The Groot Kerk or Fourth Kerk was designed along the lines of Salisbury Cathedral in UK and designed by Charles Freeman along Victorian-Gothic lines, and built by Grant and Downie at a cost of 18000 pounds.
The building can seat 1500 people and the spire is 45.72m high.
A typical scene in most small towns in the old Transvaal is the dominating Kerk.
Gariep Dam (formerly Hendrik Vervoed Dam) is on the Orange River between the Eastern Cape and Freestate Province.
The Dordecht NGK Foundation Stone was laid in 1882 and the Church inaugurated in 1883.
[caption id="attachment_16248" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Lord Milner Hotel[/caption] With thanks to the Lord Milner Hotel. Matjiesfontein was founded in 1884 by the Scottish railway man, James Douglas Logan. The village established itself as a fashionable Victorian health spa, and is now well known for its splendid historical buildings...
Nyathi Rest Camp in the Addo Elephant Park was formerly a catered Concession called Nguni Lodge.
Besides the Kruger national Park a drive at the top of the escarpment will provide you with some of the most amazing landscapes in South Africa.
Jacobsdal is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1859 by Christoffel Jacobs on his farm Kalkfontein.
The Vredefort Dome Information Centre.[/caption]
A worthy trip is to Vredefort in the Northern Free State, near Parys. Vredefort has a grand NGK Kerk dating to 1883. Driving the area one will discover ruins of old farmhouses, a great photographic opportunity, and then of course a visit to the Vredefort Dome Information Centre.
