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In hierdie uitgawe...

Skolenuus uit ons streek

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Spookloop by die Skeepswrakmuseum

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The Overberg’s oldest bell

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Goeiedag! Welkom by nog ‘n pragtige en propvol uitgawe van OVERdeBERG. Wat ‘n absolute voorreg is (en bly) dit om vir julle weekliks die koerant saam te stel met die positiewe nuus en ander gebeurlikhede hiér in die Overberg. ‘n Groot en hartlik opregte dankie ook aan elkeen van julle vir die ondersteuning.

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Julle kan weer hiérdie week julself verlustig in die bladsye van die OVERdeBERG. Ons het weer ‘n smaaklike kuiertjie in die kombuis met nog twee heerlike resepte op bladsy 4 en verder is ons gemeenskapsdagboek ook weer lekker vol met allerhan-de geleenthede in ons streek wat julle ‘n nota van kan maak indien julle dit graag sou wou bywoon. So hou ons julle ingelig oor al die gebeurlikhede dwarsoor die Overberg.

Die afgelope week het daar ook heelwat dinge plaasgevind by ons skole en die skolenuus kan jy na kyk op bladsy 6, 7 en 9.

Skole kan gerus hul nuus en foto’s aan ons stuur vir publikasie in volkleur. So baie ander publikasies laat soms foto’s oorstaan vir publikasie, maar by OVERdeBERG publiseer ons dit wat ons ontvang. Skolenuus en foto’s kan aan ons gestuur word via WhatsApp of per e-pos.

Ons gaan loer die week ook weer in by Grootbos en gaan kyk na die aktiwiteite wat daar plaasvind en plaasgevind het. Dan is daar ‘n vinnige kuier by die Genadendal Museum en ons gaan loer ook in om te sien wat op die Breede Rivier gebeur saam met die Laer Breederivier Trust.

Die opwinding van die huidige spooklope by die Skeepswrakmuseum op Bredasdorp is ook deel van ons uitgawe dié week en julle kan op bladsy 12 so bietjie gaan loer na van die eerste foto’s. Addons-hulle is terug op bladsy 13 en dan sluit Jimmy Herbert ons uitgawe hierdie week weer af met nog ‘n pragtige bydra oor die maritieme geskiedenis van ons Overbergse kuslyn.

Geniet die uitgawe en mag julle ‘n wonderlike naweek saam met julle familie en vriende hê. Bly veilig en gesond.

Groetnis!

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”

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Oraloor All over

The Green Futures Hospitality students learn far more than a work skill when they spend a year at Grootbos Foundation’s college. They also gain life skills, practical learning and work experience in hospitality, personal mentors, First Aid Level 1 Training, and Business Skills training, all while learning about sustainability and the importance of conservation in our region.

We are all custodians of the landscape in which we live, and we are all biodiversity stewards in a natural world which is trying to heal itself from the damage done by previous generations.

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Bridging the gap

Rubber Sealant binding properties

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Kombuiskuier Jacques Louw

Vrydag 18 Junie 2021 Metode: Voorverhit die oond tot 200 grade Celsius. Smeer ‘n broodpan met olie of kleefwerende sproei. Meng die polenta, koekmeel, bakpoeier, koeksoda, kaneel, neutmuskaat en sout. In ‘n aparte mengbak, klop die pampoenpuree, suurroom, bruinsuiker en gesmelte botter tot sag. Voeg die eiers een op slag by en klop goed saam. Voeg dit by die droë bestanddele en meng goed.

Bak vir 20 minute.

Heuningbotter: Meng die botter, heuning, kaneel en sout saam, en bedien met saam met die brood.

Pampoen-Mieliebrood met heuningbotter

Snoekpatee

Bestandele: 1 koppie polenta (Italiaanse growwe geel mieliemeel) 1 koppie koekmeel 1 teelepel bakpoeier 1 teelepel fyn kaneel ¼ teelepel fyn neutmuskaat ½ teelepel koeksoda ¾ teelepel sout 1 koppie pampoenpuree 2 eiers ½ koppie suurrroom ⅓ koppie bruinsuiker ¼ koppie gesmelte botter Heuningbotter:

½ koppie sagte botter 2 eetlepels heuning ¼ teelepel fyn kaneel knippie sout

Bestandele:

250 g gaar of gerookte snoek, vel en grate verwyder sap van ’n halwe suurlemoen sout en vars gemaalde swartpeper na smaak 1 x 200 g houer ongegeurde roomkaas 15 ml tamatiesous 30 ml mayonnaise 2 agurkies, gerasper 250 ml room vars pietersielie, gekap Metode: Vlok die snoek fyn en verwerk dit baie vinnig saam met die suurlemoensap, sout, peper, roomkaas, tamatiesous, mayonnaise en gerasperde agurkies in ’n voedselverwerker tot net goed gemeng (nie té fyn nie).

