this is for th people who know that area on your way to umhlanga rocks you drive past a "whole in the ground " it looks like cliff or something with trees blocking the view down below and ever since i was a little girl who went there 3-4 times a year i wondered what was down there and how it came to be can anybody answer this please i now live in australia but this question still hauntes me
2006-11-29 23:00:08 · 6 answers · asked by Tiger200 2 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
Does anybody know van reenes pass ?
my sister think it might be what i'm thinking of does somebody have a picture because i remebers the mountains on one side and the cliff on the other
2006-12-02 23:47:32 · update #1
Hmm, is it possible that you could give a little more detail? I know the area pretty well, but I just need more information as to where and what you are talking about....maybe more info on the location....was it on the side of the road?......how big....? You can message me and I will try to help you! Take care! :)
2006-11-29 23:24:57 · answer #1 · answered by Motti _Shish 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know whether you are talking about the same whole I know but I tried to locate it on Google Earth. Here is the pic. http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=-29.81497&lon=30.972703&z=18.2&r=0&src=ggl It is said that some years ago this whole had coal, so they dug to get it. It was known as Umkhumbane. Since it was deserted rain water filled it over the years and today it looks like a scary dam. The road next to it is a freeway N2. Northwise it goes past Umhlanga Rocks and South-east there's Durban. Durban is home to me.
2006-11-30 16:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by Diezel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know the area very well myself, I've lived there for a number of years now, but I just can't picture the area you are talking about. Where is this exactly? And maybe with all the developments in the area, it has disappeared as the Umhlanga area is overcrowded now, offices, simplexes, duplexes...
2006-11-30 07:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by DolphinLami 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hole in the ground near Umhlanga? Isn't that Durban?
2006-11-30 09:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Genuinely not trying to be mean asking this - but what stopped you ever taking a look to see what was there yourself?
2006-11-30 08:49:50 · answer #5 · answered by carokokos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thank goodness you are in Australia.......Your spelling is as pathetic as they are
2006-11-30 08:27:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