, we cater for passengers wishing to experience the Garden Route of the Western Cape, as well as providing photographic steam safaris for enthusiasts from around the world.Our unique South African scenery provides breathtaking views of sea and mountains on the Golden Thread. Our locomotives are also available for hire for corporate tours, and some of our grand ladies have graced cinema and television screens around the globe.
http://home.intekom.com/bluegrass/sites/steamsa/tours.html
Rovos Rail’s unique luxury trains in Southern Africa evoke the glamour of the golden era of rail and air travel. Rebuilt wood-panelled coaches combine the ...
www.mojaheritage.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=5&Itemid.
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Mick Kerford, a Garden Route resident, joined a rail journey over the Outeniqua Mountains. He was pleasantly surprised. He wrote about his experience.
Inset: Railway journey over the Outeniqua Mountains
One of the world’s most exciting and picturesque railway journeys begins right here at George Railway Museum. No -not the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe - though that is a remarkable journey. This is a rare opportunity to experience the unspoilt mountain scenery of the railway Montagu Pass with a journey over the top to Camfer, Oudtshoorn and Toorwaterpoort.
Many George residents have heard the mournful hoot of diesels in the night or early morning emanating from the mountainside. This was the opportunity to find out where they go as they issue their mating calls.
This exciting mountainside assault - with its tunnels and ravines and breathtaking views - is reminiscent of the Darjeeling Himalaya Railway. It’s a treat usually reserved for the crew of the heavy freight trains carrying timber and building materials to industrial cities in the north. On Saturday 23 August, over 500 passengers were privileged to enjoy a full day excursion organised by The St Francis United Church, Sedgefield.
According to Allen Duff, who compiled the notes for the programme, the line climbs 1 in 100 through the forests, out of George, steepening to 1 in 80 and finally onto the punishing incline of 1 in 36. It zig-zagged its way 2000 feet up the mountainside with no discernible loss of power even as the incline became steeper. Each le-vel revealed a new and fascinating view of George and its surroundings. To the summit, the train climbs over 1000 feet in the space of six miles.
Class 32 diesels
The two Class 32 diesels, ope-rated in tandem, are part of the Transnet National Collection. Almost fifty years old, the locomotives remain in excellent condition. Manufactured by General Electric, they are po-wered by V12 turbo-charged engines which drive a DC ge-nerator which supplies power to six axle-hung traction motors. Coaxing a superb performance and steady pace of 60 to 80 kph out of them was driver James van der Berg, a popular personality best known as the steam locomotive driver on the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe. James is a versatile craftsman, just as much at home on diesel, though he prefers steam.
The varied scenery kept everyone’s attention: once beyond Camfer, the rolling plains of the Klein Karoo; the brooding Swartberg Mountains; the Stompdrift Dam; the brilliant vermillion ‘red cliffs’; the rugged gorge that is Toorwaterpoort, the scene of some action during the Anglo-Boer War; the quiet hamlet of Vonderling where the locomotives changed ends and the train reversed.
In addition to the beautiful scenery, there was a diversity of wildlife on display: a herd of blesbok, a troupe of monkeys, hares, rare water birds and of course fields of ostriches fleeing knees-up hysterically from the train.
The train left George at 08:00 and arrived back home at 18:10 completing a highly satisfying and memorable journey.
http://www.gardenroute.com/article/view/3852/
Where to stay:
http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa_bridges/eastern_cape.html
http://www.southerncape.co.za/history/transport/railways/stations/camfer.html
http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa_r-stock/coaches/union_limited/ul.html
T h e U n i o n L i m i t e d
The only authentic vintage steam rail company in Southern Africa, we cater for passengers wishing to experience the Garden Route of the Western Cape, as well as providing photographic steam safaris for enthusiasts from around the world.Our unique South African scenery provides breathtaking views of sea and mountains on the Golden Thread. Our locomotives are also available for hire for corporate tours, and some of our grand ladies have graced cinema and television screens around the globe.
http://home.intekom.com/bluegrass/sites/steamsa/tours.html
Rovos Rail’s unique luxury trains in Southern Africa evoke the glamour of the golden era of rail and air travel. Rebuilt wood-panelled coaches combine the ...
www.mojaheritage.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=5&Itemid.
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Mick Kerford, a Garden Route resident, joined a rail journey over the Outeniqua Mountains. He was pleasantly surprised. He wrote about his experience.
Inset: Railway journey over the Outeniqua Mountains
One of the world’s most exciting and picturesque railway journeys begins right here at George Railway Museum. No -not the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe - though that is a remarkable journey. This is a rare opportunity to experience the unspoilt mountain scenery of the railway Montagu Pass with a journey over the top to Camfer, Oudtshoorn and Toorwaterpoort.
Many George residents have heard the mournful hoot of diesels in the night or early morning emanating from the mountainside. This was the opportunity to find out where they go as they issue their mating calls.
This exciting mountainside assault - with its tunnels and ravines and breathtaking views - is reminiscent of the Darjeeling Himalaya Railway. It’s a treat usually reserved for the crew of the heavy freight trains carrying timber and building materials to industrial cities in the north. On Saturday 23 August, over 500 passengers were privileged to enjoy a full day excursion organised by The St Francis United Church, Sedgefield.
