AutoPavilion Geocache

One of my favorite geocaches done lately was one located inside the VW AutoPavilion in Uitenhage. The coordinates take you to the museum itself from where you have to follow the instructions in the cache description. These tell you to look for the blue racing car and to get in to find the cache. I'm giving … Continue reading AutoPavilion Geocache →

St Katharines in Uitenhage

A little caching expedition took me to St Katharine Church in Uitenhage the other day. The foundation stone, which cannot be found today, was laid in 1867 and it is from this date that the anniversaries are counted, although the building (as in construction) only began in 1869. It was completed in 1875 after many financial constraints and … Continue reading St Katharines in Uitenhage →

AutoPavilion garage

The VW AutoPavilion in Uitenhage doesn't just have some awesome exhibits inside the facility, there are also a couple of outside exhibits. One of them being this replica roadhouse and garage.

The VW AutoPavilion – a world class attraction

A quick trip out to Uitenhage to fetch my drivers license had me pop into the VW AutoPavilion briefly and even though I was in and out quickly I just realised again how much of a world class attraction it is. We really are very fortunate to have it right on our doorstep but I often wonder how … Continue reading The VW AutoPavilion – a world class attraction →

Hinterveld Mohair factory shop

The last stop on the Mohair Factory Tour in Uitenhage is the Mohair factory show at Hinterveld. Open to the public, this shop sells labeled mohair products that retails for a lot more in other shops and often gets exported to fashion retailers and designers in the UK and other countries. Yesterday I attended the groundbreaking of the … Continue reading Hinterveld Mohair factory shop →

Spinning mohair tops

Ever wondered how yarn is spun? It is one of the things you get to see while on the Mohair Factory Tour in Uitenhage. This section of the tour is through Mohair Spinners South Africa and is probably the most interesting part of the tour when it comes to "fancy machinery". The machines even know when … Continue reading Spinning mohair tops →

Bales of clean mohair

Remember the bales of raw mohair arriving at the factory I posted on Sunday? Well, these are the bales of clean mohair that gets exported after the whole cleaning process has been completed.

Mohair – after the wash

In the first picture of this series of pictures from the Hinterveld Mohair Factory Tour in Uitenhage showed the raw mohair as it comes in from the farm. From there it goes through a washing and drying process. The washing process takes the mohair through two baths where a machine with "spider" legs makes sure … Continue reading Mohair – after the wash →

Raw mohair arriving at the factory

I came across a folder with five pictures taken at Hinterveld in Uitenhage during a Mohair Factory Tour which for some reason I never posted. Oh well, better late than never. At the start of the tour you get to see the bales of raw mohair as it arrives at the factory for processing. The … Continue reading Raw mohair arriving at the factory →

Bashoto War Memorial in Uitenhage

In Magennis Park just off Church Road (Graaff-Reinet Road) in Uitenhage is a monument that seems kinda out of place in this part of the province. It's a memorial commemorating those who died in the Morosi Mountain and Basuto Campaigns of 1879 and 1880-1882. Morosi's Mountain was the name given to a fortified mountain in the Drakensberg mountain range on … Continue reading Bashoto War Memorial in Uitenhage →