LOCATION: Bokbaai, West Coast
LEADER: John Duckitt
John Duckitt will lead us on a tour of this historic farm which belonged to the Duckitt family for many decades.Our hosts for the day are the Mapula Trust and the Parker family, the current owners.
Bokbaai
Bokbaai photograph by André Pretorius (Gericke Collection University of Stellenbosch
The land was originally granted in quitrent to Laurens Johannes and Jacobus Petrus de Jongh; with the accompanying survey dated 1827. However, according to Hans Fransen, its history goes back to the early days of the VOC when the house possibly served as the home of the supervisor of the lime kiln that operated from here from the early 18th century together with accommodation for labourers.
This long T-shaped house with a simple holbol gable and an attached outbuilding lies close to the sea.
From 1870 until fairly recently it belonged to the Duckitt family.
We are invited to picnic (there is some shade, hats and /or umbrellas probably a good idea) and to swim in what is apparently a very pleasant bay. So swimming is encouraged by the Parker family!