According to Allen Duff, who compiled the notes for the programme, the line climbs 1 in 100 through the forests, out of George, steepening to 1 in 80 and finally onto the punishing incline of 1 in 36. It zig-zagged its way 2000 feet up the mountainside with no discernible loss of power even as the incline became steeper. Each le-vel revealed a new and fascinating view of George and its surroundings. To the summit, the train climbs over 1000 feet in the space of six miles.
Class 32 diesels
The two Class 32 diesels, ope-rated in tandem, are part of the Transnet National Collection. Almost fifty years old, the locomotives remain in excellent condition. Manufactured by General Electric, they are po-wered by V12 turbo-charged engines which drive a DC ge-nerator which supplies power to six axle-hung traction motors. Coaxing a superb performance and steady pace of 60 to 80 kph out of them was driver James van der Berg, a popular personality best known as the steam locomotive driver on the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe. James is a versatile craftsman, just as much at home on diesel, though he prefers steam.
The varied scenery kept everyone’s attention: once beyond Camfer, the rolling plains of the Klein Karoo; the brooding Swartberg Mountains; the Stompdrift Dam; the brilliant vermillion ‘red cliffs’; the rugged gorge that is Toorwaterpoort, the scene of some action during the Anglo-Boer War; the quiet hamlet of Vonderling where the locomotives changed ends and the train reversed.
In addition to the beautiful scenery, there was a diversity of wildlife on display: a herd of blesbok, a troupe of monkeys, hares, rare water birds and of course fields of ostriches fleeing knees-up hysterically from the train.
The train left George at 08:00 and arrived back home at 18:10 completing a highly satisfying and memorable journey.
http://www.gardenroute.com/article/view/3852/
Where to stay:
http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa_bridges/eastern_cape.html
Cambridge (J16)
Name: Cambridge
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http://www.knowledge4africa.co.za/eastlondon/cambridge01.htm
When the British German Legion arrived in British Kaffraria in 1857, many new villages with German names sprang up throughout the territory: towns like Potsdam, Stutterheim, Berlin and Breidbach. Nearer the coast, however, two villages were created which were given English titles: Panmure and Cambridge, the latter being named after the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in 1856. Here the German soldiers were given small building plots, one-acre lots further afield and ten-acre agricultural lots along the Nahoon River. When the East London Municipality was formed in 1873, Cambridge was not included. Instead, it formed its own Village Management Board in April 1882 and became an independent municipality in 1902, incorporating the area that today marks the suburbs of Berea, Nahoon, Stirling and Vincent. An attempt in 1914 to bring Cambridge into the East London Municipality failed and it would wait until as late as 1942 before the two municipalities were united.
Dr Keith Tankard
http://www.knowledge4africa.co.za/eastlondon/cambridge01.htm
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http://www.knowledge4africa.co.za/eastlondon/cambridge01.htm
When the British German Legion arrived in British Kaffraria in 1857, many new villages with German names sprang up throughout the territory: towns like Potsdam, Stutterheim, Berlin and Breidbach. Nearer the coast, however, two villages were created which were given English titles: Panmure and Cambridge, the latter being named after the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in 1856. Here the German soldiers were given small building plots, one-acre lots further afield and ten-acre agricultural lots along the Nahoon River. When the East London Municipality was formed in 1873, Cambridge was not included. Instead, it formed its own Village Management Board in April 1882 and became an independent municipality in 1902, incorporating the area that today marks the suburbs of Berea, Nahoon, Stirling and Vincent. An attempt in 1914 to bring Cambridge into the East London Municipality failed and it would wait until as late as 1942 before the two municipalities were united.
Dr Keith Tankard
http://www.knowledge4africa.co.za/eastlondon/cambridge01.htm
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Calvinia (B13)
Name:Calvinia
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Founded in 1851 on the Oorlogskloof River and named after religious reformer John Calvin, Calvinia lies at the foot of the Hantam Mountains. Hantam being a Khoi word meaning "where the red bulbs grow". Calvinia is the region’s key growth point and one of the country’s largest wool-producing areas.
The museum is housed in the art deco Old Synagogue built in 1920 and exhibits portray the lives of the early European settlers. A cedarwood horsemill and a display of mounted Cape fat-tailed, Merino and Dorper sheep relate the history of the area.
The Hantam House is built in Cape Dutch style with a concave-convex gable. Retaining its original cedarwood woodwork, traditional delicacies are served in an exclusive coffee house built in the original kraal.
There are various 4x4 routes, some steeped in Anglo-Boer War history, along the escarpment with picturesque views and bushman paintings along the riverbed with huge Namaqua fig trees clinging to the rock surfaces.
These are a must during spring when thick carpets of Namaqualand flowers adorn the countryside.
http://www.places.co.za/html/calvinia.html
Also:
hierdie
vervalle monumentjie net buite Calvinia. Het n tyd daar deurgebring en kon nie help om te wonder oor die ironie
van die inskripsie en waar ons vandag staan. Ek gaan fotos probeer pos.
