Well a lot of us had great memories of Beauvallon. The following Pics were taken by the Benton Boys when they were out here a few weeks back.(The date stamp is incorrect). Anyhow, be prepared to be saddened by the total and utter neglect of a once thriving Camping spot. Why the South Africans allowed this potential tourist overnight spot to decay in this manner is beyond me. Thanks to the Benton Boys for the snaps....
At least 10 low income jobs could have been supported by this place.....
Its a shame, but then, who would maintain it and for who in a Sperrgebiet ??? idontknow
and the old gate which has now become the South African Border Post...
The Richtersveld has become quite a big tourist attraction these days..... these people could have overnighted here.... there is another smaller place about 5 km east of Beauvallon, called Brandkaros.... they attract Oranjemunders for camoing...
@ Mike
We have lots of people in our Namibia Forum wanting to go through Richtersveld, crossing Sendlingsdrift
Question: Can the route Port Noloth via Beauvallon to Richtersveld be used freely now ? In my days we required a special permit from Sprinbok for that
Or can one cross the Bridge and continue to Dabbaras and Rosh Pina ???? I know a road is beeing built, the question is the border crossing ????
I was about to say thank's Mike, but then I saw the pics!!!
Pity for what's happened.
Remember to well when the built the swimming-pool and put the benches up on the little hill. What a pity. I have great memories of beauvelon...
Georg, there is now a customs point on the pont at Sendelingsdrift..... you can , without a permit drive ..Port Nolloth, ALexander Bay, Richtersveld and cross on the pont at Sendelingsdrift into Namibia onto Rosh Pinah or visa Versa...
You can apply for a permit in advance , without staying in Oranjemund and cross on our bridge, pop into Oranjemund, spend some tourist dollars in the Spar, see the museum etc...then either stay over at one of the lodges here (see the reunion page) and then drive on the North Bank road (very scenic) to Rosh Pinah.....
Quote from: Michael Alexander on May 26, 2008, 12:52:26 PM
Georg, there is now a customs point on the pont at Sendelingsdrift..... you can , without a permit drive ..Port Nolloth, ALexander Bay, Richtersveld and cross on the pont at Sendelingsdrift into Namibia onto Rosh Pinah or visa Versa...
You can apply for a permit in advance , without staying in Oranjemund and cross on our bridge, pop into Oranjemund, spend some tourist dollars in the Spar, see the museum etc...then either stay over at one of the lodges here (see the reunion page) and then drive on the North Bank road (very scenic) to Rosh Pinah.....
From who and where do you get that permit
Thanks Mike
I will do all i can to promote that in our forum Namibia located in switzerland with about 500,000 views a month
We had already talks about that in the Forum
Georg
How sad to see what it looks like now!
I also had great memories of Beauvallon. Steeling oranges from the trees, sliding with cardboard boxes down the grass embankments, or wooden sleds down the dune across the road, swimming in the river, tree climbing, braai's and lots of fun.
What a shame!
I remember one year in the mid 70's there was a plague of big, striped "Christmas worms" all over the place when I was camping there with friends. Oh, and the blue monkeys were all over and stole our food from the tables.
@ Georg ... the PRU dept..... I will get you some numbers 2morrow..
@BErtie.... those cardboard box's were usually empty beer cases///
hows the head 2day and stennie after your long distance phone call 2many windhoek draughts and whiskeys
@ Michael - Yes, the beer cases were the perfect size! Beauvallon is also the place where I got my worst sunburn ever when I was about 10 years old, boy was it difficult to sleep all scorched and sore!!!!!
Wish I had photographs of when it was so green and lush there.
:emot78: How sad. Beauvallon has happy memories for all of us, from family outings to drunken weekends away with our friends.
What a sad state of affairs. fond memorries of the place, had my first car accident there, the mad weekends, taking cardboard and sliding down the grass slope and many many more memories.....Very upsetting....... :emot78:
Beauvallon michael fishing on the Oranje
Just as I remember Michael!
We made history together. There was a music concert to raise funds towards a grand piano. Michael, Melanie Wilson and me played the first Piano Trio - It was called "Candle Light", by M. Ewing.
