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28 Jul Centocow Trappist Mission

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[caption id="attachment_89692" align="alignnone" width="300"] Main church at Centocow[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89693" align="alignnone" width="300"] Centocow Main Church[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89694" align="alignnone" width="300"] Distant view of Cetocow[/caption] I recently was in Creighton at the aloe festival, but couldn't resist another visit to this mission overlooking the Umzimkulu River, built by Francis Pfanner...

25 Jul Durban – Sydenham St John & St Raphael Cemetery

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[caption id="attachment_89608" align="alignnone" width="215"] Tombstone of Isabella Monck-Mason[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89606" align="alignnone" width="212"] Tombstone of Charles Augustus Oldham 1918[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89607" align="alignnone" width="224"] William Randles resting place[/caption] There is always a fascination with old graveyards, and this cemetery is no exception, with some of the remains of prominent persons,...

17 Jul Korongo Valley Guest Farm – Ixopo

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[caption id="attachment_89204" align="alignnone" width="300"] Korongo Valley Log Cabins[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89205" align="alignnone" width="300"] Korongo Valley Guest farm pool and main functions area[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89206" align="alignnone" width="300"] Korongo's Crane Cottage (self catering and original home)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89207" align="alignnone" width="300"] Korongo Valley Farm outlook[/caption] Korongo Valley Guest Farm may have no pretentions...

11 Jul Lords of The Manor (formerly Oatesdale) – Hidcote – Mooi River

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[caption id="attachment_89193" align="alignnone" width="200"] Lords of the Manor - it was ostensibly on this bar stool that a previous owner was shot. The bullet holes are visible in the door[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89194" align="alignnone" width="300"] Lords of the Manor Chapel[/caption] [caption id="attachment_89195" align="alignnone" width="300"] Lords of the Manor...

10 Jun Nottingham Road – Springrove Dam

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[caption id="attachment_88864" align="alignnone" width="300"] Springrove Dam wall - May 2017[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88863" align="alignnone" width="300"] Springrove Dam with Drakensberg mountains in background.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88861" align="alignnone" width="300"] Springrove Dam upper reaches.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88862" align="alignnone" width="300"] Drakensberg mountains behind Springrove Dam - May 2017[/caption] If it weren't for the Springrove Dam, completed...

07 Jun PMB – Old Edendale Road

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[caption id="attachment_88522" align="alignnone" width="300"] Hotel Dusalle on the old Edendale road into PMB[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88523" align="alignnone" width="302"] Residence next to old Hotel Dusalle on old Edendale road.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88524" align="alignnone" width="300"] Service station on the old Edendale road near the Hotel Dusalle.[/caption] The old Edendale road is now...

06 Jun Umhlanga – Dubai here we come

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[caption id="attachment_88448" align="alignnone" width="300"] Umhlanga Oceans in the foreground and Pearls Mall in the background - about to top out.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88449" align="alignnone" width="300"] Umhlanga Pearls topping out - June 2017[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88450" align="alignnone" width="300"] Umhlanga Pearls Mall - competing for airspace[/caption] The Village has gone and Dubai...

06 Jun Fern Hill Hotel – Midmar

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[caption id="attachment_88338" align="alignnone" width="300"] Fern Hill Hotel - Snooty Fox restaurant[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88337" align="alignnone" width="300"] Fern Hill Hotel - former railway Signal box dining area[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88336" align="alignnone" width="300"] Fern Hill Hotel - Host to President Nelson Mandela in 1996[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88335" align="alignnone" width="300"] Entrance to the Fern...

05 Jun Estcourt – Klipfontein Farm aloes

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[caption id="attachment_88167" align="alignleft" width="178"] Klipfontein farm aloes[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88168" align="alignnone" width="325"] Klipfontein Farm Cottage[/caption] [caption id="attachment_88166" align="alignleft" width="324"] Klipfontein Farm aloes[/caption] From mid May until mid July the aloes in KZN are a spectacle that can't be missed. Along the freeways, and in some of the rural areas,...

31 May Durban – Deliberate neglect

Posted at 17:40h in Uncategorized

This seems to be another example of deliberate neglect to evade the law, and requirements of IMAFA. This house in Durban's Morningside, that used to belong to the Pickford family, is definitely protected. To get around the legal requirements, some new owners allow the property to degrade...