The Overberg, R326 heading northeast from Gansbaai (Stanford) |
Pond along the R326, Overberg |
The Overberg - R326 |
The Overberg - R326 |
The Overberg - "over the mountain" from Cape Town |
Driving the N2 to Swellendam, another 68km |
Farmland of the Overberg |
N2 through the Overberg |
Swellendam, half way between Cape Town and George |
Swellendam, one of the oldest European settlements in South Africa |
Welcome to Swellendam, established 1745 |
Main Street of Swellendam - Vortrekkerstraat |
Hope Lodge in a historic 1839 Cape Dutch house, Swellendam |
The Handy Store, established 1860, Voortrekkerstr, Swellendam |
Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Swellendam |
Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam |
Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam, 1911 |
Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam, 1911 |
Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam |
Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam |
Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam |
Next to the church of Voortrekkerstr, Swellendam |
The thatched Auld House, 1802, Swellendam |
De Kolonie, Vortrekkerstraat 26, Swellendam |
De Kolonie, Voortrekkerstr, Swellendam |
De Kolonie, Voortrekkerstr, Swellendam |
Swellendam Tourist Information Centre |
The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
Main entrance to the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
The Drostdy Museum (1747), Swellendam |
The Drostdy Museum |
VOC - Flag of the Dutch East India Company, Drostdy Museum |
"Drostdy" was the local district government in the Cape Colony |
The 18th C. Drostdy was enlarged 1812-1844 |
The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
18th C. map of the Cape Colony, Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
Dining Room, the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
Silver trophy, 1845, Drostdy Museum |
Some of the historic buildings of Swellendam |
Old map of the Cape Peninsula |
Model of the V.O.C. ship Batavia (1628) named after the capital of the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta) |
Kitchen of the Drostdy, Swellendam |
Side building of the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
Zanddrift across from the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam |
Zanddrift, 1757, Swellendam |
Zanddrift, part of the Drostdy Museum |
Mayville, another building belonging to the Drostdy Museum |
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Braeside, a very nice B&B Guesthouse in Swellendam |
Braeside Guest House, Swellendam |
Braeside Guest House, Swellendam |
One of the bedrooms at Braeside |
Breakfast room, Braeside |
Breakfast room, Braeside |
Sitting room, Braeside |
An old thatched cottage with a white picket fence...and satellite dish, Swellendam |
Koornlands Restaurant - Cuisine du Cap, Swellendam |
Koornlands Restaurant, Voortrekkerstraat, Swellendam |
Eerste Nasionale Bank - First National Bank, Swellendam |
Ackermans, Voortrekkerstraat, Swellendam |
Voortrekkerstraat 43, Swellendam |
La Sosta Italian Restaurant in an old 1838 thatched cottage, Swellendam |
La Sosta Italian Restaurant in an old 1838 thatched cottage, Swellendam |
Green rolling hills and mountains outside Swellendam |