Barrydale

Barrydale is known as the Gateway to the Overberg. This peaceful town, with its neat houses and large gardens, developed a...

Barrydale is known as the Gateway to the Overberg. This peaceful town, with its neat houses and large gardens, developed around the church that was built at the pinnacle of the Tradouw Pass by the residing boer-community. The town was named, or so the story goes, after a certain Joseph Barry, or one of his family members. What is known for a fact though, is that Barrydale is a famous farming centre for apples, peaches, apricots and other soft fruit. There was also a time when this district was bitten by the ostrich-feather craze in the early 1900