Hier is dan die inskripsie :-
Die laaste wapenneerlegging van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog 1899 - 1902 het in hierdie omgewing langs
die Oorlogskloofrivier plaasgevind.
Sedertien het die gewere geswyg maar met die pen is daar verder vir ons republiek geveg.
Hierdie gedenkteken is op Saterdag 30 - 3 - 68 deur sy edele ADV.B.J. Vorster eerste minister van
die republiek van Suid Afrika onthul.
Dit is net so n staal man met n pen in sy hand omhoog in sy regterhand en n geweer onderstebo in sy linker met die
geweerloop in die grond so of dit neergesit word op so n klipstapel met n houtgeweer in glaskas bo op die brons plaat.
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Founded in 1851 on the Oorlogskloof River and named after religious reformer John Calvin, Calvinia lies at the foot of the Hantam Mountains. Hantam being a Khoi word meaning "where the red bulbs grow". Calvinia is the region’s key growth point and one of the country’s largest wool-producing areas.
The museum is housed in the art deco Old Synagogue built in 1920 and exhibits portray the lives of the early European settlers. A cedarwood horsemill and a display of mounted Cape fat-tailed, Merino and Dorper sheep relate the history of the area.
The Hantam House is built in Cape Dutch style with a concave-convex gable. Retaining its original cedarwood woodwork, traditional delicacies are served in an exclusive coffee house built in the original kraal.
There are various 4x4 routes, some steeped in Anglo-Boer War history, along the escarpment with picturesque views and bushman paintings along the riverbed with huge Namaqua fig trees clinging to the rock surfaces.
These are a must during spring when thick carpets of Namaqualand flowers adorn the countryside.
http://www.places.co.za/html/calvinia.html
Also:
hierdie
vervalle monumentjie net buite Calvinia. Het n tyd daar deurgebring en kon nie help om te wonder oor die ironie
van die inskripsie en waar ons vandag staan. Ek gaan fotos probeer pos.
Hier is dan die inskripsie :-
Die laaste wapenneerlegging van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog 1899 - 1902 het in hierdie omgewing langs
die Oorlogskloofrivier plaasgevind.
Sedertien het die gewere geswyg maar met die pen is daar verder vir ons republiek geveg.
Hierdie gedenkteken is op Saterdag 30 - 3 - 68 deur sy edele ADV.B.J. Vorster eerste minister van
die republiek van Suid Afrika onthul.
Dit is net so n staal man met n pen in sy hand omhoog in sy regterhand en n geweer onderstebo in sy linker met die
geweerloop in die grond so of dit neergesit word op so n klipstapel met n houtgeweer in glaskas bo op die brons plaat.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Calitzdorp (D16)
Name:Calitzdorp
Google count: 138,000 for Calitzdorp
Date: 11 September 2008
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Since 1928, when fifteen farmers founded the Calitzdorp Wine Cellar in order to export Hanepoot grapes, this cellar in the heart of the "Port capital of South-Africa" has offered choice products to discerning clients. Exciting wines like Touriga Nacional can be tasted at the cellar. These wines boast with a new label on which the rare ecological phenomenon, the red hills surrounding Calitzdorp, appears.
The cellar is situated overlooking the beautiful Gamka River Valley, with a big stoep where wines can be tasted while enjoying a picnic lunch.
Business hours:
Monday - Friday: 08h00 to 17h00
Saturday: 08h00 to 13h00
Public Holidays: 08h00 to 17h00
(Not including Good Friday, Christmas Day & New Year's Day)
http://www.calitzdorpwine.co.za/
Where to stay:
http://www.calitzdorpspa.co.za/
Western Cape - Klein Karoo - Oudtshoorn
Type of Resort Spa Resort
Location: Western Cape - Klein Karoo - Oudtshoorn
Calitzdorp Spa is the ideal resort for relaxing in our natural hot spring baths, be it for having fun, or for therapeutic relief. Set halfway between Calitzdorp and Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo, 105 km from George and within 60 minutes of the Cango Caves, Calitzdorp Spa is your Hinterland Haven blessed by Mother Nature Herself.
Welcome:Traditionally a Winter Resort getaway, Calitzdorp Spa is equally popular all year round. At the source (the eye), the water temperature reaches 50 degrees Centigrade, and it is a well-known fact that the water of this resort has cured many people over the years, and has definitely offered extraordinary relief to persons suffering from sprains, high blood pressure, bruises and rheumatic complaints.
Our Spa is famous for its natural healing waters with rejuvenating mineral water, which bubbles up from mother earth and contains many minerals with iron and manganese in abundance. The natural hot spring baths will soothe the stress of modern living, leaving you relaxed and ready for whatever eventuality the future may hold for you. Calitzdorp Spa is without fail Your Hinterland Haven that has been blessed by Mother Nature exclusively for you.
The views from the Spa are awesome, and there is so much for enthusiastic eco-tourists to do and see in our very special paradise of nature. Approximately 25 Springbok have made Calitzdorp Spa their home, and they can be seen roaming the resort early morning and late evening. There are also numerous mountain tortoises to be seen, as well as very tame peacock with their chicks looking for handouts. Calitzdorp Spa is a birdwatchers paradise with over 72-recorded species, and an impressive variety of unique succulents can also be found here.