We also sang in the choir together.
Check this pick - isn't that TWO Ruf's standing to my right????
@ Bertie
Thanks for the pic, great stuff,
i have copied and send it to Marcel and Georg, Micha has no internet
Marcel is two to the left of Micha
I will resize the pic and post it via Photobucket
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z249/georgswa/michamarcelb-red.jpg)
second row
L-R, 1 Marcel, 2 ???, 3 Michael 4 BERTIE HORAK
Third row
L-R 1 ?? 2 Gert Muller
Middle the music teacher Felix Niewoudt
Yes, I'm standing next to Michael. I'm not sure who number 2 is, but I have this idea his surname was Vermeulen?
Good ol' days. The photo was taken in front of the fish pond. We were standing on rickety wooden benches. Gert Muller (behind Marcel) was rocking the one they were standing on, you can see on his face he was up to mischief. I remember Felix Nieuwoudt giving him quite an earful after the photo session!
I have some trouble with my connection tonite. Have to unplug and restart moden all the time. Will give it a rest, and check in tomorrow.
Greetings from the Cape! Sleep well!
Thanks Bertie
If you have more pics, send them, thats what we need here those memories daman
I'm busy scanning Dad's slides, so as soon as I have more, I'll do so!
bighug and gnite!
Great Bertie, also tell us the stories that go with it
Many thanks
G-night
.... and don not forget Felix Niewoudt....
This is very sad, I cannot believe that a beautiful place like Beauvallon ended up like this. I was planning to take a trip down memory lane over Dec/Jan 09, to the West Coast as we bought property at St Helena Bay, then take a drive up the west coast, to Namaqualand and then Oranjemund. I think I must rather stay in Gauteng, I will most probably be too disappointed. The saying goes: No place is the same when one goes back a second time. The only thing that looks the same is the old Dunvley gate which is now the Border post.
Charmain
Yes I agree with you Charmain I am having 2nd thoughts about the reunion because I have memories etched in my brain and affraid that seeing what Oranjemund currently looks like is going to change those fond memories. As nice as it is to see pics of Oranjemund today, it is also very sad to see the decay over the years. As nice as it was to see pics of the Oranjemund Riding Club, it breaks my heart having to see what the padocks and arena's look like. Those use to be lush fields of lucern with everything looking spic and span... :emot78: SAD, very sad
I hear your argument, Dunja, but I want to put it in another way. Has decay not attacked your own body, hair, figure and features due to years gone by? (Please, I am not saying in any way you look bad... this is just figurative explaining - age does not hold back on any person - some try to hide it with plastic surgery, botox and what ever - no matter what is done - the years do not stand still.) Therefore I think we must all realize first and foremost that Oranjemund, however secluded it's location, is not situated in the land that time forgot - due to all other influences, together with the impact of time, decay can be expected. The kids growing up in Oranjemund today will in 20 years time say exactly the same thing we are saying now. To use another example - what about Kolmanskop - what are those people who used to live there saying today should they still be alive. We can never expect things to stay exactly the way they were in our past. It is the memories we hold about what has been that is precious to us. Yes, it is sad to come to terms with the fact that changes do happen, sometimes for the worse, sometimes for the good, but life has also shown us so many times over that our memories from childhood are not always proportioned correctly. This makes me think of the Bee Gees song : "When I was small and christmas trees were tall..." - when you grow up the christmas tree is much smaller and it's not always the biggest wrapped gift that makes you happiest. To an aged partent, I think the biggest gift is to have all their children under the same roof at one time, wrapped in the warmth of love.
So, my point about this - like I said in an earlier post as well - I'm going back to jot my memories and visit some of the old sites and places, but mostly I am going back for the people, for that's the only thing I know that time did not decay - the place I have for them all in my heart and to maybe be able to thank each and every one for the part they had in the formation of the Dalene I am today.
So, my point about this - like I said in an earlier post as well - I'm going back to jot my memories and visit some of the old sites and places, but mostly I am going back for the people, for that's the only thing I know that time did not decay - the place I have for them all in my heart and to maybe be able to thank each and every one for the part they had in the formation of the Dalene I am today.
