Those impressive church buildings are the pride of the Platteland towns - worth viewing building craftsmanship from close up as well as viewing the inside. The church offices on the premises are normally open in the morning till 13.00hr.
We agree. 👌 Perhaps you've missed the many churches we've stopped at, walked around and even filmed the interiors of. It's not possible in every town though and very often the time we arrive in a town, church offices aren't open. You're welcome to watch Episode 144 of the church in Merweville and Episode 184 where we admire the crafstmanship of the church in Steynsburg. To name only two. The architecture of these churches is the main reason we always gravitate towards them to begin with. 😁⛪
Thank you for a great armchair tour. Your videos just seem to be getting better every episode. Those lamp posts in the middle of the street won't last long if big trucks use these roads. As for the church - so unique. Love your work.
Thank you so much, I appreciate that! 😊 As far as we could tell, there are no trucks that go through the town on a regular basis, so I hope those lamp posts will be safe for many more years to come.
Just got a glimpse of Kay's Cafe which has some interesting stories of its own. Always used to stop there for some refreshment, especially when kids were small, passing through from Graaff Reinet to Victoria west. Always seemed to have time in those days
I hear you loud and clear! We did seem to have a lot more time back then, not sure what happened! 😁🤷🏼♂️ We also became a patron of Kay's while in town. I'm not sure when you were there last, but it is still an interesting shop. 🤩
You're welcome! It must be so interesting comparing the towns and area today to what it looked like back then. We've never been to most of these places before, so have no actual frame of reference to compare to. Thank you for watching, as always! 👌🏻🚗
Thanks again! Your cabin really fitted in with the historical 'pioneer' feeling of the town and the area. Your aerial footage is really outstanding. Keep safe you two!
Thank you! We loved our little place on the farm. 😍 It was a cold night, but we were very cozy inside, despite two separate power outages because of loadshedding. I was finally able to fly the drone because the wind was manageable. It is truly a fantastic area and I was happy to capture a small section of it from the air.
We always love visiting the Karoo and will always return! And of course beautiful horses on the way never hurt! Thank you for visiting Murraysburg with the two of us! 🐎🚗
Another lekker trippie! Amazing scenery and didn't even know Murraysburg existed until today. An interesting little plattelandse dorpie. I mistook the name for Morreesburg at first.
Moorreesburg / Murraysburg. Very close together, I never even thought about that. We also only learnt about Murraysburg a few months ago, so I can relate. It was a very interesting drive through this small town and the surrounding landscape is just gorgeous! Thank you for travelling with us! 😁🚗
Wow awesome again. Sandstone Police Station and pretty town with its Loxton Poles. Now our Rush will get through to Salems Rest. Interesting name to arrive in the dark. Very remote. Looking forward to Coffee Saturday 🌞
Thank you! Got to love those Loxton poles. 😁 We had an awesome stay on the farm and luckily arrived during the day. 😎 See you on Saturday in the next town! ☕
Liked the school with the pencil gate. Horses are always so gorgeous and just loved those beautiful flowers next to the road. Your accommodation was cute.
Our little stone cottage was very cute, we loved it! It was freezing that night, but we were actually quite cosy inside! 😁🏠 Glad you enjoyed the flowers and horses too! 🌸🐎
That's interesting info, thank you. I am not up to speed on property prices in the area, but that sounds like a fair price for the size of the property. 🏠
I like the black and white intros showing what happened last time! As a fellow content creator I'm always searching for new ideas and this might be a good one to test. Amazed to see how clean the town is as you also mentioned. Kettle on the gas stove - loadshedding will not stop the fun!
😁 Coffee is such an integral part of our morning routine that we made sure to ask our host for a gas cooker the moment we heard loadshedding might interfere with our coffee time! ☕💡Glad you like the black-and-white intro. I've been using it for the last four trips and it has been very well received. It provides a clear distinction between previous and current episode. 🎬
The hotel is sadly no more. 😢 It has apparently been an empty shell of a building with broken windows and such for a long time already. At least you have the memories from your time spent there. See you in Richmond on Saturday! 🚗
I love your program.Where do you get all your information about the towns from? You will soon be able to write a book about the Cape province alone. Stay safe and take care of each other
Thank you so much, we appreciate your kind comment! 😊 We actually prefer doing minimal research so that we can explore a new town and area with fresh eyes. 🤩 When we plan our routes, we Google a little bit just to form an idea of what a town or area is about. We have no intentions of writing any books, we're way too lazy for that! We're happy to document our travels on video for everyone who is interested to enjoy! 🚗
What a beautiful town. Love all the old buildings, thank you for recording them. When are you going to Nieu Bethesda to see the Uilhuis? What an amazing cloudscape as you came across the driffie. And a beautiful stone cottage to stay in. I could almost smell that koffie!
