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9 Bedroom House for Sale in Amsterdamhoek – Port Elizabeth Business News

24 October 2019 By Port Elizabethan

9 Bedroom House for Sale in Amsterdamhoek: A complete inventory is available on request.) The property and the B&B are the only assets registered in the business, so one can buy the business as a whole and save on transfer costs This Property ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" business - BingNews. Commercial Property for Sale in Sidwell: This property is Zoned Ind.2, perfectly situated for any business opportunity, in the very busy Commercial road, loads of exposure for your business. Dwelling … [Read more...] about 9 Bedroom House for Sale in Amsterdamhoek – Port Elizabeth Business News

The land at the mouth of the Swartkops River: Fishwater Flats, Amsterdam Hoek and the Outspan

13 September 2016 By Alan Straton

Herbert McWilliams

This is from local historian extraordinaire, Margaret Harradine's talk at the Zwartkops Conservancy AGM. Even today, when the name of the river is officially spelt with an "S", there must be many people who still think of it with a "Z"; somehow the old spelling is just more interesting! It is certainly a very old name. In 1752 the Governor of the Cape, Rijk Tulbagh, ordered the first expedition to this far-flung area, under Ensign Beutler. On cartographer Wentzel's resulting map the river is … [Read more...] about The land at the mouth of the Swartkops River: Fishwater Flats, Amsterdam Hoek and the Outspan

Our river teems with bird life

19 August 2013 By Port Elizabethan

Swartkops Flamingos

Dear Alan My grandmother had a home - just a holiday shack really - in Amsterdamhoek on the east bank of the Swartkops in the late 20s. My wife Lyn and I have lived in this valley for over 40 years now. From 1972 to 1991. At first in the village of Swartkops on the west bank in a wonderful wood & iron home – circa, 1900. Was an old hunting lodge. Then we moved to Bluewater Bay on the east bank. On our way home from church this Sunday morning we saw this flock of flamingos. Not as pink … [Read more...] about Our river teems with bird life

The Flooded Swartkops

22 October 2012 By Port Elizabethan

Swartkops AmsterdamHoek

This image was taken from Bluewater Bay looking across to Port Elizabeth over Amsterdamhoek. The extent of the water flowing down and out of the mouth of the Swartkops River, past Amsterdamhoek can be discerned in that no sandbanks are visible at all. Uploaded by: Warwick Owen Warwick's Website: FITS - by Warwick Owen See more user submitted images here | Upload your Iconic Port Elizabeth image HERE. … [Read more...] about The Flooded Swartkops

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