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General => Introductions => Topic started by: Oryx on September 27, 2011, 05:49:56 PM
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Hi All
I am a new member residing in Walvis Bay, Namibia on the west coast of Africa. I am married to Annelize and we have two sons, Ruben-Anton (4 years old) and Reghardt (22 months old). I drive a 2000 Prado 3.0 Diesel GX which we use for camping, fishing & off-road trips. Annelize drives a 2005 VW Touareg 4.2 V8 which we use for long distance trips on tar and good gravel roads. Our CT is a 2000 Jurgens Oryx. The Prado is also used for towing our CT.
I am looking forward to sharing my passion for camping with you folks from down under. I am also eager to see how things are being done down under and to learn from your experiences.
Herewith a couple of pics to give substance to my introduction:
My Prado
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32174-2/Prado+1.JPG)
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32178-2/Prado+2.jpg)
Annelize & Reghardt
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32164-2/Mom+_amp_+Reghardt.JPG)
Reghardt
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32167-2/Reghardt.JPG)
Dad (Oryx) & Ruben-Anton
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32160-2/Dad+_amp_+Ruben-Anton.JPG)
Ruben-Anton
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32170-2/Ruben-Anton.JPG)
Our CT
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32123-2/Oryx+1.jpg)
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32128-2/Oryx+2.JPG)
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A big G'day Mate, welcome to the forum.
Nice Pics, not familiar with the CT but looks mighty fine.
Regards
Hem
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Welcome to myswag, is that a Conquerer camper?
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Welcome oryx I bet your family loves when u take them
Camping welcome to the forum mate
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Welcome to the Forum Oryx, looks a great set up and it will be good to see some different parts of the outdoors, enjoy your stay and join in the banter.
GG
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Gday Oryx! Greetings from Australia!! Welcome to myswag. Camper looks good.. Any more pic's? :cheers: Phil
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Nice rig. Welcome to MySwag
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Hoe gaan dit Oryx? Watching the RWC?
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Hi Oryx and welcome to My Swag, great looking set up mate :cheers:
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Hi Oryx, welcome to our part of the world and the forum, as others have said any more pic/info on your camper. Would love to see more pics of your camping experiences over there.
Anyway welcome again to you and your family :cheers:
Carl
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A big G'day Mate, welcome to the forum.
Nice Pics, not familiar with the CT but looks mighty fine.
Regards
Hem
Hem
Thanks for making me feel welcome. The CT are made by Jurgens in South Africa. You can find out more about it here (http://www.jurgenssafari.co.za/models/oryx.html)
Cheers
Oryx
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Welcome to myswag, is that a Conquerer camper?
D4D
Thank you for making me feel welcome. It is not a Conquerer camper. It is part of the Jurgens range, look here (http://www.jurgenssafari.co.za/models/oryx.html) for more detail.
Cheers
Oryx
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Oryx Welcome to MySwag , have wonder through the posts & you will find we are not to far apart . We all love the 5 million stars that you get camping , why stop a just 5 stars in a hotel :cheers:
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Gidday Oryx,
Some great pics there mate. I look forward to catching up and talking all things camping. I wasn't sure where Namibia was and now will be there for 2 weeks shortly. What a small world!!!
Cheers
Captain
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Welcome oryx I bet your family loves when u take them
Camping welcome to the forum mate
Watto
Thanks for making my feel welcome. The boys certainly love Camping and they enjoy every minute of it :P. Camping is not always my wife's first choice but she is getting there.
Cheers
Oryx
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Gday Oryx! Greetings from Australia!! Welcome to myswag. Camper looks good.. Any more pic's? :cheers: Phil
Phil
Thank you for making me feel welcome. Here (http://www.myswag.org/gallery/v/Oryx/Bos+karavaan/) is a couple of pics of my CT, will post more in the days to come.
Cheers
Oryx
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Nice rig. Welcome to MySwag
Pete
Thanks for making me feel welcome :laugh:.
Cheers
Oryx
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Hoe gaan dit Oryx? Watching the RWC?
George
Dit gaan baie goed dankie. Nice to find someone who can speak & understand THE LANGUAGE ;D. Following the RWC with keen interest, it looks as though South Africa will be playing Aus in the quarter finals. I am actually quite surprised to see that so few people have mentioned anything about the RWC on the forum.
Cheers
Oryx
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Hi Oryx and welcome to My Swag, great looking set up mate :cheers:
Bubba
Thank you for making me feel welcome :laugh:.
Cheers
Oryx
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Hi Oryx, welcome to our part of the world and the forum, as others have said any more pic/info on your camper. Would love to see more pics of your camping experiences over there.
Anyway welcome again to you and your family :cheers:
Carl
Carl
Thank you for making me feel welcome. Look here (http://www.jurgenssafari.co.za/models/oryx.html) for more info about my camper. Here (http://www.myswag.org/gallery/v/Oryx/Bos+karavaan/) are a few more pics of my camper. Looking forward to share my world with you guys & gals down under :cheers:.
Cheers
Oryx
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Gidday Oryx,
Some great pics there mate. I look forward to catching up and talking all things camping. I wasn't sure where Namibia was and now will be there for 2 weeks shortly. What a small world!!!
