S1 - Ep 185 - Hofmeyr - A Pretty Town close to the Bamboes Mountains!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2022
- Hofmeyr is yet another pretty Eastern Cape Karoo town which we enjoyed visiting. This town is very close to the Bamboes Mountain Range and its original name was Maraisburg and later renamed after Jan Hofmeyr. While driving around we found the Anglo Boer War Memorial in the park as well as the Great Trek centenary celebratory pyramid which was in the same park in the centre of town. Then it was time for us to leave this beautiful town and find our accommodation at Waterlea-on-River Tented Cabins about 35km from Hofmeyr. What an amazing stay we had, on the river in a fancy tent! The next morning, we unfortunately had to leave for our next destination. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #hofmeyr #bamboes #mountains #karoo
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Wonderful to see! Yes its looking good... lived there for 5 years... 1963 - 1968. Thanks guys... keep up the good work!
Wow! Your association with Hofmeyr sure goes back a long way! 😊 Hopefully you were reminded of some happy times. 😁🚗
Thank you to both of you. I throughly enjoy your program. Keep going with your Outstanding work & photography. YL
Thank you, your kind comment is much appreciated. 🚗👌
its just amazing im lying in bed in knysna watching this video this is all the places i grow up
Wow a living in Hofmeyr ❤
I enjoy it each and every day thank you so much
I worked on a water pipeline and boreholes there 5 years ago . Lovely people live there . The butcher makes the best biltong I ve tasted . Sorry you missed the hotel .Was a hospital during the Boer War . Sure it is haunted . Lovely old photos from that time , and of the first steam train that came there . They close and lock up at 19:00 if there are no people in the bar. Then I was all alone with the ghosts . Loved it . Thanx to the peope there that made my stay so good .
The Teebus River forms part of the Orange/Fish River water scheme. Water exits the Gariep dam near Oviston and goes underground for about 80 Km's. The "ghost town" of Midshaft can be seen almost half way between Oviston and Steynsburg. Many of the local farmers worked on the scheme to suppliment income due to the severe droughts experienced. The tunnel exits into the Teebus River and goes via Grassridge Dam into the Fish River. Hence, there is always a strong flowing river. Many of the farmers on the Teebus River installed hydro electric plants once the tunnel was completed.
Thanks for the detailed info on the Teebus River. 👌 For uus cityfolk who don't get to see rivers every day, that was a mighty river! The farmer at Waterlea just smiled when we told him that, it was too funny! 😁
Ingenious scheme for water and clever farmers for installing the hydro power systems 👏
@@munesumangava9751 The sad thing is that these farmers wanted to form a co-op to produce more power to sell back to the grid - well that did not happen as `"government" turned them down.
Founded in 1873, the town was initially named Maraisburg. To avoid confusion with the Gauteng area of Maraisburg it was renamed Hofmeyr in 1911 in honour of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan), a campaigner for the equal treatment of Afrikaans and English and a prominent figure in the Eerste Taalbeweging. The main street was called Chalmers Street, renamed to Voortrekker St when the town was renamed.
Interesting info about the town being named Maraisburg first. I touched on that in the description of our video. 👌🏻😎
I admire what you two are doing🙈 I Wish i could travel like YOU 🤓
We work hard so that we can travel hard! 😁🚗 You're always welcome to join us on our travels on TH-cam, we're so happy to have you on board. 🤩
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Travelling with you two now Saterday 6 May 2023 1:54
Thank you soooo much for your incredible videos. We watch them over and over. Such a wonderful way to explore SA from home.
Thank your presentation is outstanding, and so your photography
Hofmeyr, a "dorpie" I have known since 1957. My parents were married in the Anglican Church and had their reception in the town hall. My grandparents farmed in the district. The Farmhouse owned by David and Lynette Lord, brother of Robert (Waterlea).
What a fantastic and long-standing association you have with the town and area, it's a fantastic place. Thank you for sharing that. 👌🏻
I left SA nearly 40 years ago. I am so grateful for your videos. Beautiful 😍.
Thank you so much! 😊 Wow, you've been out of South Africa for a lifetime already, we're glad to share our travels with you. 🇿🇦🚗
Just loved the farmhouse shop it is great. Most of the town very neat and pretty loved the Sunshine house (yellow one) looks so happy. The animals next to the road I always enjoy. Amazing accommodation literally on the river so geogeous. Drone footage amazing everything's so green. They have plenty of water. How beautiful, thank you for this amazing episode. 😃
Yes! I loved the yellow house too, I love all the bright ones. 😁 Our accommodation on the river bank was super nice, we loved every minute. 🏕 They can lock me up in that shop anytime, I'll be one happy chappy. 😝
Just love the wildlife along the route👌👍
luv ur drone footage its arwsum
Appreciate that, thank you. The beautiful natural surroundings made it easy! 😁🍃
That Farmhouse restaurant so clean snd fresh looking…..Wow!!!!
