Porterville, Western Cape

Porterville is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The town is located at the foot of the Olifants River Mountains, 27 km south-east of Piketberg and 155 km north-east of Cape Town. It is situated 140 km north of Cape Town on R44 road at the base of the Olifants River mountains.
Prior to European settlement the area was inhabited by Khoekhoen nomadic pastoralists.The town was laid out in 1863 on Pomona's farm, previously owned by Willems Vallei. The town was established in 1863 and named after William Porter, who served as Attorney General of the Cape Colony from 1839 to 1866, and became a municipality in 1903.
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0:00 Carriage Hire / sassuhire
1:08 Porterville Tourism porterville.bergriviertourism...
2:23 For sculptural wooden vessels and bowls / paul_kristafor
4:03 Pottery Classes and Products / alnapottery-studio-154...
5:09 Visual Artist katjaabbott.com/
6:25 Mosaic House / mosaichouseinporterville
7:38 Contact Porterville Tourism For Hester's work and contact details
8:35 For Tableware or a place to stay ebonymoon.co.za/

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

Wise words from Piet and a town where e everyone wakes up with purpose. An inspiring Swartland Town ❤️

[@elizabethjury2930]

Fantastic !!! I have been in Porterville for 16 years now and will never go back to the big city. Wonderful idea to create this video on Utube- the only person I knew about was Piet Perd. Thanks so much for this very informative video.

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

Thank you for spending a little time with us. It's always good to hear from people that live in the towns we visit. You are fortunate to live in such a beautiful town with such interesting, inspiring people. ♥️

[@lynnes5561]

I now live in England, but I lived in Rose Street Porterville for 13 years, had a wonderful life there, people were so good and kind to me, I miss the place!

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

And we're sure they miss you too. ❤️

[@analeenadams-kx2wm]

Ek was ook daar gebore en wens om wee eendag terug te keer met my kinder... I love 💕 💕 Porterville

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

Dis n mooi plek. ❤️

[@lynnes5561]

Ek het in 27 Rose Straat gebly vir 13 jare, ek het van Durban gekom in Nov 1999 en in 2015 ek het Engeland toe gekom. Ek is Engels maar die plek was wonderlik en die mense wonderlik, ek was goeie vriende met al die du Plessis familie, miss die mense

[@benben-we2zi]

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