Cheers
Captain
Captain
Looking forward to catching up with you in my own back yard and sharing my world with you :cheers:.
Cheers
Oryx
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Welcome to the Forum Oryx, looks a great set up and it will be good to see some different parts of the outdoors, enjoy your stay and join in the banter.
GG
GG
Thank you for making me feel welcome. Looking forward to share my world with you :cheers:. I will be updating my gallery with outdoor pics of my recent camping trips in the next couple of days, WATCH THIS SPACE!
Cheers
Oryx
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Oryx Welcome to MySwag , have wonder through the posts & you will find we are not to far apart . We all love the 5 million stars that you get camping , why stop a just 5 stars in a hotel :cheers:
Speewa
Thanks for making me feel welcome. I must agree on our mutual love of the stars when you go camping, you won't believe how clear the night sky is in our unpolluted part of the world :D.
Cheers
Oryx
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Hi Oryx, just looked up walvis bay on google earth, looks like you have plenty of sand to drive in. reminds me of the west coast of oz, desert meets the sea. I like the look of your CT it's something different from what we have here, but it looks the goods ;D
troy
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Hi Oryx, just looked up walvis bay on google earth, looks like you have plenty of sand to drive in. reminds me of the west coast of oz, desert meets the sea. I like the look of your CT it's something different from what we have here, but it looks the goods ;D
troy
Troy
Yip, Walvis Bay is right on the edge of the Namib desert (the oldest desert in the world) and the only thing separating the desert from the sea is the road along the coast line. I've been staying here for the last 4 years but I still find it very fascinating to have desert on one side of the road and sea on the other side.
The CT's built in South Africa is quite different from the ones you have in Aus, that was the very first thing that I noted when I joined the forum. Most evident is the substantial longer draw bars on the Aus CT's and also the fact that your CT's is significantly "flatter" than ours.
Cheers
Oryx
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Never managed to get to Namibia whilst I was over there, funny seeing I supported Namibia in the 2003 World Cup in Australia...
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come on, wheres the photos of the lion sleepin on top of the trailer :):)
Love seein other parts of the world and where people travel... would love to do it once...
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Never managed to get to Namibia whilst I was over there, funny seeing I supported Namibia in the 2003 World Cup in Australia...
Rescue1
Make sure that you visit Namibia when you ever get the opportunity, you will not be sorry. It is magnificent country and a true paradise for any outdoor enthusiast. We also supported Namibia of all our heart in the current World Cup, although they didn't win any of their matches they stood themselves pride, specially if you take into consideration that rugby in Namibia is still a true amateur sport. Our team also gained quite a big following in New Zealand because of their attitude and their spirit with which they compete.
Cheers
Oryx
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are their any Namibian players in the super 15 teams?
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George
Dit gaan baie goed dankie. Nice to find someone who can speak & understand THE LANGUAGE ;D. Following the RWC with keen interest, it looks as though South Africa will be playing Aus in the quarter finals. I am actually quite surprised to see that so few people have mentioned anything about the RWC on the forum.
Cheers
Oryx
Ja,welcome hey. I'm following the RWC quite closely. Especially the Boks, then the Wallabies!
Might have to find a 12v tv to take on my trips hey.
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come on, wheres the photos of the lion sleepin on top of the trailer :):)
Love seein other parts of the world and where people travel... would love to do it once...
Lost
I'm still waiting for the lion to join me in my CT. I did however manage to stumble upon these elephants (in the pics below) very close (about 500m) to our campsite :o. These elephants are roaming in an area where there are no fences restricting there movement, when it gets realy dry they often walk into the campsite and rip out the under ground pvc water pipes for a quick drink. Africa is a though country!!!!!
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32525-2/S6300391.JPG)
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32550-2/DSC01524.JPG)
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are their any Namibian players in the super 15 teams?
Troy
There are a couple of Namibians playing club rugby in Europe (the captain, Jacques Burger, plays for Saracens) and a couple play provincial rugby in South Africa. Most of the guys are however only playing amateur club rugby in Namibia. This year there wasn't any guys playing for any of the Super 15 teams.
Cheers
Oryx
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You only need to watch South African rugby to see what our Super 15 teams are doing wrong. As my soccer mad / rugby hating work mate will attest there is rugby on most of the year....
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Welcome to the forum Oryx, thanks for sharing some pics with us.
I look forward to seeing many more.
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I'm still waiting for the lion to join me in my CT. I did however manage to stumble upon these elephants (in the pics below) very close (about 500m) to our campsite :o. These elephants are roaming in an area where there are no fences restricting there movement, when it gets realy dry they often walk into the campsite and rip out the under ground pvc water pipes for a quick drink. Africa is a though country!!!!!
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32525-2/S6300391.JPG)
(http://www.myswag.org/gallery/d/32550-2/DSC01524.JPG)
I don't know if I'd cry, scream like a little bitch, or let out a little bit of poo in my pants if I woke up looked out of the tent and saw a herd of Effelants outside the trailer...
Thats awesome!!!