VISIT TO BRAS D’EAU ,BELLEMARE,SSR MEMORIAL

KEWAL NAGAR.

GUEST INVITEE MRS PARSURAMEN.

PARTICIPANTS ,AROUND 120 U3A MEMBERS.

2 BUS , COLLECTION POINT BAHAI CENTRE.

DEPARTING TIME 0900HRS…RETURN 1700 HRS.

DRESS LIGHT…REFRESHMENTS….OWN ARRANGEMENTS.

ROUTE..PHOENIX,QMILITAIRE,ST JULIEN,POSTE DE FLACQ,POSTE LAFAYETTE ,BELLEMARE,BELAIR,BELLERIVE AND BACK.

After the district of Grand Port ,Flacq is the district that has more link with the Dutch colonization.

The dutch name of Flacq is ‘vlakt’ which means plate . This due to the topography of the area.

Belle mare received its name from the Captain Jean Francois of Belle Mare who was camping with his troops in the area on 1762.

Bras d’eau covers an area of 497.2 Hectares.

It is an important site which comprises wetlands, forests, jogging tracks, old sugar mills , old railway track , picnic spots ,and the puit francais.

It equally houses Mare Sarcelle , a natural waterbody.

Consists of important and thriving population of mangroves ,orchids , native plant species and migratory birds.

POSTE LA FAYETTE BEACH IS FEW METRES FROM BRAS D’EAU , THE SEA IS ROUGH AND BATHING IS DANGEROUS.

IT IS HOWEVER A BEAUTIFUL PIC NIC SPOT.

U3A MEMBERS VISITED THE MEMORIAL OF THE SMF SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE SEA WHILE EXERCISING ON 9TH JULY 1964.

BELLEMARE IS A BEAUTIFUL BEACH SITUATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND…IT IS A REPUTED PICNIC SPOT AND ONE CAN ENJOY A GOOD BATH.

IT EQUALLY DEPICTS OUR HISTORIC PAST WITH ,MEMORIALS ,RUINS ,LIMEKILN ,RUINS OF PRISONS,RUINS OF SUGAR FACTORIES.

IT HOUSES MEMORIAL OF THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE CRASH OF THE SAA HELDERBERT ON 28.11.87.

ON OUR WAY BACK THROUGH BELAIR WE VISITED THE SSR MEMORIAL AT KEWAL NAGAR.

SSR CONSIDERED AS FATHER OF THE NATION.

BORN 18SEPT1900 AT KEWAL NAGAR.

DIED 15TH DEC 1985 AS GOV GEN 1983 -1985.

PM OF MAURITIUS 1968 -1982.

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