SA,s little towns are so cool even though they are mostly run down, especially the stations, so sad I wonder if the railways were still functioning( like they used to ) whether you guys would be travelling by train?. I loved that accommodation you stayed at. I too would do the dishes there. Lovely and peaceful thanks again for a great series
😁 Those few dishes took me forever! There were just too many distractions! 🤩 Having recently developed a fascination with old stations and their buildings, we definitely would have done some exploration by rail, no doubt. 🚆 I think it would provide such a different perspective to travelling on roads. I so wish that were still possible, there are certainly enough tracks connecting all these smaller towns. 🛤️ We appreciate you watching! 😊🚗
@@DustBugsTravel As a child I remember taking the train from Alicedale(EC) all the way to Rhodesia,through Botswana on the way, Great old cherished memories. In those days ,late 70,s, rail was at its finest in SA
Beautiful pink church!!!! Like Sonia said, that signage what an eyesore in front of such beauty yhoooooooo! Someone move it please🙆♀️
Wow I remember as a child (50 years ago) driving through those places and they look so run down now, it looks like these towns are dying a slow death. The old buildings on farms are being bulldozed by farmers to discourage squatters. So some of the nicest old buildings without heritage protection are being demolished.
Hofmeyr is a pretty little town and we saw some well-preserved buildings. 🏛️😍
Your tent is beautiful, the aerial views fantastic, the river setting just majestic, you lucky people 🥰
What a bright yellow house (sunny) and I’ve seen quite a few soft pink ones too!!!
Oh my days your lodgings👌👌👌👌👌
Oulike dorpie! Quite well kept.
Indeed! A very cute place and well worth a visit. 🤩
Thank you for taking me with.
Of course, you're always welcome! 👌🚗
Many years ago Hofmeyr use to be such a lovely town.
thank u.
Sure! 😎
WOW!!! So clean !!! Hofmeyr you Rock!!!
True story! 👏 Fantastic to see.
Well it is with great shame that I must admit I have never been in Hofmeyr. Thank you for showing us. I must say the town looks quite clean, better than others I have seen.. And I just love that place where you stayed on the river, it is so nice that farmers make available such nice places to stay.
It was our first time too and well worth a visit, to both the town and the farm. 🤩 Our accommodation was fantastic, the setting just unbeatable and completely surrounded by nature 🏕 Thank you for exploring Hofmeyr with us! 😁🚗
Hofmeyr Station - the Monday/Wednesday/Friday steam train started it's journey from Rosmead via Schoombee and then to Hofmeyr where it turned around and went back. The house (14 min 30 seconds) with the green roof is the house my grand parents purchased in 1976 after selling the farm.
We're always so happy when someone who watches our videos, recognise a house or building with a certain special meaning to them, that's so cool! We love that we recognise all the place names in your comment and will treasure the memories of our recent visit to all these places. 🚗🚂
Your travelling experiences really intrigue me because some of these places I only heard about. Some of the places like Noupoort, Hanover, Genadendal bring back fond memories. Sometimes at night when I cannot sleep then all these videos that I have watched during the day have a calming effect on me helping me fall asleep. Thanks for sharing it and may you always be safe and blessed where ever you go on your travelling journey.
The Hofmeyr family of the Eastern Cape were trailblazers indeed, from farming, to Parliament and also Onze Jan, Jan Hofmeyr, as activist for the indigenous Afrikaans language. Which is why there is a statue of him behind the Groote Kerk in Cape Town. I read a bit about the Hofmeyr legacy a few years ago.
Interesting info indeed! 👌🏻 Another town with a rich history, including a rich cultural history. We love that. 😎
must say u people overnight in the most beautiful places.
This place was truly unique though and the setting was fantastic! We absolutely loved it! 🏕
A beautiful place for sure 👍🏻 love the accommodation 😉 thanks as always for taking us along 🤝🏼
Yes! Fantastic place to relax so close to nature and after a long day on the road. 😁🚗 Thank you for watching!
Awesome
Thank you! 😎
Waterlea siding, the line from Rosmead/Schoombee/Hofmeyr. Next siding toward Hofmeyr is Teviot, close to where my grandparents farmed.
Oh, OK. That must've been the Waterlea siding then that the board was no longer legible of. Very close to Beaconsfield Farm if I remember correctly. 🚉
@@DustBugsTravel Correct, Beaconsfield owned by Charles Lord. Charle's wife teaches at the school at Schoombee.
Neighbour of craddock very clean town
Very cute town, we're very happy to have visited. 😎🚗
Lovely well cared for town it amazes me how many church in these small towns love the tin roofs and the stoop on road your accommodation was real glamping wonderful place thanks for great video
We always gravitate towards the churches because of their amazing character and architecture. They're often the best-maintained buildings in town. 🕍 Thank you for joining us as we explored Hofmeyr. 😁🚗
wow, I love this little town, I want to move here. Checkout Hope Town, Van der Kloof (had a great pool game with the locals here) Petruisburg, been to all. And Rosendal in the OFS where my friend Mark just bought some land and is moving his restaurant from Henley to Rosendal. I am going to visit most of these little towns you feature on my next visit. I love all of these!! These are so entertaining. I felt 35 again travelling across the karoo to orania on my 1,000 mile solo trip. Greg, Springfield, Louisiana.
