They offer:
Two Holiday Cabins: Situated up on the hill above the Cottage, reachable by car via the Wardens House, are nearing completion and will be available to use from Jan 2011. These are aimed at families wanting to ‘break away’ for a weekend, two families spending time together, or parents of Cubs / Scouts wanting to stay over to save travelling while their kids camp or others... looking for a stay over. Each Cabin can sleep 8, has a shower, toilet, kitchen, dining area and sometime next year will have a stoep as well – from which one could sit and watch the sunset. You need only supply your own bedding, food and toiletries – just like camping, but under roof with ‘extras’.
Stars: Hawequas offers the unique opportunity for seeing all the stars in our night sky, totally visible away from hindering city lights. On a clear night, you can lay comfortably on luscious green lawns and simply take in the sheer immense beauty of our universe. Who knows, you might even see a shooting star and get the opportunity to make a wish...
Sing-a-long: How many remember those great sing-a-longs we had with our Packs, Scouts, Scouters or simply friends – gathered around a piano? What inspiring joy to hear the rain falling outside and everyone huddled around the piano happily singing their heads off and as loud as possible. Well, soon this will become a reality in the Main House with a Piano donation being delivered in advance of upgrades to come. All we ask is that if you cannot play the piano, then leave it alone – it will not be there to bang on and destroy as fast as possible.
Dam Brick Paving: Tired of mud when swimming up at the dam? Well, with time this will all change, we have started brick paving around the dam and will keep going round and round and expanding until virtually the entire ‘muddy high use’ area is paved. We have on numerous occasions tried to get lawn growing on the ‘high use spot’, but without success. The lawn on the far side will remain as such.
Other items sorted out during 2010: ‘Tigers Village’ has been upgraded, the main gate locking mechanism improved, Spruit River cleared of debris, Chapel structure smartened and secured, Cottage accommodation upgraded to 5 star status, old gas and electric geysers replaced by more modern automatic gas geysers and gas supply made safer, the old Dasbos River bridge replaced by the Battle Bridge, dangerous trees cut down and removed, numerous earth works to improve roads, stop erosion, excavate areas, Robert Hall Campsite erected and now almost complete, main entrance road graded and hardened, two Holiday Cabins erected and now almost complete and numerous ongoing maintenance projects tackled and sorted.
Find more information on the Hawequas website.