It was a chilly, overcast day that whole day and the clouds did look rather dramatic in places. ☁️😁 We're thinking of including Nieu-Bethesda when we do the Baviaanskloof area. 🚗
Thank you for the wonderful videos - it makes me want to jump on my bike and ride . I see you love churches because most of your videos the first place you stop is a church, brilliant. Just a little fact about donkey's - every donkey has a cross on its back this proves Jesus rode on a donkey. Check it out next time you see a donkey or two, the hair on its back and down each front leg is a slightly different colour to the rest of the hair .
We actually have no specific attachment to church buildings, but they're all so gorgeous in these small towns that we can't help but gravitate to them immediately upon entering the towns. The steeples call our names from a distance already as we approach. 💒😁 We've noticed that cross on the donkeys before and knew from a little bit of research that they all have it. Thank you for the info! They very quickly became one of our favourite animals, we love seeing them as we travel! 😍🐴 It's time that you jump on that bike again! 😝🏍️
The music in our videos all come from the TH-cam library and the artists and titles are listed in the description below each video. I'm so glad to hear you enjoy the music, I love the instrumental tracks so much too! 🎹🎸 Our little stone cottage was awesome, we felt really at home there! 🏠😁
Your tours are very interesting. I have traveled to some of these places. I lived in Upington for a few years when I was a boy One suggestion: pause a little when you film road signs. You tend to pass them by at speed and I am unable to read them.
Thank you, we're glad you enjoy travelling along. 🚗 You're fortunate to have spent time in Upington, we love that part of the country too! I'll certainly keep your suggestion in mind and see how I can incorporate more (legible) roadsigns in the future.🛣️
I don't believe so, no. The Buffalo River near Murraysburg is a subsidiary of the Groot River which eventually flows out into the Gourits River. The Buffalo River near East London is another river with the same name. 🐃
That CSIR notice would be an invitation to register as an interested and affected party to comment on the Environmental Impact Assessment that has to take place before the solar farm can be erected
Right, that would make sense! 👍🏻 I took a pic of the notice, but there was so much writing on it and it was so small, that it was completely unclear. Thank you for the info.
Die dorpies word gehammer met krag onderbreekings OMDAT dan word alternatief na son/wind ingestel. Dit is DUURDER en groot probleme met herwinning van altwee bronne se AFVAL, dit besoedel omgewing en is onooglik. Wind/son ONBETROUBAAR vir bases krag en instandhouding vir NETWORK. Elkeen moet self GOED navorsing doen ASB.
Looks ideal for peace and quiet
Those impressive church buildings are the pride of the Platteland towns - worth viewing building craftsmanship from close up as well as viewing the inside. The church offices on the premises are normally open in the morning till 13.00hr.
We agree. 👌 Perhaps you've missed the many churches we've stopped at, walked around and even filmed the interiors of. It's not possible in every town though and very often the time we arrive in a town, church offices aren't open. You're welcome to watch Episode 144 of the church in Merweville and Episode 184 where we admire the crafstmanship of the church in Steynsburg. To name only two. The architecture of these churches is the main reason we always gravitate towards them to begin with. 😁⛪
@@DustBugsTravel Just visiting churches can be a tour on it's own! I've got literally 100's of photos.
Thanks so much for entertaining us with all your travels we really enjoy to see all the towns .
I grew up in this town you drove past my grand mothers house it is still as beautiful as it was back then!!!!
Thank you for a great armchair tour. Your videos just seem to be getting better every episode. Those lamp posts in the middle of the street won't last long if big trucks use these roads. As for the church - so unique. Love your work.
Thank you so much, I appreciate that! 😊 As far as we could tell, there are no trucks that go through the town on a regular basis, so I hope those lamp posts will be safe for many more years to come.
