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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Visiting Velddrif - Part 2

On our second visit to Velddrif, our son came with us. It was nice having all four kids together. Now that three of them are adults, it happens less often. We spent some time at the estuary and then we drove to The School House Farm Stall (Die Skooltjie Padstal). They sell the best meat pies. We bought them frozen to eat later for dinner. My favorite is filled with bobotie (curried meat and fruit chutney). I included a photo of my pie below.

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Visiting Velddrif - Part 1

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Tina Morley

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Visiting Velddrif - Part 1

Christmas time is summertime in South Africa. We almost always head to the West Coast to my in-laws. Velddrif is a fishing town along an estuary that we love to visit. Our three girls were with us on this outing. We saw the bokkoms hanging out to dry. In one of the photos is a small packet of bokkoms (dried mullet) that we shared. They are very salty. We saw flamingos flying by, but my pic of them isn't very clear.

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Lighthouse at Shelley Point

Saint Helena Bay

The Estuary and Bokkomlaan at Velddrif

Visiting the Estuary at Velddrif

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Tina Morley

All original photographs
by Tina Morley
unless stated otherwise.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The Estuary and Bokkomlaan at Velddrif

We always enjoy taking a drive to Velddrif whenever we're visiting my in-laws on South Africa's West Coast. Velddrif is a small fishing town with an estuary teeming with birds on the Berg River. We also drove along Bokkomlaan, a road named after the salted, dried fish (mullet) known as bokkoms. Bokkomlaan has been declared a heritage site with its historical bokkom industry. I have more great photos of this area from previous visits linked below.