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Oryx

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Greetings from Africa
« on: September 27, 2011, 05:49:56 PM »
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




Annelize & Reghardt


Reghardt


Dad (Oryx) & Ruben-Anton


Ruben-Anton


Our CT


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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2011, 05:52:26 PM »
A big G'day Mate, welcome to the forum.

Nice Pics, not familiar with the CT but looks mighty fine.

Regards

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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2011, 06:04:19 PM »
Welcome to myswag, is that a Conquerer camper?
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2011, 06:28:21 PM »
Welcome oryx I bet your family loves when u take them
Camping welcome to the forum mate
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2011, 06:32:57 PM »
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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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2011, 06:57:24 PM »
  Gday Oryx! Greetings from Australia!!  Welcome to myswag. Camper looks good.. Any more pic's?  :cheers: Phil
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2011, 08:03:55 PM »
Nice rig. Welcome to MySwag
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2011, 08:12:06 PM »
Hoe gaan dit Oryx? Watching the RWC?
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2011, 08:13:44 PM »
Hi Oryx and welcome to My Swag, great looking set up mate :cheers:
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2011, 08:29:20 PM »
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:

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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2011, 01:46:05 AM »
Quote from: HEM19X on September 27, 2011, 05:52:26 PM
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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Thanks for making me feel welcome.  The CT are made by Jurgens in South Africa.  You can find out more about it here
Cheers
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2011, 01:51:12 AM »
Quote from: D4D on September 27, 2011, 06:04:19 PM
Welcome to myswag, is that a Conquerer camper?


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Thank you for making me feel welcome.  It is not a Conquerer camper.  It is part of the Jurgens range, look here for more detail.
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2011, 03:38:12 AM »
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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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2011, 09:30:26 AM »
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!!!

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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2011, 09:44:07 AM »
Quote from: watto11 on September 27, 2011, 06:28:21 PM
Welcome oryx I bet your family loves when u take them
Camping welcome to the forum mate

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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
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2011, 09:53:58 AM »
Quote from: flamingo on September 27, 2011, 06:57:24 PM
  Gday Oryx! Greetings from Australia!!  Welcome to myswag. Camper looks good.. Any more pic's?  :cheers: Phil


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Thank you for making me feel welcome.  Here is a couple of pics of my CT, will post more in the days to come.
Cheers
Oryx
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2011, 09:56:34 AM »
Quote from: Pete_R on September 27, 2011, 08:03:55 PM
Nice rig. Welcome to MySwag

Pete
Thanks for making me feel welcome  :laugh:.
Cheers
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #17 on: September 28, 2011, 10:03:06 AM »
Quote from: georgegna on September 27, 2011, 08:12:06 PM
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.
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #18 on: September 28, 2011, 10:06:00 AM »
Quote from: 73bubba on September 27, 2011, 08:13:44 PM
Hi Oryx and welcome to My Swag, great looking set up mate :cheers:


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Thank you for making me feel welcome  :laugh:.
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #19 on: September 28, 2011, 10:14:03 AM »
Quote from: CRW on September 27, 2011, 08:29:20 PM
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 for more info about my camper.  Here are a few more pics of my camper.  Looking forward to share my world with you guys & gals down under  :cheers:.
Cheers
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #20 on: September 28, 2011, 10:17:55 AM »
Quote from: Captain on September 28, 2011, 09:30:26 AM
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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Looking forward to catching up with you in my own back yard and sharing my world with you  :cheers:.
Cheers
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #21 on: September 28, 2011, 11:17:50 AM »
Quote from: GGPatrol on September 27, 2011, 06:32:57 PM
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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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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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #22 on: September 28, 2011, 11:25:48 AM »
Quote from: speewa158 on September 28, 2011, 03:38:12 AM
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
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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #23 on: September 28, 2011, 11:56:26 AM »
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

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Re: Greetings from Africa
« Reply #24 on: September 28, 2011, 12:14:28 PM »
Quote from: TroyE on September 28, 2011, 11:56:26 AM
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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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.
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