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Same for me .. jolt the memories .. then carry on with life , thats my intent .. I go in eyes wide open ... I will be doing a lot of walking around .. just taking in the essence of what was .. the pictures in my mind will just get the clarity they needed again .. and my heart will feel good again ..
First I just want to comment on the Choir photo that Bertie posted and will then do another posting on the decay of Oranjemund....
WOW Bertie! 3rd Row from the bottom, 2nd from the right is my brother ANDREAS WRBKA. I really was surprised to see a pic of my brother. Also I did not know that he ever sang in the choir.. beautiful
Bertie, were you in Andreas's class at school?
Quote from: georgswa on May 26, 2008, 07:49:45 PM
Beauvallon michael fishing on the Oranje
We caught a lot of yellow fish that day. Tasted realy muddy.
Lynete Bezuidenhout top left. Also on the site. Three girls nex to her look familiar. Then there's Vanessa McBride farther to the right.
Bottom row Dirk Swanapoel. Been mentioned on the site before. Boy to his left looks familiar.
Yes Dunja. Looks like a real Wrobka. lol
Is that Margeret ry in the second row from back, second girl from right?
No I don't see Margaret Fry but I'm sue Beverly Johnson is 4th from rt back row
Many faces are familiar but from Afr class, can't put names to faces
Brink sister a possibility
Charmain and Dunja - don't hesitate to go to Oranjemund. If you don't, you'll regret that more than seeing the chnages that have taken place. As I've said before on this site, I went back in 2004, after 19 years, and yes, things had changed, but the feeling of being 'back home' was stronger than anything else and the memories that came rushing back were just so amazing that I completely overlooked the rest. I enjoyed every minute that I spent back there. My only regret was not being able to stay more than one day ... oh and not letting Mike know that I was there ...
I agree - one might be disappointed when things look worse/different/ or even run down, but I'm sure by seeing even an old fence, which you might have forgotten about, might bring back good memories of what happened there and you might otherwise have forgotten about completely if your memory wasn't jolted back by the vision. Mooi gestel, Dalene.
@ Dunja - No, I think Andreas was in the English classes, me in the Afrikaans class. We only had music and choir together.
Choir photo - other names - Front row - William Brindle, Dirk Swanepoel, ? (English class), Ben Wiese, Kobus Wiese, ?.
In second row to my left is Johannes Esterhuizen (Henda's brother), John Smith, Nico Muller.
@ Georg - I remember that too, Those yellow fish didn't taste nice, and had a LOT of bones!!! What did you use for bait? I used corn and dough with bit of curry powder.
I have that fishing day on an 8mm film, will see if i upload that
Anyone interested ????
Georg Sen.
You know I am oldman. Go ahead.
daman
Quote from: georg ruf jr. on May 28, 2008, 07:19:52 AM
You know I am oldman. Go ahead.
As far as i know you have that on DVD, but i will upolad it the next days
The problem is, most here can not view it with slow systems.... iknow
It's not just a matter of having the chance of seeing the movie myself....
I am uploading now, the link will come in about 1 hr time
More names to the choir photo:
Back row L - R: Lynette Bezuidenhout, Delia Munn, Esther du Preez, ?, Andrit van Heerden, ? ,? ,? ,?, Aneen Brink, ?
2nd from back row L - R: ?, Muller boy, Henda Esterhuizen, Mariaan du Preez, Edwina Baker, ? , Felix Nieuwoudt, ? , ? , Tanya Groenewaldt (Kannieworrie's daughter), Andreas Wrbka, ?
Beauvallon old 8 mm film about 1977, Rufs taking some days break at the camping ground
http://uncutvideo.aol.de/videos/350bcc18885866f5c1a46a59ba819c72?index=0
Let me know if you could see that video
Tip: If it buffers to long, stop the video wit II, restart after a minute with >
Thanx Dalene, ek dink ons sal een-of-ander tyd almal hê.
Two more names - Back row, two places to the left of Andrit is Suzanne ? (surname I can't remember) - can you help Dalene?
2nd from the back, 2 places to the left of Mr Nieuwoudt - Melanie Wilson.
