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PRINGLE BAY HACK REPORT N0 124

- Chris Geldenhuys, Convenor After the initial rain, not more than 7mm in Pringle Bay, it was a wonderful crisp winter’s morning when the Pringle Bay the Hack Group gathered at Droster’s Centre on 28 May 2017. We still had an obligation to plot 728 and a well-motivated group moved to the intersection of Barbara and Bobby roads in Pringle Bay. The infestation this time was mainly Rooikrantz, but the coppicing slowed the progress. There is only one way to address a challenge like this - on your knees!   With great determination we managed…
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PRINGLE BAY: HACK REPORT N0 123

-Chris Geldenhuys, Convenor With the Pringle Bay Festival full on the go in Pringle Bay, the Hack Group gathered at Droster’s Gat on 30 April 2017. Despite the holiday and festive atmosphere, a well-motivated group moved to the intersection of Barbara and Bobby roads in Pringle Bay. The hack group started clearing plot 728. The infestation was mainly Rooikrantz and Port Jackson trees. What made this hack difficult was the amount of coppicing that was encountered. Each stump had to be dug out before it could be cut and poisoned. Our “explorer” came up with…
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FIRE IN THE FYNBOS – WHO LOOKS OUT FOR THE SNAKES?

-Rea Borcherds When driving towards Pringle Bay over the past few weeks, the consequences of the recent severe fire is plain and painful to see. What was once flowering fynbos up the hillsides of the Brodie Link, is now a sandy waste of scorched earth. While the fynbos itself recovers fairly rapidly after fire, and indeed benefits from fire - provided it is not too frequent - the creatures, large and small, that inhabited the fynbos do not recover as fast. Much attention has recently been drawn to the plight of baboons in the Western…
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PRINGLE BAY HACK REPORT N0 121

-Chris Geldenhuys With the memory of the recent fire disaster fresh in our minds, the Pringle Bay Hack Group gathered at Droster’s Gat on 26 February. Fully motivated and inspired, they moved to the entrance of Pringle Bay where they cleared the verges along Buffels Road up to the Ursula Road intersection. The infestation was mainly Flowering Gum and Rooikrans, which are a serious threat to the Fynbos. The hackers were faced with some senior Flowering Gum trees (see the before and after photos). This was not a mere Sunday hack, it was heavy work,…
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THE PRINGLE BAY WEDNESDAY HACK: 15 AND 22 FEBRUARY 2017

Over the two weeks in February, the Wednesday Hack committed to the fight against the ever present Australian Myrtle. It is growing in-between the R44 verge and the plot community towards the mountain. Most of the growth is already more than two metres high. The plot owner is of the opinion that it is the authorities’ responsibility and the authorities think it is the owner’s duty to fight these aliens. In the process nothing has been done and the aliens are now growing out of control. So the Wednesday Hack intervened! See the photos showing…
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PRINGLE BAY HACK REPORT NO 120

-Chris Geldenhuys, Convenor For the first hack of 2017 the Pringle Bay Hack Group gathered at Droster’s Gat on 29 January and moved to the entrance of Pringle Bay where they cleared the verges along  Hangklip Road from the R44 to the Buffels Road intersection and all along Buffels Road up to the George Road intersection. The infestation was mainly Rooikrantz, Myrtle and Flowering Gum trees, which are a serious threat to the fynbos. The hackers were faced with some senior Rooikrantz trees (see the photos below). As we are in summer time with the…
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PRINGLE BAY HACK

- Chris Geldenhuys, Convenor The next monthly hack will be on Sunday 29 January 2017. As usual we will meet on the pavement opposite Drosters Centre, in Central Avenue, Pringle Bay, at 08:00 whereafter we will proceed to the hack site. The hack ends at 11:00. Everyone who would like to help rid Pringle Bay of alien vegetation is welcome. Hacking tools are provided. Contact Chris at (028) 273 8588, or just turn up at the meeting point.
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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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PRINGLE BAY HACK REPORT NO 118

- Chris Geldenhuys, Convenor For the third time in a row the Pringle Bay Hack Group gathered in the Point area, again for the Rooikrantz and Australian Myrtle which were still a serious threat in that area. On 30 October 2016 we hacked the verges of Hangklip Road, Point Road, Albatross Road and Gull Road. Most of the Rooikrantz in the Point area has now been removed and the residents were requested to keep a hand on the matter. The following hackers performed the hack on 30 October: John Whitehead, Edward Silberbauer, Karen and Louw…
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PRINGLE BAY HACK REPORT NO 117

- Chris Geldenhuys, Convenor On a wonderful Spring morning, the Pringle Bay Hack Group gathered in the Point area, again for the Rooikrantz and Australian Myrtle which are still a serious threat in that area. We have hacked the verges of Hangklip Road between Bell Road South and North. Due to the extent of the invasive vegetation we will have to return again. The following hackers performed the hack on 25 September: John Whitehead, Edward Silberbauer, Sue Folb, Ilse Meyer, Tom Dreyer, Andy James, Anthony and Hillary Harris, Japie Krige, Frik Potgieter, Charles Hector, Andree…
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