The YT algorithm brought this on my path. I really enjoyed watching the video as I live at the foot of the Magalies mountain and enjoys looking at the mountain daily, from my bedroom window, from my stoep and on my way to and from the office. A truly enjoyable sight. Now I know a bit more about the Magalies.

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you. I'm glad I was able to add value.

Hi everybody this brought back memories of my childhood, my mom and dad used to come to Magaliesberg some Sundays for a picnic. we had tubes that we would sail down the river which was a flowing river lots of water we had glorious Sundays there . Thanks huys for the memories ❤

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

A pleasure. Thanks for sharing.

Blessings to you over this Christmas season.

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Thank you.And the same to you and yours.

Al, although there were no humans around at the time of the formation of this range, it has been postulated that Keith Richards wandered these valleys and koppies! Thanks for another excellent episode. I look forward to more in 2024.

@tomsmith5488

6 ай бұрын

Ja, he was just rolling some stones around in the koppies 😂

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Thanks David! i wish I'd thought of that gag.

Occasional redecorating... 😂 aptly put 👏

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

🙏 Thanks!

Thank you for the video, Al. The Magalies berg range is truly magnificent! Never knew it runs from Bronkhorstpruit..

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad I could add a fresh snippet of information.

Love your show. Can you do one on the Foster Gang. My great grandfather, Charles Mynott, BSAP, was shot and killed by them whilst trying to apprehend them. Would love to see your take on this.

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

That's a great idea! I've met someone who knows quite a bit about the gang.

You sound like my Geography teacher, I loved the sandstone explanation in western Cape

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks! Unfortunately, my geography lessons were boring as hell.

Fabulous storytelling - just love your videos - :) Dale

@JustOfftheHighway

5 ай бұрын

Hi! Thank you very much for your encouraging words.

We found some nice examples of ancient petrified seabed with water ripples on a rock outcrop on the banks of the Groot-Marico bosvelddam.

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

That's brilliant. I had read that the giant "sea" spread west, but I didn't realise it stretched that far.

Another great one Al. I live in Pretoria about 100m from where Voortrekkers goes north over the Magalies. A geologist friend of mine says that you can find ancient crustacian fossils at the top where the pass was built. Really amazing.

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

yes, it's a fascinating glimpse into the earth's deep past. Puts humanity into perspective.

@richardwebb9532

6 ай бұрын

You can find fossils of sea creatures on top of most of the Koppies around Jo-burg.....there used to be a plaque above Kensington to say the area used to be an inland sea....

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

That's interesting. Do you perhaps remember more detail about where the plaque was?

@richardwebb9532

6 ай бұрын

@@JustOfftheHighway yes. On the top of the Koppies above Darras Center. (If I remember correctly) or, above Roberts Ave in Jeppe where the war memorial is (was). However I think the former is correct. 👍🍻26.193887 28.086713 My Grandparents lived in Aberdeen rd, Kensington, my Uncle would take me on hikes on the Koppies when I was a kid.....(60 years ago)

WOW Al. You just nailed it again. Thank you very much for your posting of this video. Very interesting indeed. May you have a wonderful year ahead of you. Stay blessed and stay safe. Many thanks from Muizenberg Capetown South Africa... 😅😅

@JustOfftheHighway

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind comment and words of encouragement.🙏

Beautiful

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, it is a special place.

I just don't have a bankcard or basically much money. I can only watch these programmes because of the wi fi my daughter kindly installed With gigs.

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for interacting. I hope you enjoy the episodes with my compliments.

That was great thanks

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

The one scene shown in this video is close to my favorite place on this earth. There is a small, but deep pool, halfway down a waterfall, which is best entered by sliding down a steep, short slide, with a meter drop. If heaven does not have the same, I am not going.

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. Beautifully put!

🆒😎👍!

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

🙏

Take me there lol

If it itsn't yet, the Karoo Supergroup should be an Afrikaans Punk Rock Band.

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

😜👍🙏

@user295295

6 ай бұрын

It will totally rock!

No saying that we wont return to this "inland sea" scenario in the future....

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

The earth is never still. It only seems like that to us.

How can we get hold of you ? 6:08

@JustOfftheHighway

2 ай бұрын

Good morning, you are welcome to contact us at info@alprodgers.co.za

Coincides with the vredefort meteorite impact. ???

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

I've no idea. I will have to do more reading.

Not millions of years

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. Billions.

Two thousand million years ago😂😂, where do you get that info from, or are you just gullible?

@JustOfftheHighway

Ай бұрын

Just from reading. You'd be surprised the info one can pick up when you're not posting snarky comments on KZread.

Hi Al, I agree that Magaliesberg range is truly awesome, but being a creationist, I do not agree on the age. According to Genesis, the earth is 6000 years old.

@gavinspowart

6 ай бұрын

I'm sure the people who built Göbekli Tepe would have been astounded to learn that they, and the earth, would not even exist for another 6000 years!

@gavinspowart

6 ай бұрын

Actually, Genesis does NOT state that the earth is 6000 years old. That figure was arrived at by archbishop and Trinity College Dublin "professor" James Ussher (1581-1656), who ruled that the Earth was formed in the year 4004 BCE, on the evening of October 23. He apparently used the "begats" to "calculate"

@andre-louw

6 ай бұрын

@@gavinspowart Work back time to Genesis when God created the heavens and the earth. It's simple.

@dragonfire4957

6 ай бұрын

No one really knows !!!!

@JustOfftheHighway

6 ай бұрын

I see there's already a robust debate going about this. I don't agree with you, Andre, but I respect your right to have your beliefs.