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‘Thems m WILDERNESS If you look up the word ‘wilderness’ in the dictionary or on Google, you will find various definitions that all seem to focus on the fact that the wilderness is an uninhabited, uncultivated and inhospitable region or area. And, I suppose for most people, that is quite enough to persuade them to […]
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THE WATER TANK It’s not quite a yellow brick road, but it is made of pale grey bricks and it is known to the locals as ‘The Highway to Heaven’. Yes, indeed, it is the new road from the village of Haenertsburg up to our cemetery. High on a hill, it is probably the most […]
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RIVER CAPTURE Did you know that we don’t actually live on a mountain We live in a basin! That’s the message from one of the speakers at a recent function arranged by the Haenertsburg Library as part of National Heritage Month. Let me explain as best I can! If you stand at somewhere like Cheerio […]
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RISSIK STREET When I talk about Rissik Street, I am not referring to that busy street that runs from west to east across downtown Johannesburg, but to our own main street in that runs roughly east to west through downtown Haenertsburg. No more than about 500 metres from one end to the other, it is […]
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BIRD WATCHING I am not a great bird-watcher although I never stop being amazed at the diversity of shapes, sizes and colours of the birds of our country, never mind those of more distant lands. They are almost as diverse as the fish on coral reefs, one of which I once had the briefest of […]
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GRASSLANDS I was sitting at a local tavern the other day enjoying a cup of coffee when Ioverhead snatches of a conversation between two people that I did notrecognize. Mind you, I had been away from the Mountain for a few years andthere are many new people around, so they could have been locals.They were […]
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MARKETS One of the great things about many small towns and villages is that you can actually meet the local people and chat to them and discover why they like living in that particular small town or village and what it is that they do to put food on the table. And the very best […]
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Hi there! It’s Fred Bullock again, keeping warm on these Winter evenings. Many people complain about the weather on the mountain, but I think we have great weather here. That is, apart from some periods during summer when that grey mist comes down and creeps into every bone in your body. It was not for […]
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Well, that’s the election out of the way and we can all get back to the serious business of our history! I wasn’t very keen on history at school but, as I’ve grown older, I have come to realise that who we are today is linked so closely to where we have come from. […]
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Greetings! Fred Bullock here again with some further thoughts on our beautifulMagoebaskloof area.I mentioned how the village seems transformed into a vibrant food, drink,shopping and sleeping centre and, and now I want to take a quick look at acouple of the other attractions in and around the village.Haenertsburg was a ‘hot-spot’ during the final months […]
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Greetings! My name is Fred and I lived on what we call ‘The Mountain’ for many years before going abroad for just on twenty years. I’m very happy to be back and I invite you to share some of my impressions of the hardy old tourism spots and the many new visitor delights where you […]
