Dans dat die stof so staan	Its been a long wait	Shy girls	This beautiful lady must be from Namakwaland	Hier kom die manne
Enjoying the activities from the pavilion	Ready to do their part	Waiting their turn on the pavilion	Young ones enjoying the festivities at the Rieldans

The Launch of the Karoo Highlands Route

Saturday 2nd of October 2010

 Open Africa is a non governmental organization that promotes tourism in Southern African countries and has helped to develop more than 50 tourism routes in co-operation with local governments and representatives of tourism committees of the towns on the routes.   On their website http://www.openafrica.org every organization, person or business involved in tourism, can advertise for free.   Have a look at our own route, the "Karoo Highlands Route" on their website and if you are involved in tourism in any way, make sure that your details get onto their site.

On Saturday the 2nd of October 2010 the route was officially launched in the big hall at the Carnarvon showgrounds and the section on their website advertising the Karoo Highlands Route was introduced to the public and participants.  Most of the towns on the route had an exhibition to advertise the tourism potential and  tourism activities in their towns.   Carnarvons exhibition was done by Marie Jacobs.   A potjiekos competition was organized between the different towns and the Carnarvon potjie cooked by Marie and Pieter won, with the potjie from Sutherland in the second place.  Enjoy the photos below.

Marie Jacobs and a representitive from Calvinia		Enjoying the snacks	Representitives from different towns on the route	The Carnarvon exhibition showing our activities and potential for tourism	Thiophi from Open Africa tending his pot
The cooks waiting for the judges	Pieter showing journalists what a winning pot looks like	Hard at work	The two winning cooks, Pieter and Marie	Maybe the way to a woman's heart is also through the gastronomic experience?

The Annual Komandorit

The Carnarvon Agriculture Show

 

Spar Christmas Tree Project

As part of a community outreach project, Spar Carnarvon  has put up a large Christmas tree with the names of 150 children on it.   Members of the public were invited to take a name from the tree and buy a Christmas present for a child.   The age and gender of the children were on the cards.     The children receiving the gifts are all part of the "Keep Carnarvon Clean Campaign"    Visit the Projects page for more information about this project,

Response from the public were overwhelming and on Saturday the 18th of December Father Christmas came specially to hand over the presents to 150 children.  The photos below tell it all. 

This is a small way of saying Thank you for a wonderful job.

 

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Forthcoming Events / Calendar 2010 -2011

November 2010   27th Bowls - Beginners day	December 2010 11th Golf Tournament 16de Versoeningsdag 18th SPAR Christmas Tree	January 2011 19de Skole open 28ste VGKerk Kerkraadsverg.
February 2011   14th Valentines day	March 2011 3rd till 5th Agriculture Show 21st Human Rights Day 25ste VGKerk Kerkraadsverg.	April 2011 1st Skole sluit 11th Schools open 22ste Goeie Vrydag 23ste VGKerk Dankfeesbasaar 27th Freedom Day Last weekend- Bowls - Red Meat Promotion
May 2011 1st Workers Day 15th Mothers Day Last weekend -FLY-IN	June 2011 19th Fathers Day 16th Youth Day 24ste Skole sluit 29ste VGkerk Kerkraadsverg.	July 2011   18de Skole open
August 2011	September 2011     24th Heritage Day 25ste VGKerk Kerkraadsverg. 30ste Skole sluit	October 2011 7de tot 9de Kreebergfees 10de Skole open 21st Carnarvon Rose Show
November 2011	December 2011 9de Skole sluit 25th Christmas	January 2012