Description: Our large Caravan and Camping sites are well shaded with electrical power points available in the one camp. Our second camp is ideal for caravan rallies and camping groups, allowing you to laager under the shady trees. Each site has water points nearby, and our well-located ablution facilities are of an acceptable quality offering abundant hot water, with dishwashing and scullery facilities adjacent.
There are 2 chalet types - ie. pool chalets and mountain chalets. The pool chalets (only 4 bed) are adequately equipped and furnished. 14 of these chalets have been upgraded(No.1 - 14) ensuring a comfortable stay. The mountain chalets (4 and 6 bed) are equipped with all the basic necessities but are not of the same standard as the pool chalets. Each chalet has its own private parking and individual braai facilities. The views from the chalets are awesome. The configuration has been modeled around the traditional Ostrich breeding nests, with thatched roofs, we offer you cool comfort in summer, and cozy snugness in winter.
MOUNTAIN CHALET 6 SLEEP (DUPLEX): 4 single beds; 1 double bed; fully equipped; no shower, only a bath; no toaster or microwave oven.
MOUNTAIN CHALET 4 SLEEP (DUPLEX): 2 single beds; 1 double bed; fully equipped; no shower, only a bath; no toaster or microwave oven.
SWIMMING POOL CHALET 4 SLEEP : 1 double bed; 2 single bunks in living area; fully equipped; no bath only shower, no microwave.
What you should bring along : Please provide your own towel , washing liquid, drying cloths and braai grids.
Conveniently situated at our main reception offices is a superette stocking basic necessities where your day-to-day requisites can be obtained. Pleasant conference facilities are available where we can cater for up to 40 delegates for those undisrupted, "in the country" seminars or brain storming meetings can be held.
Resort Symbols:
36 Stands available 220 Volts Electricity
Ablutions with hot and coldwater Braai facilities
Credit cards welcome Conference facilities
Scullery tubs Motorhomes welcome
Self catering accommodation for hire Security fenced and/or patrolled
Stands for caravans Shop facilities
Swimming pool Stands for tents
Water points close to sites Television room
Google count: 138,000 for Calitzdorp
Date: 11 September 2008
Historic fact:
Other interesting info:
Since 1928, when fifteen farmers founded the Calitzdorp Wine Cellar in order to export Hanepoot grapes, this cellar in the heart of the "Port capital of South-Africa" has offered choice products to discerning clients. Exciting wines like Touriga Nacional can be tasted at the cellar. These wines boast with a new label on which the rare ecological phenomenon, the red hills surrounding Calitzdorp, appears.
The cellar is situated overlooking the beautiful Gamka River Valley, with a big stoep where wines can be tasted while enjoying a picnic lunch.
Business hours:
Monday - Friday: 08h00 to 17h00
Saturday: 08h00 to 13h00
Public Holidays: 08h00 to 17h00
(Not including Good Friday, Christmas Day & New Year's Day)
http://www.calitzdorpwine.co.za/
Where to stay:
http://www.calitzdorpspa.co.za/
Western Cape - Klein Karoo - Oudtshoorn
Type of Resort Spa Resort
Location: Western Cape - Klein Karoo - Oudtshoorn
Calitzdorp Spa is the ideal resort for relaxing in our natural hot spring baths, be it for having fun, or for therapeutic relief. Set halfway between Calitzdorp and Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo, 105 km from George and within 60 minutes of the Cango Caves, Calitzdorp Spa is your Hinterland Haven blessed by Mother Nature Herself.
Welcome:Traditionally a Winter Resort getaway, Calitzdorp Spa is equally popular all year round. At the source (the eye), the water temperature reaches 50 degrees Centigrade, and it is a well-known fact that the water of this resort has cured many people over the years, and has definitely offered extraordinary relief to persons suffering from sprains, high blood pressure, bruises and rheumatic complaints.
Our Spa is famous for its natural healing waters with rejuvenating mineral water, which bubbles up from mother earth and contains many minerals with iron and manganese in abundance. The natural hot spring baths will soothe the stress of modern living, leaving you relaxed and ready for whatever eventuality the future may hold for you. Calitzdorp Spa is without fail Your Hinterland Haven that has been blessed by Mother Nature exclusively for you.
The views from the Spa are awesome, and there is so much for enthusiastic eco-tourists to do and see in our very special paradise of nature. Approximately 25 Springbok have made Calitzdorp Spa their home, and they can be seen roaming the resort early morning and late evening. There are also numerous mountain tortoises to be seen, as well as very tame peacock with their chicks looking for handouts. Calitzdorp Spa is a birdwatchers paradise with over 72-recorded species, and an impressive variety of unique succulents can also be found here.
Description: Our large Caravan and Camping sites are well shaded with electrical power points available in the one camp. Our second camp is ideal for caravan rallies and camping groups, allowing you to laager under the shady trees. Each site has water points nearby, and our well-located ablution facilities are of an acceptable quality offering abundant hot water, with dishwashing and scullery facilities adjacent.