Just got a glimpse of Kay's Cafe which has some interesting stories of its own. Always used to stop there for some refreshment, especially when kids were small, passing through from Graaff Reinet to Victoria west. Always seemed to have time in those days
I hear you loud and clear! We did seem to have a lot more time back then, not sure what happened! 😁🤷🏼♂️ We also became a patron of Kay's while in town. I'm not sure when you were there last, but it is still an interesting shop. 🤩
Hello..1ste keer dat ek julle video sien.
Lekker om te sien daar is nog mooi plekke hier.....groete uit brakpan
Welcome! 🚗😁 Happy to hear that you enjoyed our video of this charming town, thank you for watching!
Thanks for the video again it really brings back memories of my time in South Africa back in the 70s from Kent England
You're welcome! It must be so interesting comparing the towns and area today to what it looked like back then. We've never been to most of these places before, so have no actual frame of reference to compare to. Thank you for watching, as always! 👌🏻🚗
You are welcome keep up the good work 👏
Thanks again! Your cabin really fitted in with the historical 'pioneer' feeling of the town and the area. Your aerial footage is really outstanding. Keep safe you two!
Thank you! We loved our little place on the farm. 😍 It was a cold night, but we were very cozy inside, despite two separate power outages because of loadshedding. I was finally able to fly the drone because the wind was manageable. It is truly a fantastic area and I was happy to capture a small section of it from the air.
Thank you. I was born here. Lots of memories
What a blessing to have been born in the Karoo! I hope our video brought back some special memories for you. 😁🚗
Such a joy to wake up and enjoy a coffee on your travels. God Bless you both. Thank you.
How kind of you, thank you! 🤩 We hope you enjoy this one, cheers! ☕
My hometown..used to irritate me when people joked about me being a/the Murray from Murraysburg.
That church is a beuty👌👌👌👌 The circular sides with the little turrets! Wow!!!
A little outback driving. Lovely town and tour. The horses were wonderful.
We always love visiting the Karoo and will always return! And of course beautiful horses on the way never hurt! Thank you for visiting Murraysburg with the two of us! 🐎🚗
Beautiful aerial views of that wide expanse!!!! Wonderful!!!
Another lekker trippie! Amazing scenery and didn't even know Murraysburg existed until today. An interesting little plattelandse dorpie. I mistook the name for Morreesburg at first.
Moorreesburg / Murraysburg. Very close together, I never even thought about that. We also only learnt about Murraysburg a few months ago, so I can relate. It was a very interesting drive through this small town and the surrounding landscape is just gorgeous! Thank you for travelling with us! 😁🚗
Stunning thank you
Glad you enjoyed this one! 😊
Wow awesome again. Sandstone Police Station and pretty town with its Loxton Poles. Now our Rush will get through to Salems Rest. Interesting name to arrive in the dark. Very remote. Looking forward to Coffee Saturday 🌞
Thank you! Got to love those Loxton poles. 😁 We had an awesome stay on the farm and luckily arrived during the day. 😎 See you on Saturday in the next town! ☕
N8ce video
Thank you! 👍🏻
Clean town……… Yes!!!
i look forward to all your travels they are so instering and keep me on my toes to see more.well done you two beautiful people.
How very kind of you, thank you! 😊 We're happy to have you along for the ride. 🚗
Pencil gate, Quirky !
Liked the school with the pencil gate. Horses are always so gorgeous and just loved those beautiful flowers next to the road. Your accommodation was cute.
Our little stone cottage was very cute, we loved it! It was freezing that night, but we were actually quite cosy inside! 😁🏠 Glad you enjoyed the flowers and horses too! 🌸🐎
Are those beautiful horses wild??? So pretty, pastel cream colours
They were roaming free and I just got the impression that they were wild! So gorgeous though! 🐎😍
my home town
That home at 8 : 00 is on the market at R 1.25 million.
It needs a little TLC
A great fixer upper with 5 bedrooms.
That's interesting info, thank you. I am not up to speed on property prices in the area, but that sounds like a fair price for the size of the property. 🏠
I like the black and white intros showing what happened last time! As a fellow content creator I'm always searching for new ideas and this might be a good one to test. Amazed to see how clean the town is as you also mentioned. Kettle on the gas stove - loadshedding will not stop the fun!
😁 Coffee is such an integral part of our morning routine that we made sure to ask our host for a gas cooker the moment we heard loadshedding might interfere with our coffee time! ☕💡Glad you like the black-and-white intro. I've been using it for the last four trips and it has been very well received. It provides a clear distinction between previous and current episode. 🎬
I would've loved to see the school and hostel. 😊
We saw many other things which we hope you enjoyed. 🙂
I was leaning in to try to read the road sign as you were driving by and lo and behold you did a closeup still in a cut out, Lol.read my mind.
