…. the road to “Loeriesfontein”

 

 ….82 km North of Calvinia,  63 km North-east of Niewoudtville…….      There you will find Loeriesfontein  on the Southern edge of the Bushmanland Plains.

 

Where did this name come from?… 

It is said that a party of trekboers who stopped at the fountain for water listened to the birdsong of a colony of Loeries and named the fountain the Afrikaans equivalent of the “loerie spring”.   – others say that there were never any loeries in these parts and the name is derived from a peeping incedent.  (peep – loer).      The town lies where Namaqualand, Bushmanland and the Hantam meet.

The district is known for sheep farming.

The main economic activity of the district is sheep farming for wool & mutton.  A fair amount of wheat is also harvested every year and salt is     mined on a                              relatively large scale.

 

Attractions:

*Museum in the old Babtist Church.

the “Windpump” museum

                                                                *”Windpump” museum – there are only two in the world (the other is in the USA).                                                                                                           *Quiver tree Forest (towards Niewoudtville)

 

 

Church in Loeriesfontein