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S1 - Ep 287 - Avontuur - A Special and Small Farming Community!
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2023
- Our visit to Avontuur was a truly unforgettable experience. Although we arrived late in the afternoon, we still managed to have a wonderful time exploring the special and small farming community. One of the highlights of our visit was seeing the steam locomotive, known as the Apple Express, which was still in remarkable condition. It was incredible to see such a significant part of the town's history still standing proud and tall. As we drove through the town, we couldn't help but admire the station buildings, which although abandoned, were still beautiful. Seeing the farm workers picking apples was a heartwarming sight, reminding us of the town's agricultural roots and the importance of hard work. We spent the night on Belle-vue Farm, which was a truly unique experience. We enjoyed delicious pizzas from Uniondale as we watched the sunset, and the peace and tranquillity of the farm were a welcome change from the hustle-and-bustle of city life. The next morning, I took a leisurely stroll around the farm and was delighted to learn that this was the tenth generation of the family living on the farm. As we hit the road once again, we couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia and longing for the simplicity and beauty of a place like Avontuur. It was a town that had stolen our hearts and left an indelible mark on our memories, and we would certainly recommend it to anyone looking for an authentic and unique South African experience. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #westerncape #avontuur #appleexpress
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Bowled over by everything in this video. As Sonia often says, “ I don’t have any words” 😁
I just honestly don’t know where to start - or how to do justice to what you’ve shared here. I honestly feel as though I was transported right there, and I’ve come away feeling renewed and so relaxed! Your own little unexpected interlude showing us the old treasures in the lounge and kitchen areas was a true delight, Sonia 💕
The drone footage was superb as always, Curtis. I would need to write an essay to comment on everything that touched my heart - so I shall stop myself right now with a simple, heartfelt thanks to both of you! 🙏🏻🥰
I'm glad you enjoyed Avontuur every bit as much as we did! The Langkloof was a long-anticipated trip for us and the start of it certainly exceeded any and all expectations we had! 🤩🚙 There was just no end to the beauty and interesting things we saw in and around Avontuur and our farmstay was brilliant too! All-in-all a fantastic visit to Avontuur and the little settlement has such a gorgeous name too! Thank you for joining us, as you always do. We love having you on board! 👌🏻
Pragtige plaas waar julle gebly het. Avontuur is so mooi plekkie. 👍🚗💕
We had a wonderful time in the little settlement of Avontuur and on the farm. It's so different from every other place we've visited so far. 🚙🍐🍎
The weigh bridge is not used to check if a vehicle is over the limit. It is used to determine how much fruit or other stuff was delivered. The vehicle is put on the bridge fully loaded; the vehicle is unloaded and then the empty vehicle is weighed again. The difference between the two weights is the fruit delivered.
That makes perfect sense, thank you for the correction. 👍🏻
Hi guys another gem loved the old narrow gauge train. Great to see the apple pickers tractor in town brilliant workers all seem happy so interesting the old railway building weigh bridge and signs. Old house conversion to RC church a surprise to me .your accommodation first class love all the old stuff we also had a phone table. The history of the farm so interesting and the information about the pilgrims intriguing I look out of my front windows onto the old Pilgrims way up on a ridge .also kent is known as the garden of England but sadly many of the apple orchards have gone now replaced by vineyards. The drops footage really helps you see how small these towns are compared to the vast landscape and mountains another education of rural South Africa thanks for a great video cheerio till the next one
Rural South Africa is such fun to explore! 🚙🇿🇦 A mere six hours' drive from Cape Town, we had no idea what to expect upon our arrival in the Langkloof and that's exactly how we love it! The area is green, beautiful and a hive of farming activity, which was fantastic to see! 🚜🍎🍐 Our accommodation was very relaxing, we always love to stay over on a farm! I'm so glad that you enjoyed the drone footage. 🤩 It was interesting to read about the apple orchards in your area making way for vineyards. At least not massive buildings and other man-made structures. 🤷🏼♂️ We look forward to seeing you tomorrow at the next stop! 😁
Hi you two! What an adventure this was! Thank you for taking me along. There could not be a better start than the road through those spectacular cliffs!
That beautiful loco was the first surprise of many others. The 'old' buildings are so well kept and some are truly majestic with their century old gables and pillars.
Your trip around the orchards and the drone views plus music triggered an immediate heart felt attachment to this place where I've never been before. The lonely RC Church also says so much of the Avontuur people.
Belle-Vue indeed looks like a great place to find peace. Is it a B&B?
I find it hard to say any more about this visit without becoming too emotional, so I'll stop here.
Thank you again for the effort you put in to edit and publish these videos. You are doing our beautiful country a service.
I'm ready for the next trip!
Keep safe!
