Well, you can’t say we weren’t surprised that we would be going on the minibus as a class instead of on one of the bigger buses with another class, but it was fun anyway. Jennifer told us the museum was to the south of Joburg so it was a looooong drive. She said it was only forty-five minutes but it seemed like sixty-five!!
When we got there, we saw a big park, but Jennifer said we weren’t allowed there. (And for good reason!) The museum itself – at least from outside, looked a bit new and modern, but once we got in, it was like stepping into a time-warp!! We saw cool olden day vehicles -a few Model T-Fords and Mail coaches and a tiny Model T-Ford and a way weird Shell petrol station!! WOAH!!! The boring guide told us lots of stuff we already knew, like people used to call automobiles ‘horseless carriages’ since it was the first vehicle that drew itself without using horses and that children never used to go to school, but they educated at home by a governess. Then, we were free to roam the whole museum, take pictures of the ten items on our list AND photograph the six QR codes hidden around the museum.
The first item we found was the Model T-Ford car. It was easy, since the car was just where we were. The next one we found was the governess cart. Our next item was the horse-drawn hearse .We found a QR code by the hearse. Next, we made our way to the bus area. It was an open-air space, quite dirty and a bit of a maze. It had a canvas over it, but, sadly, the birds had got in, and done what they do... (Heehee) So, it was a bit of a mess.
We saw the Christmas Bus, which, in the olden days, used to rove around the poor part of the south of Joburg, distributing sweets and other things to the children. It was pretty and in good condition. One thing amazes me, that how the vehicles in the museum are in SUCH good condition! I mean, you’d think that vehicles from the 19th century would be deteriorating in the earth by now, not in a museum in near-perfect condition!!!
The next few items we had to look for were easy, we found the fire engine, the Penny-farthing, the electric Tram, the Trolley Bus and the Stage coach in quick succession. We also found the last 5 QR codes easily.
We also had an unpleasant encounter with TINY SAVEGES on an ANTIQUE double-decker bus! (I’d rather not talk about it!!)
Oh yeah, my friend Kika also disappeared for a while, but we found her eventually....
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