Hosted by Mpumalanga Heritage. Happening on Saturday 8th September 2018. Check out the full itinerary (provisional) below:

1. Ngodwana, at 08:00, all to meet at Lime Kilns

• Overview of history of the valley
• Bokoni
• Voortrekkers
• Early white settlers
• Origin of names
• Paddy Davies-Webb’s book
• Forestry
• Paper mill
• Lime mining
• Lime kilns
• Eastern line and stations

2. Hemlock store

• Early exploitation of timber

3. Airlie

• Old sheep and cattle route
• Escape route of Boers after Berg-en-dal
• Old coach house
• Major McGregor’s grave
• POW camp
• Airlie Estates and George Heys
• Dominion steel works

4. Waterval Onder

• Old wagon route to Helvetia
• Old hospital and old house
• Cemetery and Lieutenant Lawlor
• Krugerhof
• Additional items of historical intertest up towards the tunnel, although we will not travel together in convoy due to risk and danger
• Picnic lunch either at siding or in the grounds of the motel