There are 2 chalet types - ie. pool chalets and mountain chalets. The pool chalets (only 4 bed) are adequately equipped and furnished. 14 of these chalets have been upgraded(No.1 - 14) ensuring a comfortable stay. The mountain chalets (4 and 6 bed) are equipped with all the basic necessities but are not of the same standard as the pool chalets. Each chalet has its own private parking and individual braai facilities. The views from the chalets are awesome. The configuration has been modeled around the traditional Ostrich breeding nests, with thatched roofs, we offer you cool comfort in summer, and cozy snugness in winter.
MOUNTAIN CHALET 6 SLEEP (DUPLEX): 4 single beds; 1 double bed; fully equipped; no shower, only a bath; no toaster or microwave oven.
MOUNTAIN CHALET 4 SLEEP (DUPLEX): 2 single beds; 1 double bed; fully equipped; no shower, only a bath; no toaster or microwave oven.
SWIMMING POOL CHALET 4 SLEEP : 1 double bed; 2 single bunks in living area; fully equipped; no bath only shower, no microwave.
What you should bring along : Please provide your own towel , washing liquid, drying cloths and braai grids.
Conveniently situated at our main reception offices is a superette stocking basic necessities where your day-to-day requisites can be obtained. Pleasant conference facilities are available where we can cater for up to 40 delegates for those undisrupted, "in the country" seminars or brain storming meetings can be held.
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36 Stands available 220 Volts Electricity
Ablutions with hot and coldwater Braai facilities
Credit cards welcome Conference facilities
Scullery tubs Motorhomes welcome
Self catering accommodation for hire Security fenced and/or patrolled
Stands for caravans Shop facilities
Swimming pool Stands for tents
Water points close to sites Television room
Caledon (C17)
Name:Caledon
Google count: 239,000 for Caledon
Date: 11 September 2008
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Caledon Museum
DESCRIPTION:
The Caledon Museum
Bread Baking at the Caledon Museum
LOCATION: Caledon, Theewaterskloof
OWNED / FUNDED BY / ENDORSED BY: Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
FACILITY CATEGORY: Museums
CONTACT INFORMATION:
STREET ADDRESS: 22 Plein Street, Caledon, 7230
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 258, Caledon, 7230
GENERAL ENQUIRIES:
TELEPHONE: 028 212 1511
FAX: 028 214 1427
EMAIL: calmuse@intekom.co.za
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/directories/facilities/131/4624
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Google count: 239,000 for Caledon
Date: 11 September 2008
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Caledon Museum
DESCRIPTION:
The Caledon Museum
Bread Baking at the Caledon Museum
LOCATION: Caledon, Theewaterskloof
OWNED / FUNDED BY / ENDORSED BY: Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
FACILITY CATEGORY: Museums
CONTACT INFORMATION:
STREET ADDRESS: 22 Plein Street, Caledon, 7230
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 258, Caledon, 7230
GENERAL ENQUIRIES:
TELEPHONE: 028 212 1511
FAX: 028 214 1427
EMAIL: calmuse@intekom.co.za
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/directories/facilities/131/4624
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HERMANUS - HISTORY
Hermanus has a long history dating back to the beginning of the 1800’s.
Hermanus Pieters is credited with first “finding” Hermanus. He arrived in Cape Town in 1815, as a teacher and trekked eastwards with the first ox-wagons to Caledon, where farming was the major industry. He taught students from the Boontjieskraal farm in Caledon.
During the summer months, he started herding his flocks of sheep and cattle from Caledon in the 1820’s, down the “Elephant Pass”, now known as the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, down to the coast, where he found good grazing and fresh water.
Hermanus Pieters did this each year and word fast got around the farming community that he had discovered good new summer glazing land. Many others started to follow him down the valley to seek lush pastures for their livestock, as well as fishermen, who found that the sea was teaming with fish and the farming families who wished to come to enjoy this new spot during the school summer holidays.
From then on, the area was named Hermanuspietersfontein, which slowly started to grow into a permanent settlement. Today there is a new stairway and walkway that is situated at the exact location where the fresh water waterfall was discovered by Hermanus Pieters.
The first permanent settlers were the family of Mr. J Michael Henn, who in 1857 with 4 wagon carts, 5 sons, 5 daughters and their various husbands and children, pitched camp right next to the waterfall. They started the fishing industry here and built the first permanent buildings along the present day Marine Drive.
By 1891 there were 2 schools, 2 churches, a hotel, many shops, a post office and a busy fishing industry.
In 1902 the postmaster decided to shorten the name to just Hermanus and the village received official municipality status in 1904.
Word spread internationally too, with Harley Street doctors in London, prescribing Hermanus as an ideal location for rest and recuperation with its “champagne air”. A sanatorium was erected over-looking Walker Bay to cater for those in need of such “natural medicine”.
The small fishing village also started to attract holiday makers from around the world and grew steadily.
One delightful Hermanus story is regarding Sir William Hoy, who was the head of the South Africa Railways and Harbour Services. Sir William Hoy and his family enjoyed to holiday in Hermanus during the summer and had a great fondness for the small town.
