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From prehistorical dinosaur fossils to more contemporary conflicts like the Cold War and the Anglo-Boer War.
• Caves for hiding from the enemy, blockhouses, places of surrenders, monuments, and the resilient machinery of the steam-powered age offer a portal into a time of transformative innovation.
• We visit Destiny Castle and Union House, the only house to be burnt down twice, once by the Boers and once by the British! In 1879, President Brand of the Orange Free State planted two oak trees on the front lawns to represent unity between the Brits and the Boers, which trees are still standing today. In 1910, the Union of South Africa was signed under these very Oak trees.