Those rock formations on the way from Uniondale were just awesome and we never tire of marvelling at those giant cliffs which make us always feel so very insignificant and just so grateful to be in their presence. 😍⛰️ It gives the two of us the greatest pleasure to see all these incredible places and to be sharing them with folks like you who also enjoy and appreciate them. There is more than enough beuaty to go around for each one of us to have endless amounts of it to enjoy! 🚙🤩 Our introduction to apple-and-pear country was fantastic and everything was new and wondrous to us! 🍎🍐 The loco was fabulous to see and even more so because it's in such great shape! 🚂 Belle-vue Farm Accommodation consists of the large farmhouse you saw in our video with a family bedroom and en-suite bathroom, as well as three other bedrooms who share two bathrooms. The kitchen, dining room, living room and all the other facilities are shared by all the guests. It was a wonderful stay and our very first ever on an apple farm. We'd love to have you on board as we continued exploring the Langkloof! We'll rename the Kwiddie the Apple Express and we shall pick you up tomorrow! 🚙😁
Langkloof is divided in the geography sections Bo/Upper from Camfer to Avontuur. Middle Langkloof Avontuur to Krakeel and the Kouga up to Kareedouw......all on N12 and R62 route
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Thank you for the info! 👌🏻 As with everything, there is so much conflicting info online. Our research showed that the Langkloof starts after Herold and that's also where we saw the Langkloof board for the first time. Either way, it's a beautiful area! 🍎🍐
Ja, Meiringspoort...Herrieklip...Herrie oppie ou tremspoor. Have you guys read Langenhoven? He is amazing! Avontuur...Kleine Avontuur...remember Fiela se Kind? So that what remains of the Apple Express. It became the Outeniqua choo-choo if I amnot mistaken. Which I probably am. Love the little loco! En Zondag is nog n naam uit die gebied! I feel so at home here, but this is where my ancestors come from. So sad to see a oncebusy station so abandoned. But it does inspire the artist and I might paint this one
You are close, but no cigar! Choo choo was between George and Knysna, Apple Express from Avontuur to Port Elizabeth. The mountains made a rail connection difficult between the two. I rode that Choo Choo (wasn't called that then, just the Knysna train) many a Friday afternoon in the late 60's from George to Knysna when at boarding school; gives my age away. It was a 3 hour trip and just magnificent.
@@mythos5809 thank you. Now I remember. Thanks for clarifying the different locos. It's been a while since I was last in the country but I have very fond memories. I am sure you have too. Yes, I too am in senior years 😂🤗
@Anna Witter Some scenes certainly deserve to be painted, I hope you do just that! 😁🎨 Sonia has read Langenhoven, she's the reader in the family! 📚 We've seen many abandoned stations, but somehow we weren't saddened by this one as much, most probably because the decline of the railway system didn't lead to the destruction of the little settlement and the fruit-growing industry. We felt and saw a lot of hope in this region, which was fantastic! 🍐🍎 I'm glad you enjoyed the little loco, we loved it too! 🚂😍 I hope it was a good experience for you to visit some of your ancestral grounds with us! 🚙
Cant wait to go to all these marvelous places that you are exposing us to.
You're in for a real treat when you do get to visit them! 🤩🚙
Very interesting...heard a lot about Avontuur and now I have seen it...thanx
And we're so glad you came to Avontuur with the two of us! 🚙😁 Lots of cool things we saw!
I bet a lot of people in SA were not aware of all these places that you guys been to! Salute you guys!!! You have done a grand job, more like the Tourist Board you 2!! Very well done👏👏👏👏
That was another absolutely video. Thank you again. I was also transported back in time and loved every bit of it.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed exploring Avontuur with us! 🚙😁 One can't help but feel you've been sent back in time, it was a truly wonderful experience to enjoy the beautiful simplicity of this area. We're so happy you came along!
Been through Prince Alfred Pass and also on R62 countless times. Never stopped so this is first look at village. Splendid. Thank you.
Happy to hear you also enjoyed Avontuur, a fascinating place! Perhaps next time you're in the vicinity of the R62, you can hop off and take a closer peek! 🚙😁 Until then, thank you for joining us in apple and pear country! 🍏🍐
Someone should do a train trip from Avontuur to Humansdorp for tourists.
Sadly, the train doesn't run anymore, so I believe...
@WASWE That would be amazing! 😍🚂 We read in a comment somewhere that licensing to perform such a service, seems to be problematic. And those train lines need major repairs and maintenance, which will most certainly cost a pretty penny too!
Hi guys
Brilliant to see the old girl plinthed and in such good shape in avontuur. She is an NG class locomotive, not to be confused with the 25 NC (non condensing) mainline locomotive.
I have very fond and somewhat scary memories of walking across the van stadens River Bridge with my dad and brother as small children - getting halfway across and realising we had to run for it as one of the locomotives was coming!!
