Beauvallon Today!

[georg ruf jr.]

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[Michael Alexander]

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......

[Paul (Pepe) Freemantle]

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.

[Michael Alexander]

Sad, just scanned this....

[john wilson]

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.

[john wilson]

Oh I almost forgot to ask ,what ever happened to Pollys house out there?

[Michael Alexander]

...was'nt that the same house, were a previous Gm went for a wee bit of skirt?

[pam spackman]

 

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..........

[SandyB]

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 ,,,

[Chris Macpherson]

BEAUVALLON has moved to WEST BEACH TABLE VIEW .IT is a complex of apartments in Wawrick Rd Bloubergsands West beach, called BEAUVALLON VILLAGE.

[Andrew Darné]

@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.

[SandyB]

Thanks  for that input Andrew ...  costs  etc ,,   all a pity

[Julian Laubser]

Hi Mike , How do I get to see some pics that U guys are talking about ? Julian