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For more information,
please refer to our website at www.atlanticbeachgolfestate.co.za
Residents often ask where the names of their villages originate
from, below is some information for those interested:
Wrecked Ships/Steamers
Brunswick
Originated from an English East-Indiaman which ran a ground
in 1805 on the Cape West coast.
Birkenhead
The wreck of the Birkenhead was one of the worst maritime disasters
on the South African cost in which about 445 of the 638 people
aboard the vessel perished. To this very day the Birkenhead
is remembered and commemorated for the sacrifice of the troops
who stood fast on the deck and allowed the women and children
to be saved.
Colebrook
Like the Brunswick the Colebrook was an English East-Indiaman.
Captain Arthur Morris steered the 739-tone vessel on her third
and last voyage, carrying 212 people on board of which seven
people drowned in the surf while trying to reach the shore.
Nautilus
The Nautilus stranded on the North Spit of the Manawatu River
on 6th January 1869. The schooner was travelling from Wellington
and became a total loss. The Nautilus had previously suffered
the same fate at both Greymouth and Palliser but had not been
wrecked on those occasions.
Norfolk
This was a steamer of 6000 tones, which had left Durban, South
Africa on 28th May 1907 bound for Australia. On the 19th June
she was left helpless when her propeller dropped off due to
gale force winds and rough seas, causing her to roll heavily
while broadside on to the waves. After dismaying thoughts of
abandoning her, sails were set and the Norfolk reached Rottnest
after eleven days. Two tugs were sent to her rescue and she
was towed in for repairs.
Oakburn
The Oakburn a British cargo steamer of 3865 tones was wrecked
in fog on 21 May 1906 on a voyage from New York to Sydney, in
which two lives were lost.
Strathblane
Was a British screw steamer carrying gold mining equipment,
she lies 75 meters offshore along the north coast in Port Elizabeth.
Waratah
The Waratah was one of the most baffling mysteries of the sea.
In July of 1909, the 500 foot steamer, on her return maiden
voyage from Australia to Cape Town, went missing with 211 passengers
and crew somewhere in the Indian Ocean off the rugged eastern
coast of South Africa.
Golf Courses
 Gleneagles
Gleneagles is located in Perthshire, Scotland and for those
who are addicted to thegame of golf, Gleneagles offers the chance
to play on the world’s finest courses.
As well as the challenge of the King’s, the secluded charms
of the Queen’s, or the nine hole Wee Course, ther is now
the exceptional PGA Centenary Course designed by Jack Nicklaus.
Royal
Birkdale
The Royal Birkdale Golf Club is one of Britain’s finest
golf clubs and host to two Ryder Cups, the Walker and Curtis
Cups, the women’s British Open and the Open Championship
on eight royal Birkdale has been voted the No 1 course in Britain,
and is among the best in the world.
The Royal Birkdale golf course is located in Southport, England
and was formed in 1889.
St
Andrews
St Andrews Links is recognised the world over as the golfing
mecca. It is the Home of Golf where golf was first played 600
years ago and yet it remains a real test of golf for today’s
champions. Golf has been played on the Links at St Andrews since
around 1400AD. The game grew in popularity and by the 19the
century it was part of the way of life for many local people.
Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach provides perhaps the most scenic settings for golf
in the USA. With its famous championship golf courses it is
hailed as a golf vacation Mecca for golfers from around the
world. Pebble Beach golf courses hosts a variety of world-class
golf tournaments including the US Open and the annual AT&T
Pebble Beach Pro Am.
Turnberry
Beginning life as the property of a railway company almost one
hundred years ago, Turnberry, having been used as a wartime
airfield, was on the verge of extinction by 1946. Cue the timely
intervention of course architect Mackenzie Ross, who transformed
the property into what has become one of the worlds finest golf
courses.
Turnberry golf Course is world known as a links course, which
hosts the Open Golf Championship.
Muirfield
Muirfield is home to the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers,
which is regarded as the oldest Golf Club in the world having
been founded in 1744. Designed by Old Tom Morris and 16 holes
built by hand and horse were opened on 3rd May 1891. Muirfield
has been host to the Open 15 times with the most recent being
in 2002 when Ernie Els won his first Open Championship.
For more information, please refer to our website at
www.atlanticbeachgolfestate.co.za
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