S1 - Ep 270 - Prieska - A Beautiful Town on the Southern Bank of the Orange River!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- As has been happening more frequently nowadays, we ended up travelling into the night again on our way to Prieska. but to be honest we enjoyed the beautiful sunset and the landscape which has amazing light at that time of the day. Crossing over the Orange River as the sun had set was absolutely awe-inspiring! It was good to see the workers cleaning the streets at night as we drove through this town on the southern bank of the Orange River. It really is a very clean town. We arrived at the farm where we were spending the evening but were so tired after the long day that we had supper and hit the sack immediately. The next morning we were up early and started exploring Prieska. What a gorgeous town, there was so much to see and enjoy. The old locomotive at the station, the fort on the hill, the view of the Orange River and the golf course and so much more. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #northerncape #prieska
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What a beautiful late afternoon to dusk drive...I love it....
Thank you! It was really special to cross the Orange at dusk, we just loved it! 🚙🌅
We stayed in Prieska, more than half a century ago. My father was an accounting clerk with South African Railways, and worked at the station. I've been back a number of times, the last time about ten years ago. Your video brought back many memories, thank you so much.
The station building is no more, but fortunately no-one can take away all your special memories. Thank you for sharing a little bit of your history with Prieska with us. 🚉 I'm glad our video reminded you of special times in your life. It was our first visit to the town and we thought it was a great place. 😁🚙
The pass is breathtaking. The longing for the Northern Cape grows stronger...and stronger.
It was fantastic to drive there at that time of the evening. On a gravel road with magnificent scenery on both sides of the road and not another car in sight! We're happy to take you back to the Northern Cape in our videos until you can hit the road again yourself! 🤩🚙
I agree Sanna. When I watch these videos all I want to do is to shake the city dust off my feet and head for the wide open spaces of the NW Cape!
Looks like a nice town. So surprising. Thanks for showing us another cool place.
We were just as surprised by what we found in Prieska. Such a clean and neat place with such friendly folks who want to tell us everything about their town, we loved that! Appreciate you coming along! 😁🚙
Hi you two! The approach to the town was everything I could wish for. Gravel road, a living stone on the roadside, beautiful rocky hills and an amazing drive into the sunset in the faraway clouds. Thank you!
I don't remember much of the surrounds of your overnight place. What I won't forget are the morning CUPPAS!
What struck me of the town was its peacefulness and spaciousness, especially the view over the golf course but also in the streets and the modern shopping part. They are clearly moving forward, without forgetting their history and heritage. The close up of the fort was very interesting, so also the old loco. Those were the days!
Thank you for taking me along again.
Looking forward to the next trip.
Keep safe!
I was just too happy that the living stone was out of harm's way and we could continue on our way without any interference from our side. 😍🐢 As you probably know by now, we're not keen to travel after dark, but it's just so gorgeous at dusk and crossing the Orange in that twilight zone, was just phenomenal! I promised you cuppas and I'm gonna give you cuppas! 😁☕ I'm so glad you also enjoyed Prieska, it was a very rewarding visit for us and we loved every moment we spent in this peaceful and clean town. 👌
Such a beautiful place ! Thank you DustBugs Travel for taking us with
It is indeed a fantastic town! Thank you for joining us, it was great fun! 🤩🚙
Mealies, vineyards and sunflowers…….what a variety👍👌
Stunning greenery all around….👌And the view from the top by the Fort…..magnifique👌👌👌
Prieska is beautiful....an oasis indeed. Thanks ❤
One part of South Africa I've never seen is the Orange river between Prieska and Augrabies and all the irrigation along this river. Thanks for showing me places i've not seen.
Thank you for coming along with us! We were amazed at how green it is in this part of the Northern Cape and of course it's always impressive seeing the Orange. We visited quite a few more places during this trip, so you have more videos to look forward to! Perhaps even another one or two you've not visited yourself yet. 🚙😁
Prieska... a beautiful well kept town, and that bird's eye view of the town is very impressive. And that inpressive railway station is a gem...I googled it and saw that it was part of the railway link to Namibia. Quite interesting but I dont know if I am allowed to put up links here...so I left well alone. Very nice footage thanx.