Plans had already been drawn up for the railway line to be extended from the main line at Botrivier, some 35 kms away, down to the coastal town of Hermanus. As such, a railway station was built ready for the trains to arrive, but Sir William Hoy was concerned that the steam trains would not only pollute the fabulously clean air, but also that the town would suddenly be descended upon by 100’s of tourists and hence spoiling the quaintness of this sleepy seaside town.
He therefore over-ruled the extension of the railway line and set up a horse and carriage service between the 2 towns. Hence, Hermanus Station is the only railway station in the world to never have had a train arrive or leave from it. The Hermanus Tourism Office now operates from this lovely old building.
The Victoria was the first hotel built here and the Marine Hotel quickly followed in 1902, frequented then by the British upper classes, which boasts a fabulous cliff top position over looking Walker Bay.
Today Hermanus is a scenic town that has stretched along the coastline, hugging the sea and hemmed in by the steep high mountains afew kilometres inland, with Cape Town being only 90 minutes drive away. Currently the town has over 70,000 inhabitants; 18,000 of whom live in our township of Zwelihle.
During the South African summer school holidays (mid December to mid January) which coincide with the Christmas holidays, Hermanus attracts over 220,000 holiday makers. Mainly South Africans who wish to enjoy the town’s seaside and beaches, the fabulous scenery, the wine valley of Hemel-en-Aarde, quaint markets and art galleries, and the many outdoor activities that have sprung up. These include – Whale watching (June to December), Great White Shark cage diving, horse riding, sandboarding, quad biking, kayaking, micro-lighting, paragliding, golf, fishing, hiking, mountain biking, bird watching, the local brewery, fynbos & flower nature reserve, sailing, scuba diving, surfing, and more besides.
Hermanus has a long history dating back to the beginning of the 1800’s.
Hermanus Pieters is credited with first “finding” Hermanus. He arrived in Cape Town in 1815, as a teacher and trekked eastwards with the first ox-wagons to Caledon, where farming was the major industry. He taught students from the Boontjieskraal farm in Caledon.
During the summer months, he started herding his flocks of sheep and cattle from Caledon in the 1820’s, down the “Elephant Pass”, now known as the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, down to the coast, where he found good grazing and fresh water.
Hermanus Pieters did this each year and word fast got around the farming community that he had discovered good new summer glazing land. Many others started to follow him down the valley to seek lush pastures for their livestock, as well as fishermen, who found that the sea was teaming with fish and the farming families who wished to come to enjoy this new spot during the school summer holidays.
From then on, the area was named Hermanuspietersfontein, which slowly started to grow into a permanent settlement. Today there is a new stairway and walkway that is situated at the exact location where the fresh water waterfall was discovered by Hermanus Pieters.
The first permanent settlers were the family of Mr. J Michael Henn, who in 1857 with 4 wagon carts, 5 sons, 5 daughters and their various husbands and children, pitched camp right next to the waterfall. They started the fishing industry here and built the first permanent buildings along the present day Marine Drive.
By 1891 there were 2 schools, 2 churches, a hotel, many shops, a post office and a busy fishing industry.
In 1902 the postmaster decided to shorten the name to just Hermanus and the village received official municipality status in 1904.
Word spread internationally too, with Harley Street doctors in London, prescribing Hermanus as an ideal location for rest and recuperation with its “champagne air”. A sanatorium was erected over-looking Walker Bay to cater for those in need of such “natural medicine”.
The small fishing village also started to attract holiday makers from around the world and grew steadily.
One delightful Hermanus story is regarding Sir William Hoy, who was the head of the South Africa Railways and Harbour Services. Sir William Hoy and his family enjoyed to holiday in Hermanus during the summer and had a great fondness for the small town.
Plans had already been drawn up for the railway line to be extended from the main line at Botrivier, some 35 kms away, down to the coastal town of Hermanus. As such, a railway station was built ready for the trains to arrive, but Sir William Hoy was concerned that the steam trains would not only pollute the fabulously clean air, but also that the town would suddenly be descended upon by 100’s of tourists and hence spoiling the quaintness of this sleepy seaside town.
He therefore over-ruled the extension of the railway line and set up a horse and carriage service between the 2 towns. Hence, Hermanus Station is the only railway station in the world to never have had a train arrive or leave from it. The Hermanus Tourism Office now operates from this lovely old building.
The Victoria was the first hotel built here and the Marine Hotel quickly followed in 1902, frequented then by the British upper classes, which boasts a fabulous cliff top position over looking Walker Bay.
Today Hermanus is a scenic town that has stretched along the coastline, hugging the sea and hemmed in by the steep high mountains afew kilometres inland, with Cape Town being only 90 minutes drive away. Currently the town has over 70,000 inhabitants; 18,000 of whom live in our township of Zwelihle.
