Thesen Islander News

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Thesen & Co at Night and Sawdust burning.   The factory was very visible at night. This picture was taken from the Causeway, opposite th...

Thesen & Co - Boat Building; Cape to Rio Yacht Race Winner During World War II, on behlf of the British Admiralty, ten motor gunboats (1...

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

  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...

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

  The Gantry  Before the installation of 2 yellow cranes on the gantry, the logs were sorted after they were dropped into the saltwater pond...

History Matters. Facts Matter. History Matters. Facts Matter. Responding to a recent call for a meeting—and...

  At the upcoming AGM,  members will be asked to vote on the  Board of Trustees' recommendation that a Padel court be built in the Parkl...