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Dear Museum Friends Issue 6 of 2010 June 2010 Phone 044-620-3338 Fax 044-620-3176 Email: [email protected] www.greatbrakriver.co.za Editor3B Rene’ de Kock Dear Museum Friends Issue 6 of 2010 The Museum is open from Monday The annual museums workshop took place in Worcester in early May to avoid – Friday between conflict with the World Cup. As usual the workshop was well attended and a tremendous amount of new work was covered. An interesting sideline was a visit 9 am and 4 pm. to a hitherto unknown section of the museum at ‘Kleinplaasie’ which houses a and on Saturdays complete railway workshop. Shown here is part of their collection of old between 9.30 am tractors and traction engines. and 12 Noon The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry reports that during the fourth week in May 2010, our Wolwedans dam is 24.00% full. The bottom 12% layer is presently not suitable for purification. The Great Brak River Museum Association had its AGM on the 19th May 2010. The museum has had an eventful year and achieved much with the 150 year birthday Great Brak River’s celebrations. What was particularly pleasing is the large number of additional Wolwedans dam committee members voted in. The new committee are wall. Chairman and Heritage; René de Kock The only other dam Secretary; Hope de Kock of importance in the Treasurer; Rodney McRobert Wolwedans Museum representatives to the board; Nisde McRobert & Hope de Kock catchment area is the very small Additional members representing: Ernest Robertson 2) Education Coralie van Heerden dam which due to 3) Voluntary Guides Kitty Munch the light rain is 4) Fund Raising-Accessing funding Pierre Villian, Hope de Kock 79.20% full. 7) Conservation and care of collections Johan Murray, Jannie Hough & ……………………………………………………..Jannie Niewoudt Do not Forget! 9) Operating the info desk etc. Pat Macgregor, Pre-owned book ……………………………………………………… Colleen Chatt, Ansie Gerber sale on the Front Stoep of the We are still looking for additional members for other areas of concern museum. Both such as catering etc. A contribution of a few hours per month is all that English and is needed. Afrikaans books available from R4.oo Due to pressure of other business commitments, Robert Smith did not re-stand on each. the museum association this year. We wish to thank him for the many new accompaniments introduced to the museum during his term of office. 10th June GBR Museum News Letter June 2010 Page No. 1 Great Brak River Museum Celebrates Museum Day: The museum celebrated the annual 18th May museum day with a hands-on-craft workshop at which Hopes fund raising eighteen ladies participated. Besides being a great success it was the crafts class’s “Hands On” crafts sixth birthday. Long may it continue to operate. We are enlarging the space workshop in June available to be able to handle more participants. will be held at the Great Brak River Museum at 9.30 am on Tuesday 15th. Charges are the lowest you will find anywhere and Tea and Cake are included. Please call Hope de Kock on 044 6205124 or 083 378 1232 for full details. Youth Day. Exhibition of Paintings by our youngest villagers 16th June The Hands-on Craft Class is Six years old and still going strong. For those of you who do not belong to the Outeniqua Historical Society, you missed an interesting visit to Meiringspoort and Klaarstroom on Sunday 16th May. There is so much to see and do in the area that we have included an introduction article on De Rust which lies at the entrance of the poort. Meirings poort was of significance to Great Waiting for the Brak River in that it historic details of was part of the Meiring’s Poort wagon trail to the diamond fields (1870- 1890) and later the wool route from up country to the coastal port of Mossel Bay before the railway line to De Aar was opened. A stop for early morning coffee in the poort. **Meiringspoort memoirs... rd Meiringspoort was officially opened to traffic early on the morning of 3 March The folded rocks of 1858 with a colourful procession and a tearful guest of honour - the champagne the Swartberg bottle only broke after the third attempt! The Poort was named after the influential Mountains at farmer from De Rust, Petrus Johannes Meiring, who tirelessly campaigned for a Meiring’s Poort road through the poort. This road opened doors for trading between the communities of George, Mossel Bay and Oudtshoorn and the farmers to the north. GBR Museum News Letter June 2010 Page No. 2 Tollhouses that were built also served as shops and dwelling houses and the first toll-keeper that functioned there for fifteen years became famous as the local herbalist and tooth-extractor! The boom in the wool trade had more than one million kilograms of wool being transported through Meiringspoort by 1870. To preserve the natural beauty of