Klop die room styf en vou by die patee in. Skep in ’n geskikte bakkie, sprinkel pietersielie oor en sit dadelik voor of bedek en verkoel tot benodig.

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Community diary

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Skolenuus

Die E-sports Bredasdorp Brigands, wat onder leiding is van mnr. Tiaan Diedericks, neem tans aan die ‘Telkom HSEL Rocket League Championship’ deel. Hulle het reeds 12 wenseges op hul kerfstok en het nog net een wedstryd verloor.

Hierdie span maak Hoërskool Bredasdorp sommer baie trots.

Vlnr op die foto is dit Wihan Jordaan, Garreth Pietersen, mnr.

Tiaan Diedericks, Janru Retief en Simeon Ter Haar.

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It is always great to pop into Mrs Wiegman's class to see what the Life Sciences pupils are up to, and to see them experimenting with a keen interest, awaiting results.The Grade 10 pupils at Hermanus High School were busy with an experiment to determine the effect of temperature on the activity of catalase enzyme present in chicken livers. The rate of reaction is determined by the volume of oxygen bubbles formed over 30 second intervals.

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“The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. work is the key to success and hard work can help you accomplish anything.”

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Wenners van die Seniors by Swellendam Hoërskool wat deelgeneem het aan die Afrikaanse Praatkompetisie. Vlnr op die foto is dit Nina Houterman (2de), Ane Wolfaardt (3de) en Inge Swart (1ste).

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Wenners van die Juniors by Swellendam Hoërskool wat deelgeneem het aan die Afrikaanse Praatkompetisie. Vlnr op die foto is dit Mia Burger en Jana Swart (albei 2 de), Lana Gouws (1ste) en Anabelle Hanekom (3de).

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Ons deel graag ‘n paar foto’s met julle van ‘n heerlike en baie prettige ‘geesvangdag’ by Hoërskool Overberg verlede Donderdag.

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Support for the Grootbos Foundation The Grootbos Foundation works in partnership with the landowners of the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy, to support landscape level conservation work which includes placing, monitoring and maintaining motion sensing cameras to provide ongoing data on the animals that inhabit Grootbos and the surrounding properties.

We also provide the opportunity for local children to participate in conservation, creating access to wilderness areas and providing a link between conservation and job creation.

Donations can be made through their website at the link below.

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Grootbos Foundation Earth Rangers Programme

Photo: Grootbos Foundation/FB The Grootbos Foundation have resumed their Earth Rangers Programme, and made some exciting changes! They’ve restructured their children’s conservation programme to include food security and sustainability, in addition to learning more about the fynbos and marine ecosystems. They have started with their first group, made up of 20 children from 3 different schools and who participate in the Football Foundation Athletics programme. They very much look forward to cultivating and nurturing a generation of biodiversity stewards.

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Graad 4- en 6-leerders van die Laerskool Jongensklip naby Caledon, het verlede week die Greyton Natuurreservaat besoek en daar-mee saam ‘n heerlike dag in die pragtige natuurskoon van die berge rondom Greyton geniet.

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Verlede Vrydag het die Wyoming Spur op Bredasdorp gaan inloer by die Laerskool Bredasdorp en die personeel bederf met heerlike sop en broodjies.

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Baie geluk aan Lanika Mostert van Laerskool Gansbaai, met haar silwer medalje (Level 3) verwerf tydens die Overberg Gimnastiek Distrikproewe wat op 5 Junie by die Helderberg Gymnastics Connection in Somerset-Wes aangebied is. Lanika sal die Overberg verteenwoordig by die Wes-Kaap Gimnastiek Kampioenskappe wat op 14 Augustus 2021 in Saldanha aangebied word.