I agree, Prieska is a great town altogether! 👌 We found it clean and neat and the folks are friendly and welcoming! You're welcome to post links in your comments, as long as they are relevant to the particular video. It won't appear immediately under the video though since it goes to comments for review first. I had to put that measure in place because sometimes inappropriate links were posted in comments, which I can't allow on our channel. 🤷🏼♂️ Glad you enjoyed our visit to Prieska. 😁🚙
Thank you the roads my old dad traveled by Bycicle and ox wagon many many years ago
I have been wanting to go there but I am an very elderly lady now
Thank you again
Great captivating video as usual. So sad about the old railway station. So many of these fine solid buildings are being neglected and wasted everywhere, while they could still be useful for warehousing or accommodation. That tank in the fort was obviously for water storage. Also looking at all the disused rail lines all over your country, there must be millions of miles of them, they could be pulled up and recycled, as they were in England for instance, and be a valuable source of steel.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed our video of Prieska! 😁🚙 I had absolutely no idea that that container in the fort was for the storage of water, it was certainly not that obvious to me! 🤷🏼♂️ It was indeed sad to see the station that have fallen into disrepair like that, but that old loco made us smile. It must have been such a stately engine back in the day! 😍🚂 I think if the tracks weren't as heavy as they are, there wouldn't have been any left now already! 😨
That was really lovely. Thank you for another wonderful visit.
Anytime! I'm always happy to hear that you enjoy a visit! 😁🚙
What glorious clouds! There is something so special about the evening light. The place where you stayed over is truly lovely. So you managed to sniff out the station! Looking sad but must have been really humming in its day. And I got a choo-choo! Beautiful old locomotive. The view from the koppie is magnificent, and that old fort really looks solid! So glad you decided to go inside after all. So interesting. I think that container might have been to store ammunition? The school principle who died so young could have died from a flu or measles epidemic. There were a few of them around in those days. And it was before he modern vaccinations and anti biotics. A very interesting town, and tortoise thrown in for free!
Agreed! As much as we're not keen to travel after dark, the late afternoon / early evening light is always spectacular and this evening was no different! The fact that we crossed the Orange River at twilight was just crazy special! 🌄 I was wondering how excited you were going to be about the choo-choo! What a charming old man he is, we didn't want to leave! 😍🚂 It's very possible that that steel container was for ammunition. I have absolutely no idea and even thought it could've been part of the floor structure for the soldiers to stand on to reach the shooting holes. 🤷🏼♂️ You're most likely correct in that the young Principal passed away from an epidemic of some kind, so sad! Glad you enjoyed Prieska with us! 🚙🐢
I think that steel thing in fort might have been for water storage maybe...
. . thank you for showing us South Africa.
You may very well be right. 👌🏻 I wonder if it doubled up as some kind of support for a platform or structure to reach the shooting holes. That's my thought. 🤷🏼♂️ I look forward to you joining us as we show you more of this beautiful country we're lucky enough to call home. 🚙🇿🇦
Amazing, no potholes on the gravel roads.
The gravel roads were in fantastic shape, which we of course loved! 🚙😁
Beautiful church building. So sad about the railway station (countrywide) Not to start a conversation but justI don't understand how this was allowed to happen. Fond memories of Prieska. Travelled up there to hold tennis clinics in the 90s. Hospitality was incredible. Also played in a cricket match against the local club in the 70s. Their captain of the day, if I remember correctly, was a teacher, Martin Carr. Those were good times and those were the days my friend. Keep travelling!!!!!
You certainly have fantastic memories of this area, no wonder you love it so much! 🤩🚙 We were pleasantly surprised by Prieska, we also found the folks very hospitable and friendly and very happy that we visited their town, which is always great! Agreed, always sad to see a station no longer operational, especially one that was clearly a busy one. 🚉 Let's explore the Northern Cape some more! 😁
Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦
Yup, indeed! 😍🇿🇦
What a lovely town!!!!
Indeed, Prieska is a fantastic place! 👌🏻🚙
That road and sunset was beautiful also those sunflowers on the farm so geogeous. That steam locomotive still looked great. I can remember there used to be one in front of Bloemfontein station but dont know if its still there. Pity the railways no longer work. Loved that fort made of that lovely stone. A lovely quiet town, very good to see it so green. Thank you for taking me to see it.