Dis tye soos die dat ek besef ek's soms dommer as 'n buitetoilet se pienk grond vloer! - het nie nou die vaagste idee eers wat daai kind se van is nie....
Bertie, as ek reg onthou kon jy vreeslik mooi sing daai tyd - jy nie solo's ook gedoen nie?
Mr. Nieuwoud used to get furious when we used to ask to leave earlier to go run those races we used to have on the duty road just behind 1st ave - past Jowells Garage & the petrol station.
Wonder where I was when this photo was taken - always used to sing in the choir.
Dalene, ek het ook gewonder waar jy was, ek's seker jy was ook in die koor!
No, I never sang solo's - too shy!
Dalene can you still remember the words to the "voordrag" you did - I think it was called "Krulkop klonkie?"
Ai, lekker memories!
Went to see a show by Rocco de Villiers on Saturday. Wow, what an excellent pianist. The show was all about TV shows, since the beginning of TV in SA. Very amuzing - how we would watch the test pattern, and talking balls of clay (red and blue) and then later watch the news being read by a rabbit (Haas Das se Nuuskas) - not much changed there!. Brought back great memories.
Thanks for the memories Michael. I was always under the impression that Beauvallon belonged to CDM. In photo B3 top right hand corner you can see the sand dunes we used to slide down on highly polished pieces of hard board. Sometimes when the brakes failed, you ended up in the rocks and shrubs, but that was all part of the fun.
@Bertie - Thanks for the choir pics. My brother was quite a musician in those days. Sang in the choir, played piano, and recorder. (Blokfluit)
Some of us ran full speed down that hill Carl. fairly dangerous.
Only dangerous if you managed to reach the road whils't the merry intoxicated crowds were leaving for home...lol
If all of us did that for fun (it looks like we all did!), there must have been guardian angels flying around, for I don't remember anybody getting hurt there on the hill.
Carl, how's the studies going, or have you written your exams already? Good luck!
Hi Bertie. Nope, still on the forum when I should be studying. My first exam is on Monday next week, so I've got time till Sunday afternoon to spend on the forum...lol
Ha ha ha - Bertie - let me try
"Kaalvoet klonkie"
Vervlenterde kaalvoet klonkie
wat groente verkoop in die reen,
met jou stukkende tone
en lendelam hoepelbeen.... etc etc
then there was also "Die Amandelboom"
In onse laning staan 'n boom
wat lekker groot amandels dra,
maar langs ons woon 'n kwaai ou oom
wat ons altyd daar weg kom ja! ..... etc etc
Still remember the Christmas song we sang in the choir - The Virgin's slumber song ?
Amidst the roses Mary sits
and rocks her Jesus child,
while amidst the tree tops
sings a bird so warm and mild
Aaahh, Baby, sleep dear one,
slumber now. ........
Good memory you got there Dalene. Is it the Bio-Plus or the Salusa 45?...lol :emot19:
Thin Ice, Carl, thin ice!!!
Uitstekend Dalene! It's amazing how the sand of our town becomes part of you. A few years ago, before I studied Herbal medicine, I met a printer at a braai. He said he would send me samples of cards I might like - I was looking for something new. Because I was talking so much of Namibia and in particular Oranjemund, he designed this picture and layout, and guess what my card looked like for the last few years???
No worries about the thin ice... Did you know that Dalene once made me eat a whole lemon in OM, just to see if I could do it without screwing up my face.
studies on spinningweed
Huh?
Georg - Rather in tincture form, because if heated and smoked, it causes people to answer complex questions with "Huh?", hey Carl?
lol Very good Bertie.
I bet you guys never considered this option... Huh?
Marijuana contains at least 60 chemicals called cannabinoids. Researchers are evaluating how effective some of these cannabinoids might be in controlling symptoms of certain medical conditions. For example:
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Multiple sclerosis
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Not without risks
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Impairment of thinking, problem-solving skills and memory
Reduced balance and coordination
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Well, I think I'll step down as resident sangoma for now, I have a great replacement who's been hiding right under your noses all these months. Tell me Carl, how do you know so much about this well-admired little botanical specimen? Experimentation, or research? C'mon, be honest, we wont tell!!!! Thanx, great info!
