S1 - Ep 200 - Colesberg - A Northern Cape Town with a Rich History! 

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Wow. What a great video of Colesberg. People here in Louisiana do not understand why I love South Africa. However, this video explains it. Baie Dankie, Greg Adams, a 9 time visitor to my beloved South Africa, Springfield, Louisiana, USA

So many times we miss these gems in our haste to reach our destination, staying on the main route going from one Ultra City to the next to feed our face while starving our soul.

I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos - you're making me want to move to the country!

Toverberg/Torenberg, farm Quaggasfontein was declared by Governer Van Plettenberg as the northern border of the Cape de Goede Hoop in 1788. Renamed in 1829 to Governer Sir Lowry Cole. Also the first dominee in 1814 was Voortrekker Erasmus Smit. Last "stop" for the Voortrekkers in 1835/6/7 before moved to the "Over Orange River". My Voortrekker oupa, Ockert Brits, b 1787, baptised his youngest child in the "Rietkerk [NG Church]. Colesburg or Philippolis always my stay over on road trips from Pietersburg.......Mooi video

Congratulations on your 200th video 🥳

During the Boer war they would often build an entire route out of the available rocks in order to get their supplies over various ridges. There's a number of those that can be found in Magaliesberg, which we use to hike in order to get their various lookout points. The history the Magaliesberg has in regards to Boer war is amazing. We were taken on a heritage tour hike in the one section of the range, where the battle of Nooitggedacht took place, and you can see in the rocks where the Boers shot at the English. There's also a kloof in the area where the English dragged up their canon in order to secure the area, which they lost to the Boers in the same battle.

Hi Everyone @ Dustbugs Travel Thank You So Much For Sharing Such A Wonderful Historical Place Called Colesburg With A Lot Of History Inside It One Of My Favourite Visiting Places In The Past @ Dustbugs Travel 👍👍❤️❤️

Thanks, Australian expat here, love the authentic videos. God bless.

I have watched about 40 episodes with you have loved every one hope to see 40 or more best wishes allways from NewZealand

Thank you for letting me enjoy my country from my new home in New Zealand. Dis n riem onder die hart! I really appreciate your series. I do hope you are going to visit the Free State! It was always our june holiday every year. Maselspoort, Kroonstad, Golden Gate....so lovely! And Coleberg Merino Inn was our stayover

So happy to see you almost have 5k subscribers. Love Colesberg, we would often stop there to stock up on Karoo lamb. Amazing old buildings that were built to last and so beautiful architecture wise. Safe travels.

Hello.. Northern cape it is... I am so excited.... Can't wait to explore with you 😇

I remember Colesberg so well! We always stayed at the LA Provence guest house and enjoyed delicious Karoo Lamb shanks at the Bordeaux Restaurant!! One of the historic buildings of Colesberg! On a warm evening we had a cold glass if wine in their garden overgrown with vine!! Heaven!!❤

Fascinating! 👌

Hi you two! Thank you for another trip full of history. I will never again rush past that beautiful neat town to get to Cape Town, That hotel should have been named "The Grand Hotel"! Keep safe!

Well its nice to see Colesberg again....and I must say it is looking quite clean. I hope this is a start for the Northern Cape.....

Been to Colesberg many times and got as far as the first garage never going further. Now we see the folly of of our ways

Hi guys I would first like to thank you for the comment on your last video very touching to my wife and me what can I say your bicentennial video is absolutely amazing loved the quaint little streets I noticed that many of the houses had Georgian sash windows so nice to see the school children in smart uniforms the story about themagistrates is so interesting all in all another amazing video thanks so much

What a peaceful looking town.I have rushed by so many times without even bothering to stop!!

👍 for your new intro, the interesting information that you provide, before you mentioned that the old magistrates court was beautiful, my immediate thought was "now that's a beautiful building", your showcasing of the town which is neat and clean was superb as was the Colesberg hotel with that incredible pool. I love the old furnishings in the lounge and the dining area, the sound of thunder with the grey storm clouds set the scene. Curtis' silence when Sonia noted the warehouse building, at the railway station, being in good condition, except for the weeds she quickly added. 🤣 I have an idea you're off to the city of roses.

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Thank you so much for featuring my hometown 😊👊🏻👏🙏

A town with so much history especially information about Colekop mountain and the English. Very pretty clean town great to see. Interesting information about the light for Queen Victoria for her reign for so many years in 1897. Thank you for another gem which I never knew anything about.

Offcourse the train station is still👌🏾.We also saw goods train ,which is scare these days to see. Thank you guys for this video , keep on going 🙏🏽👏🏽

I am so pleasantly surprised by Colesburg. It is a worthy stay over stop. 👍

Wow , my son can recognise the Guest House that we spent a night yesterday.It's called Light House. 🎉🎉🎉💃💃💃

Thank you for sharing your adventures. I miss my country so much. Next time when you are visitng Colseberg, try staying over at the River Destiny Lodge. On the banks of the Orange River and a small game reserve. Beautiful rooms and hosts.

So enjoyed your travels despite your mic problems. Thank you for sharing

Nice. I was surprised by the large amount of old buildings. Very Old Cape Dutch, yet in good shape.

Thank you so sooo very much next time im going to do exactly what you done exlpore colesburg did not know other than driving pass

My home town.