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Great historical experiences at Genadendal Mission Museum

Photo: Genadendal Mission Museum/FB On Monday 7 June 2021, the Genadendal Mission Museum hosted Applewood Preparatory School for an educational program on the history of the Khoi. The Genadendal Mission Museum welcomes all school-age learners from Grade R-12. We offer guided tours of the historical Square and educational programs, led by our trained Museum educators and educational officers. We are committed to making sure we are accessible to every school and every learner. As part of this, we offer a high-quality educational experience for all school learners. For further advice on planning your visit and bookings, please contact the Genadendal Mission Museum by 028251 8582. E-mail: genadendalmuseum@gmail.com

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News from the Lower Breede River Conservancy

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Spookloop by die Skeepswrakmuseum meer en meer gewild Vir die laaste 3 weke is daar dinge aan die gebeur by die welbekende Skeepswrakmuseum op Bredasdorp. Die museum is vir ‘n beperkte tyd oop in die aande vir bespreekte spooklope gekoppel aan ‘n skattejag.

Dié spooklope/skattejagte is uiters gewild onder die plaaslike inwoners en daar is selfs belangstelling van spookjagters buite ons munisipale grense. Daar is nog 7 spooklope/skattejagte oor in die huidige reeks van 10, maar moenie bekommerd wees nie, want teen die huidige tempo van belangstelling, kan dit dalk permanent deel word van die museum se aktiwiteite.

Hou dus hiérdie spasie dop!

As julle graag julle plek wil bespreek vir een of twee van die oorblywende spooklope/skattejagte, kan jy gerus die museum se personeel skakel by 0284241240. Kom deel dan gerus in die pret en kom toets jou vernuf in die stikdonkerte van die baie geskiedkundige Skeepswrakmuseum. Julle moet egter vinnig van die geleentheid gebruik maak, aangesien kaartjies vir hiérdie spooklope en skattejagte, weekliks baie vinnig uitverkoop.

During this past week the Lower Breede River Conservancy also conducted their monthly bird count along the river.

Photo: Lower Breede River Conservancy/FB

Vrydagaand die 4de Junie 2021 was ons heel eerste groep van spooklopers/skattejagters bymekaar gewees en is hier afgeneem na afloop van die geleentheid. In die foto hieronder is dit die groep wat stadig maar seker hulle leidrade deurgegaan het net voor hulle die donkerte ingevaar het.

Foto’s: Skeepswrakmuseum Bredasdorp/FB

The Lower Breede River Conservancy assisted the Overberg District Municipality with recovering the two yellow buoys that washed down river during the resent stormy weather.

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Adoons-hulle

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...daar doer in die Bosveld

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Meanwhile over at Flower Valley

The Flower Valley Conservation Trust offered their first tech savvy workshop to learn more about how to use cellphones for various daily and business activities. Everyone learnt something new like scanning documents, emailing and saving information onto a cloud.

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Anna Kleynhans and Kerry Horsley from Kleinfontein Farm, donated a chainsaw to the alien clearing project. They are active members of the Solitaire Conservancy and passionate about removing alien invasive species. Flower Valley is excited to add this useful tool to our resources for removing alien invasive plants.

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THE OVERBERG’S OLDEST BELL

The last digit in the date could be 2, 3 or 9. If their guesses are correct, the founder belongs to the family Le Beurrier de la Rivière from Brest in France. This Overberg Bell is among the oldest These include intact wine "onion" bottles, a gold earring, parts of that these two academic hobbyists have been shown in their a pig's skeleton which still had parts of a wooden cage around national investigation. it, shards of thick porcelain, wood logs from the kitchen, grinding wheel, lead line (markings: XXX) and rare lead 8-piece cannon A few months after recovery this special artefact had, in balls. gratefulness, been given to Derik Auret by Aqua Exploration. Today it is proudly the Overberg's oldest known bell, and still in the custody of the Auret family.

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JIMMY HERBERT Retired lecturer: Stellenbosch University (1977-2013) Writer & Specialist in Maritime History and Archaeology In next week’s issue...

T de Wet & J Teugels After being exposed to the breaking-up of the ship and a further 230 years underwater, the bell had severely suffered. Professor's De Wet and Teugels were nevertheless able to decipher most parts of the decorations and wording. On the least damaged side of the bell, one finds the seal of the King of France.