Thanks again from the UK
Kind regards
Tim
We've learnt from our viewers that the NC25 is the bigger one, so knew that this one was the smaller one and it was absolutely fantastic to see it in such incredible shape! What a start to our visit to Avontuur! 🤩🚂 Sounds like some pretty fantastic memories there of loco's coming towards you on the bridge! Those were indeed the days, you're fortunate to have such treasured memories! We appreciate you visiting Avontuur with us, it's a special place!
More more julle besig om ons mooi wereld in te beweeg.... Anton jeffreys baai
This trip was a few weeks ago already and we're long back home again. Indeed a beautiful part of our country! 🇿🇦😍 We've visited your great town on a previous visit already. It's way busier and bigger than the towns we normally explore, but we had a good time enjoying some of the sights. If you haven't seen it already, you can check out Episode 195. 🌊🏄🏻♀️
Quite charming and so beautiful cant believe there are still such untouched places in South Africa . Unbelieveable just loved everything about Avontuur. Thank you.
I'm so happy you loved Avontuur because so did we! 🤩🚙 It really seemed like an untouched place with such a long and rich history, something we never knew about the Langkloof! Thank you for coming along with us to this special place! 😍🍐🍎
Wow really appreciate and enjoyed the clip 👍
I'm so glad to hear that, thank you for joining us in Avontuur! 🚙🚂
❤❤Amazing little town. I do hope and pray SA railways can be built back and better.. SA needs our pretty train stations and historical railway houses.. Love yr channel amazing...
Hi DustBugs, I worked for the then Railways and used to do plumbing repairs in the region. Avontuur is the end of the narrow gauge line. The line starts in Port Elizabeth where apples were transported to the harbour and stored in the pre-cooling facility ready for export overseas. NB: They should make a special "DustBugs" addition of the car you drive to honour you guys and the car.
Thank you for the info about the narrow-gauge line, we found it all so interesting! 🚂🍐🍏 We like your idea of a DustBugs version of the Kwiddie, although we turn every one we get into one already! 🤩🚙
As a student at UPE in the 70's I worked the harbour doing tally clerk and stevedore support. Those cooler places were always a favourite due to the availability of fresh fruit, but man the cold got into your bones after a few hours.
Wow! Stunning mountain views👌👌👌
First white Settlers in the Langkloof in 1760/70......"History of the Langkloof, by Dr JJ Swiegers"
Astonishing! With our host being tenth generation on the farm we stayed over at, that timeline would make sense. 👍🏻
Hi Curtis & Sonja, we had the privilege of riding the apple express once but sadly when we tried to go again we were told it's not running anymore due to the theft of funds. Thank you once again.Happy Easter weekend to you both. Be blessed & stay safe
That was indeed a privilege to have been on the Apple Express! 🍏🚂 It must've been quite the experience. For us, it was cool just to see the old loco and the tracks and imagine what it must've been like all those years ago! I hope you and yours also enjoy a peaceful and blessed Easter weekend. 😊
Drone shots👌👌👌👌
That engine is beautiful 😊
Absolutely beautiful. Well done. The drone footage was very nice and you have good drone control. Avontuur is such a nice quiet place but heavy farming activities in progress. Thank you for taking me there. Once again my seat is booked pn the next one!
Heavy farming activities is about right. As you saw, we were there during picking season and the orchards were alive with workers reaping the harvest. It was fun to see and our first exposure to this kind of agriculture acitivity! 🍎🍐 Of course it didn't hurt that all this happens in the most beautiful farmland you can imagine! I'm glad you enjoyed Avontuur too! We look forward to showing you what we saw on the rest of our trip to the Langkloof with the next instalment coming to the backseat tomorrow! 🚙🤩
Hello you two's....lol
Yo what a lovely place. The langkloof is spectacular. Thanks again for drone footage
I did notice that dam was empty
Then you confirmed a drought.
Ja nee plaas mensies is net anders...safe travellings 🎉🎉
They definitely need some rain in the area and I hope they get some soon! 🌧️ I only realised how empty the dam was when I reviewed the drone footage! 😨 It was a fantastic visit to Avontuur, we had a great time! We're happy you're enjoying the Langkloof too! 🚙🍐🍏
Pragtige “drone” fotografie wat ‘n pragtige gesig met die appel boorde teen die berg hang
Thank you so much! It is indeed spectacularly beautiful apple (and pear) country! 😍🍏
More more van al die dorpies wat julle al gekuier het waar sal julle gaan herfestig as julle kan kies ?
We've seen so many incredible places, it would be simply impossible to choose at this point! 🤷🏼♂️🇿🇦
It is the 610mm Narrow gauge rail
Thank you for the info. 👍
What’s in the Chantel pizza???
Our memories have faded somewhat, but Sonia remembers garlic, chicken, bacon and peppers, amongst other ingredients. 😁🍕 Great to see you catching up again! 🚙😁
@@DustBugsTravel Was up North in Scotland for a while! I’m on my catching up mode now🙂