Thanks for filming the railway station and the old red houses. I think the old goodshed was busy about 50 or more years ago. I stayed over in Colesberg about 5 years ago and the CBD was filthy. Now i see the other side of the town and i am impressed. Look at the old church with the stone bricks. Almost 200 years to date! I will google the history of the town later. Please travel safely and all of us are looking forward to the next episode.

I just realised theres loads of these gems so I’m just gonna indulge as s late comer!!! So now I’m going from episode 200 up. I’m hooked🤭

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Its such a clean place 🥰

Great to see colesburg again. Happy memories of the Horse and Mill and Gordons guest House now a private residence. The falcons gathering on the koppie each evening were a sight too.

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Love to watch tou guys exore and travel our greay country. Hope you will be going to Smithfield. For your info my fathers cousin owns the farm Leeuwkop where Genl De Wet was born. There is a monument on the farm and the old farmsteads ruins are there , iff tou guys are intrested. Safe travels.

Fantastic! I love this. Brings back memories of my visit to the historical part of town, done in the evening, after some Karoo lamb in town, whilst staying at Kuilfontein some years ago. As always, needs another visit :). I am following your journey in a random fashion.

Nice little town. I have never taken it in the way you have done. I have one fond memory of my army days in the town. Hiking back to Potch, we had a swim in the municipal pool and still made it on time back to base. Yeah, other comments are so correct though. Stop at the one stop, or Ultra City and off you go. One misses out since the N1 doesn't go through the town.

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Wow, I never knew Colesberg had so much history! We stayed overnight there 5 times in the 1980s when travelling between TVL and the Cape, but I was in primary school at the time and only thought about our destination, where we can go to the beach! The interior of the hotel you showed looks a lot like the Merino Inn we used to stay in, but from the outside of the building I can see that it's not the same place. The museum you entered looked fascinating! How come you only showed a few seconds of that ;)

Colesberg cold as charity in winter and hot as...... In summer but what I have seen of it in stopping over a beautiful town and karoo lamb is to die for

Hi, as you turned of at the one stop and just before the dirt road started to get to the mountain, you passed the Kentucky outlet, and truck parking, theres a farm stall there "Chargo", very modern, but well worth a visit, they have butcher there, and their boerewors is fantastic, the lady butcher, has her own recipes, and grinds and mixes all the spices herself, and they also make roosterkoeks on site, and in my opinion, one of the best roosterkoeks i have ever eaten, I've had the curry, pulled lamb, and venison (was buffalo the day i bought), you might have stopped there, but if you didn't, next time you pass that way, do yourself a favor and stop Also, if you pass that way again, and you got time, and its open, the Horse and Mill is really worth a visit, we landed up there by chance, we were on a road trip from KZN to Cape Town, and we usually don't book, we just turn of and look for something that catches our fancy, we hadn't found anything, and arrived in Colesberg at about 18h00, stopped at the little OK supermarket, and i approached a local lady in the car park, and said i was looking for a place to stay over night, must be clean, reasonable price, with good food and ice cold beer, she recommended the Horse and Mill, and she was spot on, the rooms are in the little Huisies up the road. (walking distance) The Pub / Restaurant was fascinating the huge wooden spoke wheel, the stone floors with the grove from the horses hooves over the years, and old stone feed and water troughs Thanks for the road trips, some bring back memories, some arenew for me, and on my list for the future

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Colesberg and Sir Lowry’s Pass are called after the same man- Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, who was then Governor of the Cape Colony.

Colesberg has to be the quintessential Karoo town

That old stone house is called the Drostdy, and for many years was the residence of the local judge. I was born and bred in Colesberg. Real happy memories.... When I saw the museum, I wanted to cry, as all the real hystoric items that were there, and that I remembered from my childhood, were gone. Now it is a bland place with almost nothing of real authenticity🙈

I'm wondering if the buildings are all so low because the wind is very strong most of the year? I live in Chicago and South Africa is on my bucket list of places to visit.

The only go anywhere car is a rental car, go little Kwid

Please keep in mind Philipolis, Freestate!

Love your video... but can you please sometimes show your wife. We hear her voice and want to see her too

Pragtige dorp, nooit besef nie. Hierdie dorpies moet dokumenteer word, voordat alles totaal vervalle raak!

Does Colesberg have any connection with the 'home town' town of the Cole family? The town of Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland is dominated by the Cole obelisk and the family where the main benefactors of the town. There is also the Colebrooke river and many also 'served' in the wars in South Africa. Would Coleberg think of twinning with Enniskillen Co Fermanagh? During the Great War both sides fought together. I saw only one Dutch style gable wall. Why are there so few Dutch style gable walls in these towns. Could you go deeper into the history of Colesberg and its associations with the United Kingdom? Many thanks for your videos.

you should have bought roosterkoek at Rietfontein

The section of the N2 at 0:44 has become embedded on the tourist map of Cape Town due to the spectacle literally hundreds of occupants of the squatter camp on the southern side that sit on their haunches right next to the N2 to do their "private business" - you should have included that as a prime tourism attraction since it is a never-again-unseen sight for passing tourists.

All these old people just liked building their houses on the street, I guess it served 2 purposes. 1. Bigger back yard for their gardens and the horse they had to pull the buggy and 2. So that the Skinner Bek Tannies just have to step out onto their stoep to talk about the men or the other Tannie down the street who is letting way too many men into her house especially late at night.

Is this not the area where Gary Player the world champion golfer has or had a horse stud farm? Just asking.

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What rent a car ?

why dont u ever show ur wife.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colesberg

Thanks, Australian expat here, love the authentic videos. God bless.