Such a seal indicates that the founder was considered a “fondeur du Roy”.

“Strandroof” along the Overberg coast: Arniston (1815)

This knowledge helped them decipher parts of the text on the other side of the bell. They were convinced that part of the text reads as follows DE? LA RIVIERE ME FUDIT ANNO 171?

Above the text appears a traditional effigy of the Holy Sacrament, used by the Jesuits and common in the Catholic religion.

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History of the Overberg Jimmy Herbert THE OVERBERG’S OLDEST BELL

The main site lay in about 6m of water, on a rocky sand covered In a previous article on this topic, five of the museum’s area. It was immediately clear from the archaeological evidence bells were discussed. They represented no less than four that this ship had not seen its eminent demise approaching.

Clearly, it all happened so suddenly that no anchors had been nationalities – British, Italian, German and Portuguese. cast to avoid her being pushed towards shore by the southwest The next four much older Overberg bells to be discussed, simi- wind and waves. larly represent four nationalities, but, this time French, Danish, Two large anchors (6m long) and one smaller anchor (3.7m Dutch and British. long) are lying where the bows used to be; still clustered together as they would have been while stacked on deck. The sheet anchor that is generally stored below deck, was found, lying a few metres landwards from where the hold used to be. Close by a 30m by 9m mound of ballast rock stretched out in testament to where the ship had been and where it had broken up in 1750.

Twelve cannons, the large brass bell to be discussed and a quantity of cannon balls were found on the site. There were also sections of the surviving wooden hull to be seen pinned down by the weight of all of the rocks and cannon mentioned.

The Overberg’s oldest bell is one that was salvaged from the French Ship Le Centaur that sunk in 1750. This wooden East Indiaman struck a sandbank off Die Walle, 6km west of Africa’s most southern point, Cape Agulhas.

The waves from the west drove her further towards shore until she was permanently fixed between reefs and sand, no less than 1km from shore. Although in an exposed position and thus quickly breaking apart they were nonetheless, able to land all 400 people (300 crew and 100 passengers also consisting of both woman and children) as well as some provisions and water. It is true that they all made it to shore safely, but, unfortunately the same could not be said with regards to their more than 200km overland journey to the Dutch settlement at the Cape. As is invariably the case at one stage or another, the weak were left behind to fend for themselves for as long as they could.

The area off Die Walle is known for its sandy bottom and low visibility. It was evident, and subsequently proven during further attempts to dive there, that the reefs in the area are almost always covered by meters and meters of sand. Even when the ship struck they referred to it hitting a sand bank. Furthermore, due to the sand banks making the area shallower, waves invariably break far out to sea which all in all makes this wreck site undiveable for almost 99% of the year. One can perhaps say the There she lay undisturbed by man for 234 years until six of us Le Centaur is well protected from man, by nature.

(Aqua Exploration) discovered her in May 1984. A year earlier already we had heard of a place at "Die Walle” where cannon As fortune would have it, when we found the Le Centaur in 1984 balls had washed up on the shore many years ago. When a the preceding storms had miraculously moved out tonnes and famous Agulhas lighthouse keeper Mr. Derik Auret told us about tonnes of sand, leaving the mentioned wreck structures, that the massive guns that he and his sons had dived on in the shal- would usually be covered under 2 to 4 metres of sand, open for lows and in-between the kelp, and the place so happened to us to inspect. This gave us a window of opportunity to plot the site and establish its identity. With the help of a single French also be at Die Walle, we enthusiastically mobilised. coin found on the wreck (French "Double Sol" only been struck After diving there and confirming this with the use of metal de- between the years 1738-1770), we were able to identify the shiptectors we went to sea with a magnetometer and surveyed off- wreck as that of the Le Centaur. Although the coin and bell shore from "Die Walle". Soon we found a large anchor some proved to be the most significant finds, other artefacts were also 300 metres from shore, and later, about 1km offshore, the main recovered.

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The place where the Le Centaur came to grief was well known to the Dutch at the Cape. So too was the route to that area, as 27 years earlier it was well recorded during the trips made to and from the Schonenberg (1722/23) lost slightly to the east of Agulhas. Nevertheless, it was decided against sending a salvage team as the cargo was mostly pepper and the latter was already believed to all be lost or spoilt.

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