by p432140 | Jun 22, 2018 | Stories & History
Some would refer to it as finger board, but as for my brothers and I, it was simply carrom board. Recently, as my Dad and I were in search for our stored winter items in the garage I stumbled upon a few pieces of this game and instantly reminisced about the many great...
by p432140 | Apr 27, 2018 | Stories & History
Many years ago, while I was rummaging through some old magazines from the 60s, I came across an article about famous woodcarver Ruth Wolter, who lived on a farm in the Omaheke, bordering the Kalahari Desert. Her 26 panels of woodcarvings still grace the top floor of...
by p432140 | Mar 16, 2018 | Stories & History
Did you know there is a pebble-collector in each of us? And yes, you are also one! Someone who, when away from the trappings of civilisation, looks down and around at Namibia’s extraordinary world of rock, and is dazzled. Namibia is an open history book of geology and...
by p432140 | Mar 9, 2018 | Stories & History
Enamel mugs aren’t only reserved for those spontaneous camping trips with your family or friends at our Gondwana Campsites – you can use your enamel mug for tea, coffee, Oros orange-squash, Kool-Aid, suikerwater, soup or even a quick cereal snack. I still remember a...
by p432140 | Feb 23, 2018 | Stories & History
It might sound strange, but whenever I see a used tyre, I am taken back to a time when all I ever wanted was to stay outdoors. – A time when I’d make my way out of the house after school and slip back in just before 5pm, right before the ‘bosses’, i.e. Mom and Dad,...
by p432140 | Jan 12, 2018 | Stories & History
It was a sunny morning at the beginning of December in the Old Location of Walvis Bay. Schröder was driving down the streets of the Old Location in Walvis Bay in search of extra hands on his farm in Rooibank to pick and load watermelons onto the lorry and offload them...
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