You've certainly covered the South African map on your travels, it's quite impressive and it makes us really happy every time we hear how much you love SA. We haven't been to all the places you mentioned just yet, but did manage to visit Vanderkloof on our last trip. The video will be uploaded in the next few weeks. I'll reserve my comments about this town and dam until then. Definitely check out Hofmeyr and stop in at The Farmhouse for a snack. It's a lovely and quaint little place, you'll love it. There's a beautiful hotel too and you may just decide to stay over a night or two. Perhaps you stay forever. 😁🇿🇦
Loved the East Cape robots on the farm 😂
We did too! 😁 And we were happy to wait until the lights turned green. 🐂🐂🐂
Love the river and scenery outside the house
That river was awesome! I could literally sit and watch nature from that deck for hours! 🍃 🏕
Hello again you two. Hofmeyr seems to be a well run and neat place. So neat that I almost felt uncomfortable!
So glad that you found a gravel road to reach your stay over and to see your cuppas at that wonderful and waterful place.
It really was another unforgettable trip. Thank you!
Keep safe
😁 Your feeling uncomfortable because of how neat Hofmeyr was, made us chuckle. Granted, it was neater than some of the places we've been to. It's a pretty little town. 🤩 We had a fabulous time at our accommodation and to reach it by gravel, is always the cherry on top! 🍒
Now that little accommodation spot looked awesome, right up my alley - who chooses the music for your videos, because i love it, what is the guitar piece in this video, you have used it before, and the piece of music with the drone footage 👌
Our tent on the Teebus River was absolutely amazing, we loved it too! I choose the music from the TH-cam Library and the titles and artists of the tracks are always listed in the description below the particular video. Glad you enjoyed the tunes! 😁⛺
20 years when I was 15 yrs old, my aunty owned a shop there. Used to visit for holidays. I was rather bored lol not much to do
u guys get to see the most beautiful little towns that i will never see.
You can always join us on TH-cam and we'll happily show you all the places we visit! 😁🚗
It would also be a nice move to bring history that's going to unite the nation - South Africans of all colour and creed
We try to include interesting info and buildings we happen upon in our videos. We merely show what we find when exploring a town through fresh eyes. We appreciate you watching. 😁🚗
Anton Ferreira, Went to school there in 1969.
You must remember the town well then. It must've been fantastic to go to school there. 👌
I wish they sold Windhoek lager here in Louisiana.
I bet you do. And I don't blame you one bit! Cheers! 🍻
Thank you You went past Paul Kruger far naed bulhoek on Kruger day They also had a far in Somerset East
We were in the area a while ago already, the videos are just uploaded a good while afterwards. 👌 I never even realised that the video with Bulhoek in, went live the day before Kruger Day. Keen observation on your part! 😎 We appreciate you watching! 🚗😁
the bell tower or a windmill
I'm going with bell tower. 🛎
Did you manage to see the newly renovated hotel. Very nice and the best food. We had car battery trouble earlier the day and did not realize the watch jumped from 09h00 to reset at 12h00 after the battery was replaced. We rolled into hofmeyer at 03h00 thinking it was 06h00. Only when we where in our room we realized the mistake. Nice stay and lovely people.
We did and it looked fantastic from the outside! 🤩 I'm glad you got your car battery sorted, hopefully it didn't happen on too remote a road. That can be quite problematic if no cellphone signal or help close by. 😨 I'm sure you were so relieved when you finally did roll into town. And yes, the locals were all super friendly. 😎
Not as miserable as I expected. Actually nice considering it’s off main highways.
It's a brilliant little town with such a happy vibe, we felt. 🤩 So glad we decided to spend some time there. 👌
Established in 1873 as town Maraisburg.......later renamed
Yes! Interesting info, thank you. 👌
Impressive church! Opposite that church, all the telephone pole are leaning at an angle. Is that because of strong wind? Ja, Hofmeyrstasie...daar sal jy laaaank wag vir n trein! That is a big river for Karoo. What an idyllic river sanctuary you stayed in. Hope you didnt have the mosquito problem. Would be sad if the Luftwaffe carried you off in the night. Thanks for sharing your awesome adventure
There is that keen artist's eye for detail again! 😁 Interesting observation about the telephone poles. There was no significant breeze that day, so I assume it could be from a previous windstorm or they were just not planted firmly enough, really not sure of the reason. 🤷🏼♂️ We thought the church design was stunning too and very different from those we've seen in most towns, both in architecture and colour. 💒 Our tent cabin was fantastic! 🏕️ Fortunately for us, it was still fairly cool, so the mozzies did not come to visit. 🦟😎
@@DustBugsTravel Ja, I just wondered. I know the wind can blow really kwaai out there. But cou;ld also be ground settling.So glad the Luftwffe didnt attack. Sien uit na volgende.luvvies!
The church windows looks like wagon wheels
They certainly do! 🛞 Very interesting architecture on that church we thought. 🏛️
is hofmeyr in the northan cape
In the Eastern Cape. 👌
No eastern cape
what a beautiful neat place!
tell ur wife if u guys come to mosselbay u will feel welkome
We know Mossel Bay well! It's a great place, but we'll need a week to explore. 😁