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Road scenes of Nieu-Bethesda
The village of Nieu-Bethesda really is a special one. High on the to-do list of travelers wanting to visit the Owl House, learn more about fossils or just experience Karoo country life. It’s also somewhere to go and find yourself,…
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Karoo skies
The Karoo Heartland of the Eastern Cape is big sky country. The wide open spaces aren’t just on the ground. You just need to look up anywhere in the Karoo and you will know what I’m talking about. Blue skies,…
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The Stonefolk of Nieu-Bethesda
Nieu-Bethesda is famous for the Owl House and fossils you find in the area. That’s not all you can see in this small Karoo Heartland village though. There’s actually so much more and now it has a new addition. A…
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Van Stadens Narrow Gauge Bridge
A couple of weeks ago we walked to the Lower Van Stadens Dam and got a side view of the narrow-gauge bridge over the gorge from the northern side. The Van Stadens rail bridge is the second highest railway bridge…
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Water furrows in the Karoo Heartland
One of my favourite things about Nieu-Bethesda is seeing the water run through the village’s water furrows. These ancient stone leivore date back to the early days of the village and supplies water to the village from a spring in…
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Bini’s Tea Garden in Nieu-Bethesda
How boring is life if one never explores? How much would we miss out on if we didn’t? Nieu-Bethesda may be small but there are so many things to see and places to check out. Although I’ve been to the…
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Honesty shop on the stoep
Towards the bottom of Martin Street in the village of Nieu-Bethesda stands a white Karoo house with a blue sign. blue cupboard(on the stoep)honesty shop The two words in the name that caught my eye immediately were “honesty shop”. It…
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Cape Ground Squirrel
Driving on the gravel road near Nieu-Bethesda something darted across the road. “Don’t hit the meerkat!” my wife shouted. “That’s not a meerkat,” was my response. “Don’t hit the mongoose then,” she said.”Also not a mongoose,” I answered. “It’s a…
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Giraffe spoor
While on a game drive at Samara Private Game Reserve near Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape I spotted a set of tracks next to the road. Too big for an antelope and definitely not a horse or a cow as…
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