The name Makadas is said by some to originate from "Make a dash", but according to the "WAT" (Woordeboek van Afrikaanse Taal) the name was often used in the middle of the last century when referring to certain slow moving branch line trains, especially those trains which operated on the Hutchinson - Calvinia and Touws River - Ladismith branch lines.According to another story, as dust was strange to the English, one said: "Look at the train. It's making dust." The Afrikaans people knew little to no English and as they told the story over, they said the English call the train Makadas and so the train got its nickname Makadas (Make a Dust).
1905 Hutchinson became a junction when a branch line to Victoria West and Carnarvon was opened. The line was extended to Williston in 1915 and in 1918 to Calvinia. It was closed in 2001, but passenger trains on the main line still stop at Hutchinson to serve Victoria West.
The cache is a medium cylinder and if it rained, please take waterboots.
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