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<\/a><\/p>\nThe area known as\u00a0 Sunninghill Ext 2 was originally developed by Anglo American Property Services and was subdivided into plots of approximately 1500m\u00b2 each.\u00a0 The largest were those in the south which abut the K60, parallel to the concrete freeway. None of the roads in the immediate vicinity were tarred at the time and a dirt track led to the Sunninghill (Spar) shopping centre (where Via Avellano now stands) \u00a0\u2013 which, of course, was much smaller then.\u00a0 The sea of open veldt that surrounded the show houses stretched northwards, continuing across the Jukskei right up to the Kyalami racetrack.\u00a0 Duikers and snakes abounded.\u00a0 In those days the Barbeque Ranch <\/em>down by the Jukskei was the main watering hole.\u00a0The hotel, built by Italian prisoners\u2019 of war, was owned by a colourful character named Tommy Ellis.\u00a0 Research reveals that Thomas Wallinger Lloyds Ellis, Johannesburg pioneer and owner of both the Barbeque Ranch<\/em> as well as the Orange Grove Hotel<\/em>, led four expeditions to Zimbabwe in search of Lobengula\u2019s lost millions in gold and diamonds.\u00a0 (See The Seven Lost Trails of Africa <\/em>\u2013 Being a Record of Sundry Expeditions, New and Old in Search of Buried Treasure<\/em> by Hedly A Chilvers, 1930).<\/p>\n In 1996 Sunninghill Ext 2 as it was known became Sunninghill Gardens.\u00a0 Click here to read the history of how we came about ….. these pages are from the special addition of “Focus on Sunninghill Gardens 1996 – 2006” our 10 year celebration newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n History 10 years 2006<\/a>\u00a0(Please wait for this page to load ….)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunninghill Gardens has been operational for a period of thirty years and is a good example of what can be achieved by a community rallying together\u00a0 to not only decrease the risk of crime but improve our area as a … Continue reading
\nThe first ten houses in the then Sunninghill Ext 2 were built in Choba Road as part of the Star<\/em> newspaper\u2019s homes exhibition in 1983 with prices\u00a0 ranging around R170 000.00.\u00a0 The vacant plots around, sold for approximately\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0R42 000.00.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n