Thesen Islander News

News about Thesen Islands and Knysna. Not connected to the Thesen Islands HOA, nor the Thesen Islands Development Company.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Thesen Islands Parkland Facility Upgrades

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Big money, flimsy plan.   No debates, no discussion, no workshops.  No detail.   I don't know how I should feel about this Thesen Isla...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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The Water Crisis: Start harvesting rainwater!  If you are not harvesting at least some of the rain that falls on your roof, you need to star...

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Don't Bring the Big City with You First posted 11 July, 2024 As more and more people move to the Garden Route and it grows to accommodat...
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Friday, November 14, 2025

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1933: Aerial Photograph -  T hesen & Co. Ltd., Knysna -  Saw Mills & Furniture Factory    Dated 1933, this is the oldest aerial phot...

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1977: Aerial Photo  with Points of Interest    Points of Interest  A:  The Boat Shed. Now hardly recognisable with the 2 new buildings globb...

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  1947: Aerial views of Thesen's Island. Taken at the same time but from slightly different angles.    The label on the above reads ...

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Modern aerial views of Thesen & Co operations on Thesen Island  More from the collection of Trevor Johnson, a longtime employee of These...

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Thesen & Co at Night and Sawdust burning.   The factory was very visible at night. This picture was taken from the Causeway, opposite th...
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Thesen & Co - Boat Building; Cape to Rio Yacht Race Winner During World War II, on behlf of the British Admiralty, ten motor gunboats (1...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

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  Factory Scenes  Looking North from the Admin Building. Partly hidden by Coral Trees, the Boat Shed can be seen on the left. The triangular...

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  Workers and Big Logs  Anyone know who they are? Anyone know who they are? Large yellow wood log being trimmed before being loaded into a v...

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Many people lived on Thesen Island when it owned by Thesen & Co. I started working in the Thesen Islands Sales Centre in December 1998, ...
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About Me

Ken Rutherford
I worked on the marketing and selling of the stands, both residential and commercial, on Thesen Islands as well as the Dry Mill from late 1998, when the selling began, through the middle of 2007. I initially started this blog to post the "Islander News" which was a sporadic newsletter to the very early buyers on Thesen Islands. The first buyers bought in late 1998 with the first spade being turned in the middle of 2000. The first stands were transferred in mid 2001. The "Islander News" was a way of keeping them up to date with what was happening. It has some of my early pictures of the redevelopment of Thesen Islands which I still find interesting and I thought would be of interest to others. However, now I see this blog as a platform for views and opinions on Thesen Islands, both my own and those of homeowners and any others who have an interest. I live on Thesen Islands.
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