That sunset was stunning and we actually loved driving in the evening that day. 🚙🌄 I'm glad you also loved the old locomotive, we were just smitten by it! 🚂😍 One day when we get to Bloemfontein again, I'll go and check if the one at the station is still there. Prieska is a fantastic town and we loved everything about it and our visit, we got to see some pretty interesting things. 🚙🤩
Welcome to my hometown💪
You're lucky to call this fantastic town home! We really enjoyed our time there. 😁🚙
Glad you enjoyed our beautiful town and thank you for showing your great travels. We have a saying here that once you have tasted Prieska's water, you wil stay here. Well that's why I'm still here. :)
Guys , I really enjoyed the Prieska episode . The cemetery is especially interesting . The school principal WS van Heerden who died at age 21, that's most unusual . The other grave you showed of Leopold Stein , is a Jewish grave stone . On top , written in Hebrew letters is the following :"The lord gives and the Lord takes away". Your videos are wonderful . Thanks . Eric
Thank you for the translation of the Hebrew on the gravestone, I really appreciate that! 👌🏻🏛️ We also thought that the Principal who passed away at such a young age, was particularly tragic. Another viewer mentioned that it may have been from a measles or other epidemic, which would make sense. Super sad. 😥 We appreciate you coming to Prieska with us! 😊🚙
It developed from a place to which farmers migrated when the pans were full, after rains. It was originally named Prieschap, the name is derived from Korana and means ‘place of the lost she-goat’.
Indeed! We found the origin of the town name so cool, that's why we specifically included it in our video. 🐐🚙 Prieska is a fantastic town, we loved every second we spent there! 🤩
My Hometown
If I haven't said it, I would like to say it that mountain pass you travelled along is stunning.
Agreed! 🤩⛰️ It was absolutely spectacular driving through there early evening too! Thank you for watching our video. 😁🚙
My oupa Engelbrecht het n plaas daar gehad, Prieskapoort
My oupa het daar gewerk in die negentigs
The ossewa weel was create by the FAK as a emblem for 100 year celebration of the Great Trek. Also part of the coat of arms in the Ossewa Brandwag (they was not Nazi-sympathisers) established in 1939 as a cultural organization who oppose the government of Jan Smuts. The "weel" also became part of the old National Party's emblem in 1948.....who fiercely opposed the OB
Thank you for the interesting info! 👌🏻
Dankie vir herinnering aan die maklik vergete OB.
So nice to travel with to of you, oh just once I would be there.. ??
Prieska is definitely worth a visit! Thank you for watching our video! 🚙😁
African sky blue won't you bless my Life
The Northern Cape skies were awesome! 🚙🤩
My hometown... I was there im January this year... The train station is where we went to take our wedding photos not too long ago and at the white church... There is so much i can talk about this place... But rather not... Home is where the heart will always be.. Thank you for showing us and me this. 😇.. Can't wait to continue this journey with you.
I've suspected for a while now that this place is very close to your heart, but I didn't realise how close. 😍 Your hometown made a deep impression on us and we left Prieska feeling happy that we were finally able to visit the town. You obviously have some deep and special memories there and wer'e glad that our video could once again remind you of those. You come from a special place. 🤩🚙
I had the privilege to ride on the last train going to south west Africa jumping off at prieska station then riding by bakkie over to niekerkshoop to go ask for my late wifes hand in marriage in 1989 from that day onwards I fell in love with the great karoo ❤❤aswell
You missed the bush, just around the white church. You should've headed straight.
Thanks. We're not fussed about anything we missed, the awesome things we get to see in a town or place are always good enough for us! 😁🚙
wwwwwoooowwwww......
Indeed, on so many levels! 👌🚙
Greetings. I enjoy DustBugs Travel videos. I traveled to Upington, past Prieska in 2017. I was fascinated by the huge bird's nests on the posts and trees along the road. There was also an interesting phenomenon that looked like an upside down cloud shooting up from the ground.
Thank you, I'm happy to hear you enjoy our videos! 😁🚙 It sounds like you had a good trip and hopefully you'll be heading that way again one day soon! The birds' nests are fascinating, we saw them throughout this entire area. 🐦 I wish we could've spotted an upside-down cloud like you did, but we didn't see anything like that. The clouds we saw were absolutely breathtaking though! 😍☁️
Hello! How lovely to find this - I grew up in Prieska, matriculated from Hoërskool Prieska in 2017, and I still see it frequently as my folks are there. I'm quite proud of our little town - apart from the national load shedding, we don't have any problems with water, electricity or potholes like some other little towns. I'm so glad you could see it now after the last few years' good rain. It's really lovely and green.
The oldest building in town is part of the Prieska museum, though I'm not surprised if you couldn't go in, if it was during the weekend. I also don't know what that rock is, lol, but I know it's not tiger's eye! We took photos at the train station with that locomotive when I was 14 and it still looks exactly the same! 😂
Ek mis dit sommer - groete aan al die mense, vriende en die beste bure in die wêreld 😊 en Mamma en Philip!! Die Paarl kan nie vanaand kers vashou by my ou tuisdorpie nie 🥺💛
Thanks for coming to visit and the lovely video! Good luck with your travels.
