by Marion | Apr 27, 2025 | Monthly Outings, Past Events
What a beautiful Easter Saturday morning it was for a hike in fynbos-covered Hottentot Hollands reserve. Starting from Steenbras Dam parking, 32 of us took the hike which I heard from others was either 5k, 7k or 13 storeys high. As my watch simply tells the time, I...
by Marion | Mar 16, 2025 | Monthly Outings, Past Events
On March 15th our outing took us to Strandfontein and Zandvlei, near Muizenberg. The first stop was False Bay Nature Reserve which includes the Strandfontein water / sewage works. It doesn’t sound glamourous but it’s a large area containing multiple ponds...
by Marion | Jan 21, 2025 | Monthly Outings, Past Events
On February 15 2025 we visited Delheim Estate where there was no shortage of sightings including swallows and swifts, Harrier hawk, African olive pigeon and Southern Bobou. Look out for more photos in the next edition of the Batis. Thanks Dudley for this beautiful...
by Marion | Dec 7, 2024 | Monthly Outings, Past Events
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. ...
by Marion | Nov 17, 2024 | Monthly Outings
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...
by Marion | Oct 17, 2024 | Monthly Outings
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...
