When you arrive as a new resident in this quaint Karoo town, you are often asked what brought you here?
The first time I drove down Prince Albert Road, to visit a friend – I felt like I was coming home. I turned off the busy N1 highway and slowed onto the dirt road, crossed the railway line and headed towards the very distant hills that are the Swartberg Mountains.

It was late afternoon, and the setting sun was due west. As I drove east toward the edge of the Groot Karoo the sun shone beneath the body of my car and long shadows elevated me, in the sparse veld. Windows open and warm dry air blew my hair with a sense of belonging. A broken windmill and reservoir just off to the left begged for a photo, I pulled over and climbed through the slack fence with camera in hand. Perfect light, warm air, and peace all around me I took the shot then just stood and breathed it in…..it represented everything good from my childhood. Warmth, freedom, safety, big sky, sand between my toes and an endless open honest landscape…. A sense of complete peace with gratitude for just that moment and everything that was good in my life….it was meaningful enough to draw me back many years later. And it is where I chose to begin again and have lived since 2019:)

Prince Albert https://princealbert.org.za/history/