Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Blue moon rising

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Baywatch
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Family grave yard


Saturday, January 23, 2010
Exercé Perfection

Friday, January 22, 2010
Montagu Pass Part 2



Thursday, January 21, 2010
Montagu Pass Part 1



Source - Garden Route Direct
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Hops



Monday, January 18, 2010
CP Nel Museum
I have said so before I will say so again. I love small town museums. They are never pretencions and tells it as it is. If you want to know more about a town and its history, just look for it's museum and go and loose yourself in it. The CP Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn is one of these where one can go and be transported back in time.
This beautiful sand stone building was opened in 1907 as the Boys High School. The building reflects a late Victorian Colonial style of a classical building. The tower is 30 meters high and is decorated with Corinthian ornaments. The oxtangoual "koepel" (dome) is rounded off with a wrought iron crown while on both sides of the central clock tower the facade is symmetrically designed. Both sides end with verandas bolstered by sandstone pillars in the Tuscany building style.CP Nel Museum is named after Charles Paul Nel. He was military man, businessman and collector of antiques. His collection was so valuable that it had received full recognition from the Historical Monument Commission in 1938. In 1963 when both Oudtshoorn boys' and girls' schools amalgamated, the school building was in such a state it was nearly demolished. But thanks to intervention by former old boys, the building was saved and CP Nel's collection, by then under the administration of a Board of Trustees, was moved there in 1972.


In addition to a number of other exhibits, another one that stands out is the only Synagogue to be situated in a museum. What makes the Synagogue so amazing is the fact that it's still being used on occasion.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Donkey car


Afterwards the Rugrats were still very excited and couldn't wait to phone the grannies and tell them what they had done. Up to then they had been extremely bored with nothing but (spectacular) scenery to keep them busy, but this made their day.
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GPS: 33°29'17.23"S, 22°32'17.60"E
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Klein Karoo sunset

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Meiringspoort


Legend has it that a beautiful mermaid lives in the pool at the foot of the waterfall. During the 1996 floods a story circulated that she had been washed out of the pool, down the Groot and Oliphants rivers and out to sea where she was caught in a fisherman's net and taken to the CP Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn. Follow this link for more info on Mermaids in the Karoo.
Scource - Prince Albert Tourism
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GPS: 33°24'30.83"S, 22°33'28.95"E
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Poort-Pourri Kontreiwinkel


Monday, January 11, 2010
Prince Albert




Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Swartberg Pass Part 2




Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Swartberg Pass Part 1




Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Ostrich Show Farm


Monday, January 4, 2010
Oudtshoorn area