During the South African summer school holidays (mid December to mid January) which coincide with the Christmas holidays, Hermanus attracts over 220,000 holiday makers. Mainly South Africans who wish to enjoy the town’s seaside and beaches, the fabulous scenery, the wine valley of Hemel-en-Aarde, quaint markets and art galleries, and the many outdoor activities that have sprung up. These include – Whale watching (June to December), Great White Shark cage diving, horse riding, sandboarding, quad biking, kayaking, micro-lighting, paragliding, golf, fishing, hiking, mountain biking, bird watching, the local brewery, fynbos & flower nature reserve, sailing, scuba diving, surfing, and more besides.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Bwana Mkubwa
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First Quantum Minerals’ Bwana Mkubwa copper processing plant near Ndola in Zambia was originally built as a five year life short-term plant with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes of finished copper a year. The original tailings facility the plant was founded to process is long since exhausted, and Bwana Mkubwa obtains its ore from the Lonshi mine over the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Lonshi is unique in that it was the first cross border mining venture (involving the DRC and Zambia) in Africa. In order to meet financing guarantees and mitigate market risk concerns, when First Quantum was arranging funding for the Lonshi mine a 500,000 tonne stockpile of Lonshi ore was generated and stockpiled on the Zambian side of the border as collateral for the banks. “While there is no longer any need for that, the Zambian-DRC border closes at 8:00 pm and with Bwana Mkubwa an around the clock operation we keep some 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes on the Zambian side so that the night shift can continue transporting ore to the plant,” Badenhorst says
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First Quantum Minerals’ Bwana Mkubwa copper processing plant near Ndola in Zambia was originally built as a five year life short-term plant with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes of finished copper a year. The original tailings facility the plant was founded to process is long since exhausted, and Bwana Mkubwa obtains its ore from the Lonshi mine over the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Lonshi is unique in that it was the first cross border mining venture (involving the DRC and Zambia) in Africa. In order to meet financing guarantees and mitigate market risk concerns, when First Quantum was arranging funding for the Lonshi mine a 500,000 tonne stockpile of Lonshi ore was generated and stockpiled on the Zambian side of the border as collateral for the banks. “While there is no longer any need for that, the Zambian-DRC border closes at 8:00 pm and with Bwana Mkubwa an around the clock operation we keep some 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes on the Zambian side so that the night shift can continue transporting ore to the plant,” Badenhorst says
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Butterworth (H14)
Name: Butterworth
Butterworth is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is one of the oldest towns in the Wild Coast (former Transkei)
www.countryroads.co.za/butterworth.html
Google count: 108,000 for Butterworth
Date: 10 September 2008
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Whilst the members of congregation were singing, the Applicants entered the church. They were armed with guns. TNT shouted as follows:
"Ama-Afrika (meaning Africans) this side and the Boers (Whites) that side."
He was commanding that "whites" (meaning the Deceased) separate themselves from the blacks. The three Deceased were grabbed and pushed towards the wall They were ordered to face the wall and with their hands raised. They complied. It was demanded that they produce their car keys. When they produced two sets of keys for the vehicles that were parked outside, Tona took them and chose the Jetta as the better one of the vehicles. TNT also commanded that the Deceased be searched for money which the Applicants say they required for petrol. An amount of about R60 to R70 was found in the possession of one of them. This was also taken. Whilst this was happening, one of the worshippers, Maria Pasiwe Manentsa, begged the Applicants to leave the Deceased alone because they were not whites in the usual South African manner of racial classification. She told the assailants that they were Persians from Iran. She pleaded with them to take a careful look at the Deceased. It is common cause that none of the Applicants responded to her request and in a matter of seconds one of the companions of the assailants shouted from the outside:
"What are you waiting for?"
The voice was urging those who were inside to shoot ("Shaya! Shaya! Shaya!). Shortly thereafter, the Deceased were executed in cold blood. The Applicants' companions in this attack were Mandla Phalaphala (alias Tona), Kid and TNT. It is not necessary to specify what specific role was played by each assailant, save to say that they all acted with a common purpose to kill the deceased and rob them of the car and money. TNT and Kid shot the deceased. Tona acted as the driver. Tona has not applied for amnesty. At the criminal trial he was a State witness. According to the Applicants, after killing the Deceased they all left and took the Jetta to ones in Butterworth. They state that they left the vehicle and the weapons with him. They claim that the vehicle became the property of APLA because it was its strategy to attack and rob whites and take the proceeds of such robberies for its own use. They all returned to their base in Butterworth.
http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/decisions/2001/ac21271.htm
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Butterworth is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is one of the oldest towns in the Wild Coast (former Transkei)
www.countryroads.co.za/butterworth.html
Google count: 108,000 for Butterworth
Date: 10 September 2008
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Other interesting info:
Whilst the members of congregation were singing, the Applicants entered the church. They were armed with guns. TNT shouted as follows:
"Ama-Afrika (meaning Africans) this side and the Boers (Whites) that side."
He was commanding that "whites" (meaning the Deceased) separate themselves from the blacks. The three Deceased were grabbed and pushed towards the wall They were ordered to face the wall and with their hands raised. They complied. It was demanded that they produce their car keys. When they produced two sets of keys for the vehicles that were parked outside, Tona took them and chose the Jetta as the better one of the vehicles. TNT also commanded that the Deceased be searched for money which the Applicants say they required for petrol. An amount of about R60 to R70 was found in the possession of one of them. This was also taken. Whilst this was happening, one of the worshippers, Maria Pasiwe Manentsa, begged the Applicants to leave the Deceased alone because they were not whites in the usual South African manner of racial classification. She told the assailants that they were Persians from Iran. She pleaded with them to take a careful look at the Deceased. It is common cause that none of the Applicants responded to her request and in a matter of seconds one of the companions of the assailants shouted from the outside:
"What are you waiting for?"
