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| View to the left approaching town, train line to Malmesbury in the distance at the blue gums |
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| almost there |
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| the name Swartland goes back to the time of jan van reibeek ,a very large area of the W cape was covered by "renoster bos" which became less as the farms became more,this bush can still be seen on hills and rocky areas it is dark green and from a distance looks black,Moorreesburg is almost in the center of the swartland |
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| this is Koring st our home is on the left where the green shade house is, taken from the top of the railway bridge |
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| top of railway bridge looking back to N7 [ East] |
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| top of bridge looking into town, trees at other end of road,Lang Straat, is the other end of town |
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| top of bridge looking toward the station |
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| top of bridge looking toward the"CBD" and the other side of town |
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| mind the traffic |
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| from the bridge,line to Malmesbury |
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| top end of Main st |
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| looking North in direction of our home |
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| in the center of the pic the green shade house and silver roof ,our home |
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| looking North,the N7 going to Piketberg |
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| in the suburbs |
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| Neul heuwel is the name of this little hill over looking the town,a land mark which can be seen from Riebeek Kasteel,Darling,Hopefield and Malmesbury |
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| farmlands, it is like this all the way round the town, with tar road this side of the fence and wheat or olive trees on the other side |
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| the other end of Lang st |
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| looking back toward the train bridge on the other side of town |
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| a better one of Lang st and bridge |
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| the CBD |
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| the Lip Lekker Take Aways for the best burgers in town |
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| directions in the CBD |
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| CBD |
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| the church |
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| the central bio scope now a china mans shop |
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| a busy main street |
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| CBD |
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| CBD |
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| the Standard Bank in the CBD |
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| the Main st which runs right through the CBD |
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| town hall |
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| railway station building,no longer in use |
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| station yard |
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| station building from the yard |
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| out this way to Piketberg |
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| back this way to Malmesbury |
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| sad,is it not(i am referring to the state of the buildings) |
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| the emergency services in the foreground |
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| a Friends hobby |
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| at the museum |
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| town on the left ,olive farm on the right |
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| on the edge of town,wheat field after harvest,town water supply at top of hill |
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| old mill near station,was the home of tiger oats |
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| Moorreesburg taken from the N7 |
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| Libary |
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| Koringberg center,Piketberg to the right (North) |
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| back in the suburbs |
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| Hooikraal, small holdings one could refer to it as a suburb,this is where Moorreesburg started as the farm hooikraal in the late 1600 and where the first wheat was grown in the cape |
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| hooikraal |
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| hooikraal |
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| in Lang st |
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| parking area at library/museum |
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| wheat museum,one of 3 in the world,really is worth seeing |
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| neul heuwel as seen from the train bridge |
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| biggest silos in the cape,belong to M.K.B.(Moorreesburg koring boere ) |
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| about the best we can do with regards to wild life |
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| Moorreesburg as seen from the N7,neul heuwel on the left,this looking South in the direction of Cape Town |
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