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26 Sep
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Van Bloemestein Park – LATEST ACTION UP DATE!!
VB ACTION UP DATE (3) 26 September 2011 ‘This is the first time I’ve been able to walk from Otters Creek to Peninsular Road in years’ exclaimed one happy resident, as she set off along ‘Vlei Walk’ from ‘Victoria Junction’, via ‘Fisherman’s Rest’! Today we’ve opened the path from ‘Fisherman’s Rest’ to ‘Vlei View’ and […]
09 Sep
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Life as a frog….
Imagine you’re a frog trying to cross Peninsula road…. Play the game below and see how you do. Chance are you’ll end up at the RoadKill cafe! Please don’t speed on Peninsula – and please tell your friends!
09 Sep
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YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU!
Due to the False Bay Ecology Park funding crises, volunteers are urgently needed to join the team to protect and uplift Van Blomenstein Park. Please note, this will not detract from the current work some community members and FOZR are doing to get the city to make budget available, it shows our willingness to support […]
08 Sep
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Residents Meet with City about Nature Reserve Funding Shortfall – by Laurianne
Representatives of the Zeekoevlei Civic Association, the Friends of Rondevlei and Zeekoevlei and Bottom Road Sanctuary met with Nature Conservation and City officials yesterday, 7 September 2011. Our local councillor, Shaun August, was instrumental in setting up the meeting. As this was our first meeting with our new councillor, we took the opportunity to find […]
05 Sep
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Smiling new addition
In August 2007 the Skills Development Programme was launched at False Bay Ecology Park. Its aim was to take members from the local community and teach them the necessary skills that would make them more employable after their two year period. Over the last four years it has produced a number of promising candidates, one […]
31 Aug
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Frog and toad activity last night
With the much welcome rain last night, toads and frogs were out in their numbers in Zeekoevlei. Arum lily frogs, clicking stream frogs, platannas, sand toad/frogs (not sure which) and of course western leopard toads were on the roads – and some got across safely while others didn’t. There were lots of wlt toadlets making […]
29 Aug
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Hyacinth Project at Strandfontein Birding Area
People who I take to visit Strandfontein always have the same reaction when I show them the ‘Hyacinth Pans’: wide eyes with the question, ‘How are you going to clear it?’ to which I answer ‘ there are plans, but no money or people to execute it.’ I did, however, have one exception to this, […]
23 Aug
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Local Hero
Excerpts from a Press Release WESSA 85th Anniversary Celebration honours Environmental Champions in the Western Cape Cape Town, 19 August 2011 Thirteen outstanding individuals and groups were formally acknowledged by WESSA for their contribution to the South African environmental conservation and environmental education sector at a special ceremony, which took place on Thursday 18 August […]
08 Aug
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The Toads are on the move
Hello Just to let you know that there was some western leopard toad activity in Zeekoevlei on Thursday night (4 Aug) – there weren’t too many toads on the move, but we managed to help a few safely across the road. Unfortunately there were some casualties. There doesn’t appear to have been any activity on […]
08 Aug
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