As the monthly meeting is our only opportunity to get work out of people who cannot make it to our Wednesdays we decided to change the walk up Ladyslipper to rather get some order into the nursery, have early tea and then go and explore part of the forest on the western side of the […]
Well, the reserve was deserted today, no staff in sight. Could payday have something to do with it? The alternative management team (read FOVS) went into full swing anyway and the alien removal team got busy in the vicinity of the Bridge Lookout site and hacked patches of Australian Myrtle and also Hakea while the
As I was not completely satisfied with the first log bench I made for the braai area I had a go at making another one and I must say I am happier with this one. Apparently Goodman was too as he gave it the thumbs up. We ended up having an impromptu meeting about various
After speculating about the various spoor shown in the previous post Rob caught a mug shot of a water mongoose on the camera so now we have proof of the source of at least some of the tracks. Well done! Today the Van Stadens Forum meeting was held at the Reserve. This is always a
2015.05.05 Our monthly meeting and a good opportunity to do something about the overgrown entrance circle and also to finish off the edging of the west bank. We had our usual small group of volunteers when there is work to be done. The advantage of this is that they don’t need much in way of
One of those days when it was hard to get motived to spend the day helping out at Van Stadens especially when talking to Goodman it was quite clear that his mind was elsewhere and if we want the massive clearing up of the blue gums to be done it is up to ourselves. As
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Lots to do today so we wasted no time to go and chat in the office and headed straight down to the arboretum to install the modified steps into the bird hide. This should make it a little more user friendly for the not so agile bird watchers. Surprise to say the least that the
2014.04.16 The first really cold day of the season with a biting wind. Good thing though that it put a stop to the horse flies and that one needs to keep working to stay warm. The aim was to clear the track behind the toilet on the main picnic site of blue gum branches and,
Sunday was the morning for the trail run. Sheena had come out and marked the route and about thirty runners got their instructions and did either the 9km or the 5km loop. We had given strict instruction to include part of the Nymph trail past the Lilly Pond to get more feet on that trail
It so happened that this weekend we had both the Fovs monthly meeting and the Free Spirit trail training run so we took the opportunity to get some feet on the new trail and get some feedback on it. Saturday we started the walk from the office and took the southern section towards the Forest