True though. If I'm not mistaken, the receptors you're talking about are situated in the hypothalamus in the brain. Just remember that the constituents change when heated, therefor there's a difference between eating, drinking and smoking this herb.
Ok, you got me. Copy and paste. Mayo Clinic, USA. :emot78: Apparently the US government still doesn't want to legalize spinningweed even under strictly controlled conditions. Must be the ou toppies sitting on the board of the FDA.
I have no experience with Marijuana
The only thing i know is for years i hear different stories about it
I always say, the " WISDOM OF YESTERDAY " is " the errors of today".
Tomorrow will be another story again
I tend to disbeleive all those clever people on those grounds
I.E. Yesterday 1 glass of redwine a day made me an alcoholic and is not good for my health,
today the advice is, 1 glass redwine a day is good for my health.
Take your pick
I took my pick long ago, 1 glass daily since many years....... quickdop
I agree Snr, it's still a touchy subject. I believe it has it's good and bad points, but if used for medicinal purposes under controlled conditions, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The big problem lies in the control part.
Medicinal value it has, no doubt.
Regarding the red wine - good choice made years ago! Red wine contains many flavonoids, tannins and best of all, anti-oxidants, including "resveratrol". So, a glass every now and then is medicinal!!!!
Just think of the French paradox - red wine and meat - maybe they have low incidence of heart disease compared to other countries due to this fact!
So, cheers!
I'm into the avocados lately....they are meant to be healthy, lower blood pressure and cholestrol...chase away the heart disease and all.......mmmh! wonder how they taste with beer?
Great stuff .. spinningweed .. lots of medical potential . of course as mentioned the side effects ... apart from the teenage rebellion use of it which i stopped and of course the odd toke at a party when it is handed around .. i find i can tolerate a few puffs provided I'm on an even keel emotionally cos if not .. i find myself getting paranoid about whatever is bothering me ..
great laugh I had a few years ago .. Our lodger had a "special "banana loaf made for him by some of the girls at his work .. brought it home after finishing his evening shift ... I did not know that this was a special banana loaf.. so upon finding it the next morning wrapped in its foil in the kitchen i decided to have a couple of slices for breakfast ... On went lekker dik butter .. a cup of coffee and four thick slices were consumed .. delicious !! got to work and sitting in our reportback meeting at about 09:00 I was sitting there when all of a sudden i started to feel really strange . to the point I found myself having to hold onto the ledge of the table to try keep my composure .. I found myself answering questions very nonchalantly and sloowly .. meeting over .. Hoo boy ! to keep a staright line walking when I was indeed floating .. the spacy feeling and stupid grin lasted well into the day cos i had ingested a fair whack on an empty stomach ... slowly came down to earth .. in the course of the morning i had the the frantic fone call to not eat it .. too late i said .. I'm on cloud nine and I'm going to donder you when I get home .. you should ahve hidden it .. I was effectively ambushed .. bushwhacked .. told my boss about it a few days later to much amusement ..
Avo's Mike .. food of the gods .. especially the nice soft buttery tasting ones ..
Hahahaha Sandy, enjoyed the tale......
talking of avos mike,ive just watched a cookery programme on tv,the chef made avos,with crayfish,large amount of cheese sprinkled over it and baked in the oven,eaten with a tomatoe and onion and lettuce salad and warm french bread,MY IDEA OF HEAVEN FOOD
:sorriso2: :emot112_2: :wow1:
Cool, now at least I know of an interesting treatment for glaucoma. It runs in my dad's side of the family and after going to have my eyes tested at the optician in Cape Town I ended up at the Eye & Laser clinic because the optician was concerned about the pressures in both eyes. Turns out everything is okay but still - good to know about the
spinningweed
thnx
Sandy - really enjoyed your story - reminded me of someone I knew who is now probably smoking, eating and drinking loads of the stuff up in that castle in the sky!