Thank you so much for watching our video of your hometown, I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed it! 😁🚙 We think Prieska is a fantastic place and we really enjoyed exploring in and around town. That old locomotive was one of the highlights for us and it's incredible to read that you had pics taken there when you were 14 and it's still there! 🚂😍 We'd love to know what that rock actually is! We weren't there over a weekend, but I really didn't know that that old building was actually part of the museum, I think we may have been at its backside then. 🙈 We so appreciate you sharing your beautiful memories and town with us! 🤩🚙
South Africa is so so beatiful ..thnks Dust bugs ...❤😊❤😊
Beautiful sky and veldt. Enjoyed the trip to Prieska. Will watch more later!
Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed the video! The landscapes and skies in this part of the Northern Cape were just next level beautiful! 🚙🤩
“It’s no more, i see”, dat is een krachtige samenvatting der dingen door Sonia. Een terugkerend item in de video’s over meerdere zaken … doch om het in jullie sfeer te beleven, moest ik lachen want je ziet: je krijgt er ook veel voor terug. Zoals met je eigen auto over het perron scheuren, dat mocht vroeger vast niet 😅🚗. De Dutch Reformed Church laat zich kennelijk niet uit het veld slaan, die lijken in elk stadje nog fier overeind te staan en nog steeds in functie te zijn. Altijd indrukwekkend, de overblijfselen uit oorlogen, zoals dat fort en de Anglo-Boer graven. Zoveel jonge mannen die moedig waren en ongetwijfeld ook vaak bang. Zelfde rillingen liepen over mijn rug als toen ik bijvoorbeeld in België het Verdun monument bezocht. Mooi dat jullie aan alle partijen eer bewijzen! De dagelijkse start met die kopjes koffie doet mij overigens vermoeden dat er enig Nederlands voorouderlijk bloed door jullie aderen vloeit?? Althans een Nederlander kan niet zonder koffie in de ochtend 😊☕️
While we're very often saddened by the decline we see on our travels, you're 100% correct and the beauty that is still out there for us to find and enjoy, usually makes up for the sadness. We've come to love stations and their past, so are always drawin to them and I'll drive wherever I safely can to get a better and closer view. 😁🚙 I'm glad to hear that you're also touched by monuments and graveyards dedicated to those who lost their lives, whether it be in battle or otherwise. I feel it's important to at least tell some of their stories. 🏛️😥 Neither of us, as far as we know at least, have Dutch descendants, but we haven't studied our genealogy in detail, so really don't know for sure. 🤷🏼♂️ We do need that coffee to get going in the mornings though, regardless of who our descendants were! 🤣☕
Love to visit the town on my road trips. The block house was built of "onverwerkte tieroog" (not sure how to describe it in the kings language). The railway station is in a sad state.... the main line between the Republic and SWA .....great video guys
Thank you, glad you enjoyed coming along to Prieska with us! 😁🚙 The 'raw tiger's eye' is unbelievably beautiful up close and one can see why it's called that! 🐅 We could clearly see that this was a big station (or junction, not sure) at some point, the buildings and facilities looked very extensive. Always sad to see stations that have fallen into both disuse and disrepair like that. The old steam engine made us nostalgic too! 😍🚂
Namibia 🇳🇦
@@DustBugsTravel the tiger eye is beautiful when polished, its used to make jewellery, rings, necklaces, earrings ect...
Wow that train station was msssive!! Looks like the railway systems in Africa are a dying trend whereas in the first world trains are in there with the current modes of transport and very reliable!!!
Sad for Africa as a whole😢
I totally loved this place. Unexpected huge grave yard ...😏....lovely and green and the roads looked well kept. Lots of interesting information.
We loved Prieska too, so many interesting things to see! I'm glad we found the graveyard and that the town has started cleaning up the space, I commend them for that! 🏛️👌🏻 I'm glad you enjoyed the video, we'll pick you up again in two days' time for the next stops! 🤩🚙
Awesome visit, thanks for taking us with you 😃 Was that big rock not a meteorite? It has all the looks of one...
Thank you for coming along, I'm glad you enjoyed our video. 👌🏻🚙 I honestly have no idea what that rock could be, no-one we asked in town could help us with an answer and we weren't able to find any info online either. We thought it might be tiger's eye, but it would really be interesting to know what it is for sure! 🤷🏼♂️
Nice little town. Thanks for the tour
Fantastic town, thank you for joining us on the visit! 😁🚙
Thanks for Prieska.years ago i frequent Prieska and usually stayed at a guest house called Fiedels Guest House. After a couple of strange encounters i renamed it to Fiedels Ghost house. Nice footage thanks guys well done
Wow, okay! 😨👻 Luckily we didn't know about that before the time, seeing that we stayed out on a farm. It sounds like you had some interesting times in Prieska. Ours was fortunately a little less strange than yours. 😁🚙
Interesting place but all is gone . Knew an outjie that came from there when I was a child . Wonder where every body went.