the Poort, as little blasting as possible was done when the road was tarred from 1966-1971. The stone-walls that maintain the character of the earlier road were built by 480 migrant workers from the former Ciskei and Transkei. The little village of Some of the best anecdotes about Meiringspoort include stories about leopards Klaarstroom roaming the ravines of the Swartberg Mountains, the "finger rock" pointing to the pool where a sinful couple drowned and New Year celeb shallow pools. Perseboom Drift in the Meiringspoort pass through the Swartberg Mountains, north of De Rust. **Excerpts taken from Meiringspoort, a scenic gorge through the Swartberg Mountain Range by Helena Marincowitz. One of the little churches at Klaarstroom The Duch Reform church hall erected in 1929 ‘Seekooivlei Gat’ Note the all galvanised iron construction below. We also celebrated last month by sending our news letter to a new reader on his Blackberry. We are making real progress in this electronic age. I am told that we will soon be able to operate a PLC by means of the very same Blackberry. The main difference from other computers is that PLC’s (programmable logic controller) are armored for severe conditions (such as dust, moisture, heat, cold) and have the facility for extensive input/output (I/O) arrangements. These connect the PLC to sensors and actuators. PLC’s read limit switches, analog process variables (such as temperature and pressure), and the positions of complex positioning systems. Some use machine vision. On the actuator side, PLC’s operate electric motors, pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders, magnetic relays, solenoids, or analog outputs. The input/output arrangements may be built into a simple PLC, or the PLC The ‘Dormitory’. An may have external I/O modules attached to a computer network that plugs into the interesting ruin PLC. ready for If it’s all Greek ask your children to explain. renovation. IT IS WITH REGRET THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF SIMON POTGIETER ON THE 8TH MAY 2010. SIMON SERVED AS CHAIRMAN ON THE GREAT BRAK RIVER FORUM FOR SOME TIME AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ASSISTING THE DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE OF GREAT BRAK RIVER. SIMON YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR YOUR SMILE. OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THIS SAD MOMENT. GBR Museum News Letter June 2010 Page No. 3 During the past few months we have been placing some of the remaining photographs we received for last year’s photo competition. Another 2009 photo competition entry titled: Wolwedansdam The 2007 flood By Thys Uys ‘Great Brak’s Unpredictable Weather’ Neighbouring Towns - De Rust The little village of De Rust is located some thirty five kilometers west of Oudtshoorn and only 100 kilometers from Great Brak River. It stands at the southern entrance to Meiringspoort, a scenic gorge through the majestic Swartberg Mountain Range, which links the Klein Karoo to the Great Karoo. Early in the last nineteenth century a young man from Worcester, Petrus Johannes Meiring (a grandson of Pastor Arnoldus Meiring who arrived from Lingen in Germany in 1743) rode into the Klein Karoo's Elephants River Valley. During his exploration of the area he eventually discovered the route through the Swartberg Mountain Range, which in later years became the famous Meiringspoort. The unique 'Red Hills', situated on the farm Rietvlei, 11 kilometres from the southern entrance to De Rust, is a Declared Nature Heritage site and consists of red coloured open caves. This is the only spot known in the world where the conglomerate stone enon formations appears above the earth. Hiking permit available from the Mons Ruber wine tasting centre. Long before the village was established, De Rust had already been a place to outspan and rest before challenging the route through the poort. In 1900 the village of De Rust was established on a portion of Meiring's farm. The town is tree lined with excellent examples of late 19th century architecture. Drinking water comes from a mountain spring which puts expensive bottled water to shame. GBR Museum News Letter June 2010 Page No. 4 A Historical Building Walking Trail in town highlights popular building styles of the area. Visit the NG Church, Curio and Gift shops and view antiques and collectables at the Schoemans Gallery. The circle route from De Rust, via Meiringspoort to the Swartberg Pass, the Cango Caves and back to De Rust via the Oude Muragie farm road is one of the most popular drives in the area. Farming activities in the area include: ostrich, tobacco, vegetables and grapes. Left: The main street in De Rust. A typical Nineteenth century House in De Rust. There are many such examples some with colourful garden plants.
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