Does anyone have any intertesting tales or any photos and information about the old German Police station near Daberas? I think the building is similar to the one at Hohenfels....
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Daberas or Sendeleingsdrift?
Hi Mike
There was a police station at Sendelingsdrift and there is a picture of it in Pat Honeyborne's book Gateway to Adventure (page 106). The ruins are still supposed to be there and in better condition that those at Hohenfels. In the 60s and 70s CDM security supposedly used the station.
Dont know about the one at Daberas . . . .
Was still in one piece in the 80's......used to do army training there sometimes.
Think Namdeb Management still go camping there sometimes.
A couple of years ago some Luderitz guys went there on their motorbikes..... after that management banned all motorbikes from using the road between Oranjemund and Ross Pinah.........some things never change.... image14
Stennie you still got your motorbike then? image201
Is it not the building that Keith Childs and co were based at when they did the exploration at Sendelingsdrift in the 90's? If it is, then that building should still be in 1 piece. In know a friend of a friend who has recent pics... I'll see what I can do.
Here's a Google eye's view of the spot I'm referring to. Will get pics from the front and post themm too.
Was there not also a police station at Daberas?
No Mike, the police station was at Sendelingsdrift. It took the police a week to travel from Hohenfels to Sendelingsdrift- will attach a pic later
So... nothing at Daberas?
There was the GM`s house at Dabaras
The GM had a park home at Daberas
I did mean to ask Jacob (PPJ's son) about this to-nite,got a bit side tracked. We had a wine tasting at his place to-nite. Will check with him in the week. drinking-41
The Sendelingsdrift Police Station taken a few years ago
Latest photo of police station
Police station [ I do not remember if it was Dabaras , Hohenfells , or Sendelingsdrift ] . Years ago some one saw a bush south of Grunenthal. He took a twig and some leaves home with him . And on a occasion a Reverant visited OM , the twig from this bush was sent with him to Prof Christo Pienaar in CT for identification . It turned out to be a Autralian Honeybush .
The only explanation for this bush being in the area, was that the German officer at the paticular police station asked permission to farm with honeybees . Permission was granted and the autorities was pleased with the initiative , so they imported a load of honeybush plants for the officer .
And it was speculated and concluded that this particular bush must have fallen off from the wagon transporting consumables and other goods from Luderitz to the Police station , and that conditions must have been right for it to take root.
fascinating.......
oldies 1980 / 1981
Hennie, is that an old Town Electric bakkie in your second photo (SC 1331)? If I remember correctly CDM only had two of these vehicles...........
Mike . you are 100% on the spot re the SC 1331 bakkie . But the day I took this photograph , the intention was to show that one can find the unexpected . trees in that barren part of the world ! trees , although only about 2 meters high , were facinating things to encounter away from Oranjemund + water