The voice was urging those who were inside to shoot ("Shaya! Shaya! Shaya!). Shortly thereafter, the Deceased were executed in cold blood. The Applicants' companions in this attack were Mandla Phalaphala (alias Tona), Kid and TNT. It is not necessary to specify what specific role was played by each assailant, save to say that they all acted with a common purpose to kill the deceased and rob them of the car and money. TNT and Kid shot the deceased. Tona acted as the driver. Tona has not applied for amnesty. At the criminal trial he was a State witness. According to the Applicants, after killing the Deceased they all left and took the Jetta to ones in Butterworth. They state that they left the vehicle and the weapons with him. They claim that the vehicle became the property of APLA because it was its strategy to attack and rob whites and take the proceeds of such robberies for its own use. They all returned to their base in Butterworth.
http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/decisions/2001/ac21271.htm
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Burgervilleweg (D13)
Name: Burgervilleweg
Location of Burgervilleweg, Cape Province, South Africa (Latitude: 30° 49' 0 S, Longitude: 24° 18' 0 E) displayed on world map, coordinates and short ...
www.traveljournals.net/explore/south_africa/map/m1784398/burgervilleweg.html
Google count: 29 for Burgervilleweg
Date: 10 September 2008
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[PDF] Southern African Bird Atlas Project Site summary for: - 8:09pmFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Site Name: BURGERVILLEWEG (3024CD). Province: Northern Cape. Occurrence:. n indicates the total number of cards on which the species was recorded. ...
www.birds.sanbi.org/sabap/sabap_site_summary.php?QDGC=3024CD
Council for Geoscience Report Collection - Field SheetsKf001954, 3024CD BURGERVILLEWEG [BURGERVILLEWEG; 3024CD], 30°45'00" to 31°00'00" South, 24°15'00" to 24°30'00" East, Safe - Room BG03 ...
www.geoscience.org.za/content/fieldsheets.htm
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Location of Burgervilleweg, Cape Province, South Africa (Latitude: 30° 49' 0 S, Longitude: 24° 18' 0 E) displayed on world map, coordinates and short ...
www.traveljournals.net/explore/south_africa/map/m1784398/burgervilleweg.html
Google count: 29 for Burgervilleweg
Date: 10 September 2008
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[PDF] Southern African Bird Atlas Project Site summary for: - 8:09pmFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Site Name: BURGERVILLEWEG (3024CD). Province: Northern Cape. Occurrence:. n indicates the total number of cards on which the species was recorded. ...
www.birds.sanbi.org/sabap/sabap_site_summary.php?QDGC=3024CD
Council for Geoscience Report Collection - Field SheetsKf001954, 3024CD BURGERVILLEWEG [BURGERVILLEWEG; 3024CD], 30°45'00" to 31°00'00" South, 24°15'00" to 24°30'00" East, Safe - Room BG03 ...
www.geoscience.org.za/content/fieldsheets.htm
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Burgersfort (J6)
Name: Burgersfort
Google count: 52,600 for Burgersfort
Date: 10 September 2008
BURGERSFORT (LOWVELD, MPUMALANGA, SOUTH AFRICA)
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Friends of the Rail Forum - Preserving South African Railway ...A railway forum operated by Friends of the Rail for rail enthusiasts
l was Station Master at Steelpooort from February to August 1971 Before l went to Bityi in The Transkei.
Those days there was a GO garratt stationed at Steelpoort with to drivers and to fireman that opperated it 24/7 it only ran between Steelpoort and Burgersfort with 8 bogies loaded with chrome or vanadium as a full load with 9 bogies it could no get over the mountain.
The one driver was Johan Geldenhuys and he took my late dad, who was a fanatic steam lover, on a trip with him early the morning to Burgersfort and back. The first four miles out of Steelpoort the speed hardly reached walking speed and they could get of and walk beside the garratt and watch it working
Adelbert
Last edited by Adelbert Stigling on Mon, 21 Apr 2008
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Google count: 52,600 for Burgersfort
Date: 10 September 2008
BURGERSFORT (LOWVELD, MPUMALANGA, SOUTH AFRICA)
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Friends of the Rail Forum - Preserving South African Railway ...A railway forum operated by Friends of the Rail for rail enthusiasts
l was Station Master at Steelpooort from February to August 1971 Before l went to Bityi in The Transkei.
Those days there was a GO garratt stationed at Steelpoort with to drivers and to fireman that opperated it 24/7 it only ran between Steelpoort and Burgersfort with 8 bogies loaded with chrome or vanadium as a full load with 9 bogies it could no get over the mountain.
The one driver was Johan Geldenhuys and he took my late dad, who was a fanatic steam lover, on a trip with him early the morning to Burgersfort and back. The first four miles out of Steelpoort the speed hardly reached walking speed and they could get of and walk beside the garratt and watch it working
Adelbert
Last edited by Adelbert Stigling on Mon, 21 Apr 2008
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