In 1630, the Portuguese “Sao Concalo” ship which got shipwrecked at Robberg in March that year, had been anchored at the mouth of the Piesang River, according to the “Sao Concalo” article in the Sunday Times of 22 June 1924. This shows us that Piesang Valley is mentioned at early as the early 17th century.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is a charity that has over 1000 unpaid volunteers who respond 24/7/365 to save lives on South African waters. We also teach children in disadvantaged communities about basic water safety through our proactive educational initiative the WaterWise Academy.
Church building in the town of Clarens. Built from sandstone, a building medium much used in the Eastern Freestate, to build churches, farm houses and other buildings. Churches constructed with sandstone can be found in many East Freestate towns.
