Reynard
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I thought I will share with you a special place about 50miles from home.
In America you guys had the wild west, in South Africa we had the wild east. With the discovery of gold in the area 100's of small mining towns popped up and so we have a few "ghost towns" in 150km range around our town.
Bulembu was at a stage the biggest Asbestos Mine in the world and the town was home to 10 000 people. There was a hospital, power station, cinema etc. What makes this town special was that it was so isolated due to the mountains that all their supplies and ore was transported by a 20km cable way. I remember as child seeing these cable carts going up and down the mountains near our house and when we where bigger, we would take our bikes up the mountain and ride these carts back down to town and this normally ended a big hiding from our father as it was really dangerous, but boys will be boys.
We went to visit the town and stayed there for a weekend taking in some of the views and sights. We are also in the process to setup a few Jeep trials in the area. The first few photos are of the old days
In America you guys had the wild west, in South Africa we had the wild east. With the discovery of gold in the area 100's of small mining towns popped up and so we have a few "ghost towns" in 150km range around our town.
Bulembu was at a stage the biggest Asbestos Mine in the world and the town was home to 10 000 people. There was a hospital, power station, cinema etc. What makes this town special was that it was so isolated due to the mountains that all their supplies and ore was transported by a 20km cable way. I remember as child seeing these cable carts going up and down the mountains near our house and when we where bigger, we would take our bikes up the mountain and ride these carts back down to town and this normally ended a big hiding from our father as it was really dangerous, but boys will be boys.
We went to visit the town and stayed there for a weekend taking in some of the views and sights. We are also in the process to setup a few Jeep trials in the area. The first few photos are of the old days
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