Wow! Another blast from the past. Having had a father who was an avid fisherman, as a child I often used to accompany him to Jim Fouche Resort (sadly now totally derelict I am led to believe from a 2020 report) on weekends, travelling from Johannesburg to Oranjeville after school on a Friday afternoon. My last visit to the beautiful resort was in 1972. I have many fond memories of the place. What an awesome private collection housed in The Hangar. I could have spent the entire day there. Lovely drone footage of the holiday town on the Vaal Dam.
Wow the museum is stunning. A nice small green town. E cellent done and an excellent trip. Every small town has something to show. That makes your trips so rewarding to follow. Thanks well done till the next one.
We enjoy your tradition so much and I hope we surprised you somewhat with Oranjeville as our next town. 🚙😁 You were quick through the doors today, thank you so much for coming along! 😊
Dutch skies over Oranjeville, hoe toepasselijk! Ja Curtis, je had vast wel verwacht dat ik geheel kon instemmen met je wens om dit dorp eens te bezoeken 😄. Alles keurig aangeharkt, goed onderhouden faciliteiten zoals het Orange Holiday resort, een typische jaren 60 stijl NG kerk en de eigenaar van de schattige cottage die ook nog even het gemeente gazon rondom maait, dit ademt een en al Oranje Dutch Heritage gevoel 🧡. Hoe kan het ook anders in de Oranje Vrijstaat. Het landschap doet sterk denken aan ons Sallandse landschap, mogelijk niet toevallig de streek waar vanuit veel boeren ooit naar Zuid-Afrika vertrokken. Mijn vader keek mee en was zeer onder de indruk van het kleine militaire museum met de unieke verzameling Duitse Piekhelmen, heel uniek dat jullie daar zomaar in dit kleine dorp tegenaan reden, als het ware. Kortom een aflevering waar we dit keer als familie enorm van hebben genoten! 👍✈️💒
Someone here mentioned the plane replica you saw wasn't a British Spitfire but a German Messerschmitt, which got me to thinking. I wanted to know the differences between the German Messerschmitt and the Dutch Fokker planes and, thanks to Google, I found some interesting information which I thought might be of interest to you too.... "The Messerschmitt Bf-109 and Fokker D-XXI were in fact different types of fighters. The German plane was a high speed interceptor rather than a dog-fighter whereas the Fokker was a dog-fighter all along."
My husband says that plane want a Spitfire. It was a replica of a Messerschmidt. What a beautiful, interesting town.
Wow! Another blast from the past. Having had a father who was an avid fisherman, as a child I often used to accompany him to Jim Fouche Resort (sadly now totally derelict I am led to believe from a 2020 report) on weekends, travelling from Johannesburg to Oranjeville after school on a Friday afternoon. My last visit to the beautiful resort was in 1972. I have many fond memories of the place. What an awesome private collection housed in The Hangar. I could have spent the entire day there. Lovely drone footage of the holiday town on the Vaal Dam.
Sandstone is similar to The Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland when the lave came up too fast and cooled quickly thus forming octagon structures.
Messerschmidt with Luftwaffe markings...
Wow the museum is stunning. A nice small green town. E cellent done and an excellent trip. Every small town has something to show. That makes your trips so rewarding to follow. Thanks well done till the next one.
Loved this trip the town was very interesting.
Baie dankie vriende.
Ill catch up soon. We in the middle of moving AGSIN 🎉
Thanks!
We enjoy your tradition so much and I hope we surprised you somewhat with Oranjeville as our next town. 🚙😁 You were quick through the doors today, thank you so much for coming along! 😊
You did , the last 2 two towns in fact.
Sent a review but it didn't work loved the video
Dutch skies over Oranjeville, hoe toepasselijk! Ja Curtis, je had vast wel verwacht dat ik geheel kon instemmen met je wens om dit dorp eens te bezoeken 😄. Alles keurig aangeharkt, goed onderhouden faciliteiten zoals het Orange Holiday resort, een typische jaren 60 stijl NG kerk en de eigenaar van de schattige cottage die ook nog even het gemeente gazon rondom maait, dit ademt een en al Oranje Dutch Heritage gevoel 🧡. Hoe kan het ook anders in de Oranje Vrijstaat. Het landschap doet sterk denken aan ons Sallandse landschap, mogelijk niet toevallig de streek waar vanuit veel boeren ooit naar Zuid-Afrika vertrokken. Mijn vader keek mee en was zeer onder de indruk van het kleine militaire museum met de unieke verzameling Duitse Piekhelmen, heel uniek dat jullie daar zomaar in dit kleine dorp tegenaan reden, als het ware. Kortom een aflevering waar we dit keer als familie enorm van hebben genoten! 👍✈️💒
I'm so glad that you felt right at home in Oranjeville. Welcome to your family too! 🧡🇿🇦🇳🇱
Someone here mentioned the plane replica you saw wasn't a British Spitfire but a German Messerschmitt, which got me to thinking. I wanted to know the differences between the German Messerschmitt and the Dutch Fokker planes and, thanks to Google, I found some interesting information which I thought might be of interest to you too....
"The Messerschmitt Bf-109 and Fokker D-XXI were in fact different types of fighters.
The German plane was a high speed interceptor rather than a dog-fighter whereas the Fokker was a dog-fighter all along."
The plane is a Messerschimdt ME 109. 2nd WW German fighter.
I don't want to argue with Dick but that definately does not look like a Spitfire.😊
Did you go see graves and 1st airport yet
We visited all the places we included in our video. If there are any other places you'd like to see, you should go and visit the town yourself! 🚙😁
The Spitfire was actually a Messerschmitt copy. (See the markings under the wings?)
Thanks for the correction. 🛩
Beautiful green Town .My dad was in the royal engineers in World war 2 he spoke about the Meesasmmit fighter planes.
NO! Not a Spitfire - the giveaway the German WW2 markings!! It is rather a replica of a Messerschmitt bf109 (archrival to the Spitfire)
OK!! Correction noted!! 🛩