We would normally hit the beach on A Saturday Morning, but it was a bit cool... and we thought Shadow would enjoy the Sand Quarry for the first time.....Oh! Boy and how..... Here are a few snaps. We also bashed into our friend , Unibok, remember him from earlier postings.... you will see some kids making tunnels, this should bring back a few memories for those of you that played down there as kids....
It was not warm, and for the first time I realised you could actually see the waves down at the river mouth breaking.... ok...on Zoom....
I also took some random pictures of the town, just to show the winter green... against the sand.... It was also lekker quiet up there......
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Sorry, no particular order to these pics....
followed by... On the way back we bashed into Old Unibok, remember him from earlier posts?
Aah ! such memories .. me going to be doing a lot of walkabout in Nov ...
Just bring yer own sandboard with...... :sorriso2:
Thanks Mike. That's great.
I just don't remember the quarries being that deep. Does that mean they've still been taking sand from there?
It definitely wasn't that big when I was there!
I loved playing there. We also took the dogs there to run and go bezirk.
Here's a pic or two, must be around 1974/5.
Me in action photo, and me and sis (Francie) with two of the dogs.
Nice pics Bertie, thats just how I remember it
YEp! Yep! they still pull sand outta the place..I was there again today.... there were was a family or two there having a few beers whilst the kids played....
Thanks Beretie. Nice pics.
Yep, that's thge way I remember things too...
Mike your quarry and Bertie quarry's could be two different places.
Bertie's quarry is near the Shellhole, north side of town, yours east side.
I also only know one on the north side near the MOTHS.
Yes, mine is also north, me and George talking 'bout same place.
Which road would you have taken to go to the quarry to the east of town? I only remember dunes there.
quarry is east of 12,13.14 ave, other side of trees, edge of town
Hope this reply isn't posted twice, dial-up problems again today.
I don't remember that quarry. The trees, yes, played there quite a lot. I do remember a "foefie-slide" in that area. Long cable ran down the dune, and if you lifted your feet, you could go a long way. Lifted my feet a little too high once and had to take out little pieces of rusted cable out of the top of my foot for months!
Some families also got together there to celebrate "Guy Faux" where we kids would watch the grown-ups launch rockets and burn fountains, while we would write our names in the dark sky with sparklers - now they burn them in the Spur! I remember you could push them into the dune sand, and when you pulled it out, they would still be sparkling!! Magic!!! Quite an exciting outing when you're that small.
Wish people would do that around here - light their fireworks outside town away from the houses and pets. Horror stories every year.
There's a topic on the fuffie-slide on the board Bertie.
Thanx Georg, will search for it. Still want to go through old posts to see what has been discussed earlier when I have time. Lot to catch up on! Pity I only heard of this amazing website 2 weeks ago on facebook. I'm sorry if I repeat things any of you said before, will work on that over the weekend!
That's normal until you know your way around.
You'll soon see, there's also plenty of chit chat between the facts. So you'll be filtering all the way.
Must of us addicts love the chit-chat, bitch-slapping ect. So it's up to you what you want from this board.
I'm slowly but surely starting to learn. One thing though, I'm struggling to get my pea-brain around the free bar and pole dancing. Maybe I'll be able to pop in and have a beer in the famous, yet hidden, bar!
I'll get there eventually,
step by step :emot98:
:emot19: poledancing1 :sorriso2: :emot98:
Mike
Your sand quarry used to be where the foofy slide was, and before that it use to be the lover's hill of Oranjemund. The hill had two track, one for ascending and one for descending, don't know why but ....... One night we decided to go up the "wrong" track and what should we find? A VERY married guy with a skelmpie! We surprised them big time because they only saw us when we were basically next to them! It was bare bums diving over the seats but we all knew who the car belonged to!!!!
There were many married guys with skelmpies.. The quarry I knew was the one near the Moths.
Quote from: Nada Ulbrich (Rall) on May 28, 2008, 02:13:45 PM
ascending and one for descending
That's one would expect off a place called Lovers Hill.... lots of ascending and descending....
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zorro,you skelmpie,what guy were you with near the moths,all ears,reveal all!!
Skelmpies and more skelmpies, I will lift my mask soon
and what MAST would that be........or you mean MASK
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