@ Carl - that was the best thing that could ever happen to you - eating a whole lemon. Look where it has brought you in life - you can still endure all the sour stuff without screwing up your face. And no - not Bio-plus or Salusa 45 for the memory - Lemon tree no.1 at 63/1 Oranjemund. It's the zest of lemons that contributes to this.
@ Bertie - start preparing the herbal rubs for Carl's neck muscles - I'm gonna wring it for him real good, 'cos he's implying that I'm old!
Apparently there are eyedrops made with the extract for glaucoma .. I saw it on Tv article some years ago .. cannasol or someting like that ??
Just did a quick search under MSn search . indeed it is mentioned .. check up cannasol ..
@ Michelle - Probably the first time I've met somebody who's almost excited about the possibility of having glaucoma!
@ Carl - Warned you!!! I suggest you get an Arnica massage oil so long!
@ Sandy B - A good book you can have a look at, in most bookshops like Exclusive books, is "Medicinal plants of the world" by Ben-Erik van Wyk and Michael Wink.
@ Dalene - Mac is beautiful (Pet's post). Wish I had soil like yours, looks ideal for herbs, not like here where I am - light sand only. I have 82 different medicinal plants in my garden. I also remember we used to grow almost anything in Oranjemund, those of you staying there - you're lucky.
:emot19:
spinningweed
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:emot19: Good one Sandy. I had a similar experience in Std9 with Pseudoephedrine. We managed to get a box of 30 at the pharmacy after spinning the pharmacist a long sob story about how we needed it for a friend with asthma. We each took 15 of the pills and after about 30 mins nothing had happened yet. We were on holiday at Badplaas at the time and decided to spend the day at the pool. After another half hour the stuff kicked in.
We spent the day staring at everybody with that 1000 yard Vietnam stare and downing beer after beer to get rid of the dry mouth. At about 4pm when we went home, we had the mother of all sunburns from sitting in the blazing sun all day. Many lessons learned that day.
:emot19:
You can sign in on the psychiatry. there's plenty to test there too Carl
hihihi
Everytime I look at those photo's at the beginning of this post, I shiver and worry for the future...... at least I have all my Town's history safely tucked away in cyberspace......
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Hell that looks bad and so sad. We used to have great weekends there which I will never ever forget besides the one when I rolled my car. Thanks for sharing those photos Mike.
Sad, just scanned this....
Yes that must have been a sad day, I spent many days working at the farm under Old Pollys guidence--in fact I installed the first small power station at Dabaras to pump water from the river for irrigation,it was a huge area they formed back there back then.Transported two large diesel driven genenators up there and installed on a flat slab with the cable ducts already formed,took a week from start to running them ran cables down to the river and connected to panel boards to supply the pumps which if my memory is correct were 100hp. I think I have slides of that operation will have to dig them out and post. I travelled every day from Omund was at security at 7.am with my 6 Ovambo helpers it was quite the operation and I must say enjoyed the experience.
Oh I almost forgot to ask ,what ever happened to Pollys house out there?
...was'nt that the same house, were a previous Gm went for a wee bit of skirt?
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That's so sad ....about Beauvallon (I mean!!) doesn't it feel as though we were there at one of the best times 1970 - 82.....I really do think so..........
Sooo sad ... me thinks someone got the sums wrong ... everything at OM and Beauvallon ( beautiful valley ) had potential to be supplier in the area and further ,,, if someone had the foresight ,,,
BEAUVALLON has moved to WEST BEACH TABLE VIEW .IT is a complex of apartments in Wawrick Rd Bloubergsands West beach, called BEAUVALLON VILLAGE.
@Sandy. The cost of bulk transport for animal feed is astronomical... I know what it costs the riding club and it's a 5digit sum!
Them days of feeding lucerne (then locally obtainable) are history... not a suitable feed for equine beasties, has all sorts of nutritional and other paedal ailments attached to it. Must say since we changed over to teff grass and oat hay we haven't had problems.
So I can well understand what spot CDM was in at that time. Unfortunately our climate isn't the best either for growing the right kind of grasses for the animals, so that option is kinda squashed.
Thanks for that input Andrew ... costs etc ,, all a pity
Hi Mike , How do I get to see some pics that U guys are talking about ? Julian