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   Johannesburg Observatory (our usual venue) Minimize

Map to Johannesburg Observatory

Directions in text:

From the M1 South:

  1. Take the Riviera Road off-ramp
  2. Turn left into Riviera Road
  3. At the T-junction, turn right into West
  4. Turn left into 1st
  5. Turn right into Louis Botha
  6. Turn left into Acorn
  7. Turn left into St Peter
  8. Turn right into Bezuidenhout
  9. Turn left into Eckstein
  10. Turn right into Innes (Sacred Heart College on your left)
  11. Go through a boom gate
  12. At the T-junction, turn right into Gill
  13. Turn left into the Observatory complex (sign reads Johannesburg Observatory)
 
    
     
     
 
   ScopeX Venue (SA Military History Museum) Minimize

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   Telescope Making Class Minimize

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   Chris Middleton's farm Skeerpoort Minimize

(Starting from FOURWAYS)

  • Pass LANSERIA AIRPORT to Magaliesburg/Pretoria T Junction (Broederstroom)
  • Turn LEFT
  • Follow road to NEXT T JUNCTION (about 15.4km)
  • Turn LEFT (on right-hand side, see VAN GAALEN CHEESE FARM)
  • Follow road THROUGH SKEERPOORT TOWN
  • After GARAGE, take DIRT ROAD on RIGHT HAND SIDE
  • Follow road to CHURCH
  • The farm "HOLLYBROOKE" is immediately after the church

Lost?

Tel:   011 468 1643
Fax: 011 468 3785
Cell: 082 920 3107
Email: wbrooke@netactive.co.za

 
    
     
     
 
   Brian Fraser's plot in Henley on Klip Minimize
  • Start from the N12.. SOUTH of Johannesburg. (You can get to this from the N1 on the West, or the N3 in the East.)
  • Take the R59 toward Vereeniging
  • About 25km later, pass the Blockhouse Engen One-stop
  • Pass the Randvaal turnoff & look for the next exit
  • Take Henley Drive (Exit 27)
  • Turn left from the off-ramp into Henley Drive
  • Pass the stop street at the Total Garage
  • Turn right into Ewelme Rd, at the next stop street
  • Pass the shops to the next stop street
  • Turn left into Iffley Rd
  • Cross the Klip River
  • Turn right at the stop street into Hearn Rd
  • Turn left into Goring Rd
  • Brian's house is on the left

Address

1772 Goring Road

Henley on Klip

Lost?

  • Phone (016) 366 0955 or 082-568-1391
 
    
     
     
 
   Tswaing Crater (also known as the Pretoria Salt Pan) Minimize

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   4 Kammetjie street, Randvaal Minimize
To get there:  Get onto the R59 heading South. (You can get on it from the N12).
Keep going through Alberton and towards Vereeniging.
After the Engen Blockhouse, take the next offramp (Randvaal). Turn left once you are off the highway.
Go straight, over a railroad bridge until you get to a T-junction.
Turn right at the T-junction, and left at the next stop street.
Keep going straight over the next stop street, and out of the town.
About 7km on, after the road bends to the right, there's a road on the left with a sign "Tamboekiesfontein"
Turn left onto that road (becomes a dirt road) and the Star Party venue is there on the left.