Gallery: Striking gold

A view from the old cemetery at Pilgrim's Rest. Picture: Kate Turkington.
A view from the old cemetery at Pilgrim's Rest. Picture: Kate Turkington.
The Jock of the Bushveld memorial in Sabie Market Square. Picture: Kate Turkington.
The Royal Hotel at Pilgrim's Rest. Picture: Kate Turkington.
Although 135 years have gone by since the Irish editor of the town's first newspaper kept a pair of loaded pistols on his desk, and a robber was tarred, feathered, shot dead and buried where he fell and unwittingly founded the little cemetery high on a hill above the town, you'll find not much has changed. Picture: Kate Turkington
A view from the old cemetery at Pilgrim's Rest. Picture: Kate Turkington

Published Feb 3, 2012

Kate Turkington visits one of South Africa’s most charming villages tucked away in a valley amid some of Mpumalanga’s most spectacular scenery.

Kate Turkington takes a peek into the past lives of robbers, gold diggers and pine pioneers.