Category: tourism
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See us
SEE US at the Baardskeerdersbos Art Route 15-16 April along the Tierfontein Road in Baardskeerdersbos (nr. 14 on the map). I am one of the four guest artists from Napier of Amanda Jephson.
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Shipwreck Museum in Bredasdorp
The Overberg region in the Western Cape, South Africa, has some interesting historical museums. The Shipwreck Museum in Bredasdorp is one of these. There is a nice collection of figureheads. Others worthwhile the visit are the museums in Elim (opposite the church), The Drosdy Museum in Swellendam and the Genadendal Mission Museum.
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A natural lawnmower
Why buy a mechanical lawnmower if we have many natural ones in Elim?. This lawnmower is maintaining the lawn in front of the local tourism bureau. (Elim is a Moravian village in the heart of the Overberg district, Western Cape, in South Africa).
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Where to stay in the Overberg?
In Napier maybe: Check this one out: https://studioon98.art/the-guest-room/ Be surprised.Beauty in its simplicity.Centrally situated between Swellendam, Hermanus, Arniston and Struisbaai/CapeAgulhas.
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Black Oystercatcher
… is also the name of a fabulous restaurant/winery in the middle of the triangle Bredasdorp/Struisbaai/Elim.
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Biblical Garden
Biblical Garden in Elim, South Africa. Tourists usually see the church and houses with tatched roofs but the Moravian village in the Overberg has more treasures. One of these is is the Biblical Garden behind the church. And there is more but that for later. Nearby the church is the tourism bureau and the lady…
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Good Morning in the Overberg
The Overberg derives its name from ‘Over die Berg’ (Over the mountain). For Capetonians it’s still a seemingly long way to go for the Hottentots Mountains are still, as in the old days, a barrier. Still it’s only a one hour drive from the Mother City. Once Capetonians have taken that barrier they keep coming…
Life in the Overberg 