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07-26-2011, 08:53 AM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa
Oddometer: 506
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Bike and "Windpomp"
Definition of Windpomp (Afrikaans)
A structure somewhat like a windmill for pumping water, either for drainage or for irrigation 
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07-26-2011, 08:58 AM
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Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2010
Location: Cape Town
Oddometer: 54
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 Watching this with interest. |
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07-26-2011, 12:32 PM
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commutercycle
Joined: Feb 2006
Location: Seattle, or out riding the world
Oddometer: 1,797
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How about these?
power generator windmills!  
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07-26-2011, 09:53 PM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa
Oddometer: 506
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Here are the two together, I don't mind wind generators, but would like to see the irrigation type all over the world
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08-09-2011, 03:56 AM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa
Oddometer: 506
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 Are there no other places out there with a "windpomp"? |
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08-09-2011, 03:36 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jun 2008
Location: Laurel, MD
Oddometer: 136
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More:
 
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08-09-2011, 03:49 PM
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Let's go there!
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Oddometer: 56
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Windpomp in Australia
Mate, challenge accepted, I will take some Tenere and windpomp photos over the weekend on the outskirts of Sydney
Cheers vir nou eers, TT
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08-09-2011, 04:33 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: Soonerland, USA
Oddometer: 147
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My front yard. The windmill originally belonged to my wife's grandparents. We moved it here when their old house was torn down.
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08-10-2011, 03:13 AM
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Let's go there!
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Oddometer: 56
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Quote:
Cheers, TT
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08-10-2011, 06:27 PM
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Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2011
Oddometer: 21
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08-28-2011, 12:48 PM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa
Oddometer: 506
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09-03-2011, 12:08 AM
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Let's go there!
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Oddometer: 56
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Found one at last!
I have been looking over a couple of weekends and found a windpomp about 100km outside of Sydney. I guess they are becoming scarce
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11-04-2011, 03:14 PM
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Cosmopolitan Adv
Joined: Nov 2010
Location: In a tent on a mountain
Oddometer: 1,954
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my little contribution
 
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11-28-2011, 07:15 PM
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KLUANE
Joined: Aug 2010
Location: New Hampshire
Oddometer: 407
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Dracut, MA
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12-02-2011, 06:54 AM
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We love the king.
Joined: Sep 2011
Location: Hatyai,Thailand
Oddometer: 51
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Songkhla ; Thailand
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