End of Year Function

End of Year Function

Our Year End Function was held at Jessie Walton’s farm and nursery in Elgin on 7th December. Thank you Jessie for opening up your place for us! Full report will and photos will be in the Batis magazine, February 2025 edition.  ...
November 2024 – Chile & Patagonia

November 2024 – Chile & Patagonia

Rose Mills, a club member and past Committee member, enthralled us with her talk on a visit to Chile in September 2024. I am sure I am not the only one who felt like jumping on a plane there as soon as possible, despite it being a 30-hour trip (although apparently...
November 2024 Lourensford

November 2024 Lourensford

By Marinda Bruwer (words & pictures) Due to the winter rains and the damage to the roads we were not permitted to drive on our own, but Lourensford offered us a tractor and trailer with seating for 20 people.  On Saturday 16 November 2024 the 20 people with the...
October 2024 Grootvadersbosch NR

October 2024 Grootvadersbosch NR

Run by Cape Nature, the reserve describes itself on its website as one of the lesser known, which perhaps explained why I had never heard of it before. It is a place to go if you love peace and quiet and don’t mind (or actively enjoy) being out of signal for long...