I did not see the Hotel?...was it still there? I use to stay there in the late seventies for a few times.. Ok now on the way to Richmond.. 🙂
The hotel is sadly no more. 😢 It has apparently been an empty shell of a building with broken windows and such for a long time already. At least you have the memories from your time spent there. See you in Richmond on Saturday! 🚗
@@DustBugsTravel 😁🍷
I love your program.Where do you get all your information about the towns from? You will soon be able to write a book about the Cape province alone. Stay safe and take care of each other
Thank you so much, we appreciate your kind comment! 😊 We actually prefer doing minimal research so that we can explore a new town and area with fresh eyes. 🤩 When we plan our routes, we Google a little bit just to form an idea of what a town or area is about. We have no intentions of writing any books, we're way too lazy for that! We're happy to document our travels on video for everyone who is interested to enjoy! 🚗
I’m seeing interestingly coloured houses, Army green, lilac, shades of cream, shades of grey etc
What a beautiful town. Love all the old buildings, thank you for recording them. When are you going to Nieu Bethesda to see the Uilhuis? What an amazing cloudscape as you came across the driffie. And a beautiful stone cottage to stay in. I could almost smell that koffie!
It was a chilly, overcast day that whole day and the clouds did look rather dramatic in places. ☁️😁 We're thinking of including Nieu-Bethesda when we do the Baviaanskloof area. 🚗
@@DustBugsTravel Wonderful! Cant wait!! Lekker bly!
Thank you for the wonderful videos - it makes me want to jump on my bike and ride .
I see you love churches because most of your videos the first place you stop is a church, brilliant. Just a little fact about donkey's - every donkey has a cross on its back this proves Jesus rode on a donkey. Check it out next time you see a donkey or two, the hair on its back and down each front leg is a slightly different colour to the rest of the hair .
We actually have no specific attachment to church buildings, but they're all so gorgeous in these small towns that we can't help but gravitate to them immediately upon entering the towns. The steeples call our names from a distance already as we approach. 💒😁 We've noticed that cross on the donkeys before and knew from a little bit of research that they all have it. Thank you for the info! They very quickly became one of our favourite animals, we love seeing them as we travel! 😍🐴 It's time that you jump on that bike again! 😝🏍️
The horses were too cute
We loved the foal nursing, too cute! 😍🐎
I love the place you stayed and the music you played while you showing the drone footage. What is the name of the piece of music?
The music in our videos all come from the TH-cam library and the artists and titles are listed in the description below each video. I'm so glad to hear you enjoy the music, I love the instrumental tracks so much too! 🎹🎸 Our little stone cottage was awesome, we felt really at home there! 🏠😁
Your tours are very interesting. I have traveled to some of these places. I lived in Upington for a few years when I was a boy One suggestion: pause a little when you film road signs. You tend to pass them by at speed and I am unable to read them.
Thank you, we're glad you enjoy travelling along. 🚗 You're fortunate to have spent time in Upington, we love that part of the country too! I'll certainly keep your suggestion in mind and see how I can incorporate more (legible) roadsigns in the future.🛣️
the buffalo river u spoke about is that the same buffalo river that runs out at east london ?
I don't believe so, no. The Buffalo River near Murraysburg is a subsidiary of the Groot River which eventually flows out into the Gourits River. The Buffalo River near East London is another river with the same name. 🐃
That CSIR notice would be an invitation to register as an interested and affected party to comment on the Environmental Impact Assessment that has to take place before the solar farm can be erected
Right, that would make sense! 👍🏻 I took a pic of the notice, but there was so much writing on it and it was so small, that it was completely unclear. Thank you for the info.
Die dorpies word gehammer met krag onderbreekings OMDAT dan word alternatief na son/wind ingestel. Dit is DUURDER en groot probleme met herwinning van altwee bronne se AFVAL, dit besoedel omgewing en is onooglik. Wind/son ONBETROUBAAR vir bases krag en instandhouding vir NETWORK. Elkeen moet self GOED navorsing doen ASB.
Loved this video. Beautiful area
What time of the year did you visit?
We were there in September 2022. 😍🚙
CBT
Indeed! 🚗😁 Thank you for watching!