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      The Silent Architect of the Garden Route: Remembering Adam de Smidt

      Posted on March 27, 2026 by ericswanepoel

      In the sprawling history of the Garden Route, one name echoes louder than any other. Bain. Thomas Bain, “The Man with the Theodolite Eye,” is rightly celebrated as the genius who carved roads into mountains that many deemed impassable. […]

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