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Inyati

Post subject: Re: Fire at Basotho Cultural Village Rest Camp

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:29 pm

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Location: Boksburg

Not good news at all!!!
Hopefully nobody was injured? :huh:

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DANKBAAR

Post subject: Re: Fire at Basotho Cultural Village Rest Camp

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:50 pm

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Joined: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:39 am
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Location: Cape Town

Very bad news indeed. Hopefully they can rebuild before the December holiday season starts.

I really hope no one was injured and I'm very glad that they managed to contain the fire before all the units was destroyed.

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DuQues

Post subject: Re: Fire at Basotho Cultural Village Rest Camp

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:01 pm

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Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:42 pm
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Location: Red sand, why do I keep thinking of red sand?

I'll pop over next week and make some photos....

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Nurse Bev

Post subject: Re: Fire at Basotho Cultural Village Rest Camp

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:05 pm

Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:33 pm
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Location: Land of the Zulus, somewhere in the sugar cane

Distressing - this park needs help

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saraf

Post subject: Re: Fire at Basotho Cultural Village Rest Camp

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:42 pm

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Location: Portsmouth, England

Can we take it no one was staying in the units at the time? And that no one was hurt?

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jeroenvm

Post subject: Re: Fire at Basotho Cultural Village Rest Camp

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:58 pm

Joined: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:30 am
Posts: 50

We visited yesterday and reconstruction of the camp was underway. The museum section remains unaffected and works as normal, and was worth the short detour.

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DuQues

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:02 am

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Location: Red sand, why do I keep thinking of red sand?

Update:

We stayed in #5, so less than 10 meters away from #7, but we didn't get a single whiff of the tank. And we were downwind from it.

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Guinea Pig

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:30 am

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Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:52 pm
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Location: My business...

This is the view from the Highlands Mountain Retreat.

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cuca

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:26 am

Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:13 am
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DuQues wrote:

Update:

We stayed in #5, so less than 10 meters away from #7, but we didn't get a single whiff of the tank. And we were downwind from it.

Hi Duques,
Just a quick and late reply.
I'm glad to hear that. They obviously fixed the problem (as should be). I intend to go back soon.
Was the area around the resort still very black from the veld fires when you were there? I presume the vegetation has started growing back.
I want to go back at a time when all is green around there (and also when it is white! I love snow and cold weather).

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louis dreyer

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:49 am

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Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:52 pm
Posts: 1124
Location: Randfontein S.A

Im planning a trip to golden gate. Any do's and dont.
Im lookong for gps waypoints aswell for the golden Gate Park

Please help me

Thank You

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Boorgatspook

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:54 am

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Joined: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:34 pm
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Location: Bloemfontein
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Hi Louis

Quote:

GPS Coordinates:
West Gate
28.57871 (X_coord)
-28.50125 (Y_coord)

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louis dreyer

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:12 am

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:52 pm
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Location: Randfontein S.A

Thanks Boogatspook.

Im looking for the gps points for the "Farm House (GH6)
" at Glen Reenen Rest Camp.
More information on this accomodation will be welcome as well.

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nightjar

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:12 pm

Joined: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:44 pm
Posts: 171
Location: by a Baltic beach

Hi,

Can someone please tell me what kind of temperatures to expect day and night at Highlands Mountain Retreat in December? Does it rain a lot in Golden Gate at this time of year?

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Boorgatspook

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:49 pm

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Location: Bloemfontein
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Hi Nightjar, I haven't stayed at the Mountain Retreat yet, so can't tell you the temp at night but I think it would be a lot cooler than the day. Day temp can be anything between high twenties to low thirties.
Golden Gate falls in the sumer rainfall, and its weather can be very unpredictable, especially sudden thundershowers in the afternoons. If you planning on doing the day hiking trails in the afternoons, my advice will be to keep an eye on the weather.

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Golden Gate: INFO

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:27 pm

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Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:45 pm
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Location: Thankfully not in a city

I have seen photos taken of snowfalls in December in an adjacent areas , be prepared for the unexpected .

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