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The Wednesday Hack

Work continued on the slopes of the Klein Hangklip Mountains between Pringle Bay and Rooi Els. Waterbessies were cut on Bass Road in Betty’s Bay and Rooikrans on Hangklip Road, Pringle Bay. During the month, 70 man-hack days were thrown at the enemy. Hackers were: Tom Dreyer, Frik Potgieter, Bernard and Natalie van Wulven, Ulli Niemann, Tim Attwell, Claude Moine, Selwyn Botha, Louw Toerien, Chris Geldenhuys, Mike Robinson, Willem Stiglingh, Chris Cadman, Nils Rottcher, Giel Maree, Ed Silberbauer, Sandy Middleton, Jack Wixley, Bernie Becker, Sue Fielding, Barbara Silcock, and Mike and Karin Burns.   Frik…
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Future Events

TALKS PLANNED FOR 2018: 17 FEBRUARY 2018: Joselyn Mormille will present on ‘An interdisciplinary study on the human-baboon interface in Rooiels’. Join us at Nivenia Hall, Harold Porter Botanical Gardens in Betty’s Bay on 17 February 2018. 17 MARCH 2018 Otto Schmidt of the Cape Bird Club will be presenting, ‘Namibia – Prime birding in magnificent and varied landscapes’. We will be travelling through widely varying & visually stunning habitats, from the arid Namib Desert to the lush waterways of the Caprivi Strip, looking for the rare & colourful birds that make Namibia, our immediate…
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The Wednesday Hack

Although the weather also interfered this month, some work was done on the pine infestation on the slopes between Pringle Bay and Rooiels. A bad Australian Myrtle patch on the western side lies waiting. An easy maintenance hack was held at Kapensis (formerly Three Flavours), the hack was complete at tea and then moved on to Ed’s Valley Frik Potgieter Convenor
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FUTURE EVENTS

TALKS PLANNED FOR 2017 Saturday 19th August. Peter Slingsby, once the publisher of our newsletter and author of several books, will speak on Ants, the subject of his most recent publication. In the Nivenia Hall, HPBG at 18:00 Saturday 16th September. David Davidson will again fascinate us with his account of the 2017 Chelsea Flower Show where the S.A. Stand again won gold and also the Royal Horticultural Society's award. In the Nivenia Hall at 18:00 Looking ahead: In November Dr Roger Parsons will talk on the water crisis facing Cape Town.  Roger, from Pringle…
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