I didn't think all was gone at all! We saw some pretty interesting stuff. The station is a shadow of its former self, but we really enjoyed the rest of the town. 😊🚙 Perhaps your old buddy is still there, it may be time for a visit to the Northern Cape! 😁
Slowly watching my way through your videos - Loving them! That round rock looks very much like an iron meteorite, but can’t be sure!
My my, during the travels of my youth, in the 1950's, this was a dust spot in passing. Only dirt roads from SWA to near Johannesburg; paradise for you back then already. Karasburg, Upington, Kakamas, Douglas, Marydale, Prieska - all names I recall. Sometimes we would go visiting in Kimberley, so Hopetown in passing. Would be amazing to retrace the footsteps, although a huge difference in the passing of 60 years. Maybe old photographs would do it. Great stuff.
If you have old pics, I'd definitely go dig them out to see what the present-day towns look like compared to all those years ago! That would actually be quite cool to see, albeit very sad as well to see the decline which occurred over the years! 😥 I can only imagine having only gravel roads to travel on, that would be pure bliss. Not everyone is happy to drive slowly on gravel though, so that would take the enjoyment out of it for slowcoaches like ourselves! I'm glad our video reminded you of good old times! 🚙😁
Hi guys agree with Sonia beautiful peaceful town the drive in on gravel road so atmospheric amazing views and African sunset drive to your accommodation gave me the feeling I was there and the memories I have driving to farms to work on TV antennas your accommodation was great and a pool. The train station with the steam train amazing love you driving on the platform imagine the travelers crossing the foot bridge. What a surprise the Fort on top of the koppie and made of tigers eye only in South Africa the views stunning with golf course and the town so nice the school sports day. I noticed a old vw beatle just before the oldest building with all the old farm equipment. The church was on a grand scale with the cape Dutch style. The cemetery is so interesting also the reference to Jewish people again glad to see someone is trying to fix it up good on them 👍 thanks for another great video cheerio till the next one
We had a long haul ahead of us that evening, so we knew we were going to be on the road after dark, but the landscapes and the evening and later night sky were so rewarding. 🌄 Like you, I always imagine passengers on the platform and at the ticket office, I can't get those images out of my mind whenever we visit a station! 🚉 I love your eye for detail, you don't miss a single thing in these videos of ours. I'm so glad you hop on board each time and share your thoughts, thank you! 😁🚙
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How disappointing didn’t see much of the town.
In case you don't know this yet, we don't visit a town just to show the town. We look for things and places we find interesting in and around the town and include those in our videos for those who will also enjoy them. 😁🚙 Entirely your choice to watch! 🤷🏼♂️
Beautiful looking evening time👌
Such a nice place! Pity about the station..
It really is a wonderful town! 👌🏻🚙 We were particularly saddened by that old steam locomotive, the station must've been busy at some point, judging by the buildings and how many tracks there were. 🚂😥
Beautiful.
Kindest regards from the UK as always and very much appreciate your work and uploads. Always good to watch something about my home on a Friday evening in the south west of England !!
Regards
Tim
Thank you, always happy to hear you enjoy our videos! 😁🚙 It feels good bringing a little bit of South Africa into your living room as you watch from far away. 🇿🇦😍
Nice video and thanks
I'm into that lifestyle going into off beaten path places. Its natural to me because our parents taught us the same
Even better when you got a partner who appreciates it too
Regards from Zim. Btw we also have some gems please consider visiting
Beautiful guest house……the pool, just perfect 👌
You missed the river view lodge and I'd you when out and drove to coppeton you would see were we built wind farms and akantpan shooting range
Prieska - A name to remember if I manage to get to the Northern Cape again. What a beautiful town with some amazing history. That cemetery looks so interesting. I would love to re-visit Augrabies Falls again so, health permitting, I have to make a plan for later this year.
Thank you for sharing this video. Stay safe and continue to enjoy your travels.
Prieska is most definitely worth a visit when you visit our shores again! 🚙🇿🇦 It's a lovely town and you'll have a good time exploring the cemetery and many other things in town which may interest you. 🏛️ I wish you good health so that you're in a position to travel back to the southern tip of Africa again later this year. ✈️
I can't handle a gravel road, you guys seem to love it .
The rock in front of the church is not Tigerseye
Ek kyk altyd bietjie laat maar Ek Kan in prieska aftree lyk pragtig