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WALKS PLANNED FOR 2017

Botsoc Walk 21 January 2017 The route for the January walk is still to be determined. Meanwhile, save the date. As always, we will meet at the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens parking area at 09h00 on Saturday, 21 January 2017. Enquiries: Tim Attwell 082 343 2501 Barbara Jenman 082 338 4109 Rea Borcherds 072 238 8144
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TALKS PLANNED FOR 2016 (and 2017!)

Saturday 10 December AT 10 AM: Margot and George Branch on “Creatures in the fynbos”. Children welcome! Please note the time (in the morning, and not the usual evening meeting). Nivenia Hall, HPBG. Saturday 21 January: Cuan McGeorge, Senior Field Ranger, Stony Point Seabird Breeding Colony, Cape Nature, on “Adaptability of endangered species – The birth of Stony Point Seabird Colony”. At 18h00 – Nivenia Hall, HPBG. Saturday 18 February: Brian Huntley on his time on Marion island as a young man. At 18h00 – Nivenia Hall, HPBG. Note: Botsoc Walks and Talks are always…
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PRINGLE BAY HACK REPORT NO 119

- Chris Geldenhuys, Convenor On a scorcher of a late Spring morning on 27 November 2016 the Pringle Bay Hack Group gathered at Droster’s Gat and moved to Clarens Road, where they cleared plots 513 and 514 from some serious Rooikrantz. These two plots, besides the Rooikrantz threat to the Fynbos, posed a serious security threat to the neighbours and also a very big fire threat to the surrounding buildings. Due to the ever increasing temperature we started at 08h00 and by 11h00 a vast area, more than 80% of these plots, was cleared. Jolly…
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THE BATTLE OF BETTY’S BAY: HACK REPORT 643

- Frik Potgieter, Convenor We had ideal weather for hacking and the troops responded by clearing a long stretch of Porter Drive verges. Barry Manicom summed it up beautifully when he remarked that this hacking is like creating a garden! This surely is what it is all about. Betsey Joubert provided the sandwiches and Merran Silberbauer the tea. Thank you ladies! Also thank you to Penguin Place for donating the bread for aforesaid sandwiches. Those gathered for tea were: Ulli Niemann, John Whitehead, Frik Potgieter, Carole Roberts, Jan and Betsey Joubert, Shen Liknaitsky who always…
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