1. Environmental Education.
A working partnership with the City of Cape Town and The Zandvlei Trust.
photograph by Sharon McCallum.Capricorn Library Holiday Hiking Club having lunch on top of the world in December 2011.
Capricorn Library holiday hiking club outing - new 21/12/2011.
Levana Primary School have also received transport sponsorship from Zandvlei Trust to enable them to get to the Zandvlei Nature Reserve EEC for after school lessons.
Thank you email from Levarna Primary School ( sponsored by ZVT). new 13/12/2011.
Thank you cards from Zerilda Primary School (sponsored by ZVT). updated 10/01/2012.
Capricorn Library boys and girls visit Muizenberg Mountain. (sponsored by ZVT and the City).
Steenberg Primary School (transport sponsored by ZVT).
photograph by Sharon McCallum. photograph by Sharon McCallum.Zerilda Primary School outing to to Zandvlei Nature Reserve and to St James beach with Zandvlei Trust sponsoring the transport and the service of Neville Williams.
See some of the fun they had on their visits.
Their aim is to educate and encourage local school children to become interested in the Zandvlei environment.
This is an important and rewarding project for anyone with experience working with children, and who would like to contribute in any way, may contact Sharon McCallum.We please need more volunteers.
Sharon McCallum 021 788 8592.
1a. See what they did at the Nature Circles outings.
1b. A Zandvlei catchment poster by Carol Howes Download, print and colour in.
2. ZIMP (Zandvlei Inventory and Monitoring Programme).
Arum Lily Frog.
At an Exectutive Committee Meeting, Timm Hoffman proposed the establishment of the Zandvlei Inventory and Monitoring Programme as a task team.
As you can see from the agenda there are numerous catagories needing input from local residents or interested people.You have chosen to live in this area, so please join in and contribute by participating.
3. Newsletter. updated 01/11/2011
October 2011
See extract articles from previous Newsletters.
See the latest Newsletter in colour and pdf format.
photograph by David MullerMuriel Darke, Peter Kruger and Sharon McCallum are the Editing Team.
The Editor oversees the general planning of the deadlines for each of the issues of the Newsletter. This comprises setting the themes, the sourcing and collection of the articles and pictures for the deadline. The Editor interfaces with the DTP, repo and printer. Sources the sponsorship, advertising and funding for the newsletter production as well.
The Exco reviews, proof reads and then sees to the distribution of the Newsletters, to all the members, advertisers, schools, libraries, businesses, municipal offices and other officials, also environmental bodies and interested parties.
4. Westlake Wetlands Walkway Garden.
A working partnership with the City of Cape Town, local business and Zandvlei Trust.
Una and helpers looking at the rainbow, in a rain shower on Arbour Day in 2007.
Peter Kruger 021 788 4578 Peter has taken over this project in 2011.
Read more about the garden. updated 07/01/2012.
5. BOSSIES - (Biodiversity On Suburban Sidewalks [for] Indigenous Ecosystem Sanctuaries).
A working partnership with the City of Cape Town and The Zandvlei Trust.
We urge all communities to adopt this concept and introduce it in your area.
photograph by Neil MajorInvasive plants being removed from the centre island of Prince George Drive.
Read about the 2010 - 2011 Prince George Drive project
Read about the 2010 Muizenberg project
Read about this exciting project
The Cape Flats Fynbos Nursery sales,
now at Rondevlei Nature Reserve - No 1 Fishermans Walk cor Perth Road, Grassy Park.Contact Neil on 076 473 7095 for all your Strandveld and Sand Plain Fynbos plant requirements.
6. Rehabilitation - exotic invasive vegetation clearing. updated 15/01/2012.
We need more
volunteers for this team, as some long standing and dedicated members
have had to move
on for various reasons.
A working partnership with the City of Cape Town and The Zandvlei Trust.
Sue and Milan starting on the manatoka trees where we left off in December 2011.
This group of regular volunteer members remove exotic invasive vegetation eg. Port Jackson, Rooikrans, Black Wattle, Longleaf Acacia, Manitoka, Brazilian Pepper seedlings, saplings and trees, from the Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve areas.
The dedicated few have done so for the past 25 years and more, every month on the 2nd Saturday afternoon.You are welcome to come and help, we only require 2 hours of your time and effort, once a month.
Gavin Lawson 021 705 5224
7. Westlake Wetlands (Rutter Road).
A working partnership with the City of Cape Town and The Zandvlei Trust.
photograph by John FowkesThe reused and recycled plastic bottles made into a boom to hold back the hyacinth out of the main water bodies.
John Fowkes 021 788 2902
They review, research and report on the conditions and problems encountered with the Wetlands.
This volunteer group of residents, monitor and liase with the local authority on the condition of the Rutter Road Pond. They clear exotic plants and repair and maintain the booms / traps across the open water bodies at the confluence of the Keysers and Westlake Rivers before entering the main Zandvlei water body.
Bowen Boshier and Sally Petersen planting on corner of Axminster and Royal Road Muizenberg at the estuary mouth on 23/03/2007.
8. EIA's (Environmental Impact Assessments) and other Development Forums.
Gavin Lawson, Bowen Boshier.
They monitor and assess developments, attend meetings and review and write reports.
Development and Environmental Forums
Sharon McCallum, Gavin Lawson.
They attend numerous meetings and report back to the Exco some of which are;
Sand River Catchment Forum, Zandvlei Action Committee, False Bay Ecology Park Steering Committee, Western Cape Wetland Forum and others.
We need more volunteers the workload is ever increasing.
9. Paper and Glass Recycling.
The official opening ceronomy in 2001, with the Rotary Claremont representatives,
Geoff Bailey and his youngest son, Una Hartley, Clifford Dorse and Gavin Lawson.Una Hartley 021 788 5854
Manages the Zandvlei Trust paper and glass recycling igloos on the Main Road, Lakeside (opposite the Lakeside Shopping Centre). The income derived from these "igloos" helps pay for this website hosting and the garden on the opposite side of Main Road which is part of the Zandvlei Nature Reserve.
Another excellent recycling activity which all can participate in. All goods are given free to whom ever. Stop filling the refuse dumps with unnecessary items which can be recycled.
Please support the recycling industry.
10. Membership Database.
Ken Williams.
The database has grown since it was started in 2001. It is a very important activity to make sure our members and interested parties receive our Newsletters and other correspondence. It is our way to network and communicate with City officals and other environmental groups and NGO's. It is a dedicated task that requires attention to detail, communication with the Exco and regular cross checking and updating.
11. Auditor. If you have any requirement for the services below, contact;
Ian MacKay he is a Chartered Account and offers the following services;
- Auditing
- Client accounting
- Income tax returns
- Personal financial and tax planning
- Monthly bookkeeping
- Valuations
- Due diligence reviews
- Business plans
- Capital gains tax
Ian MacKay and Associates,
P.O.Box 31396,
Tokai, 7966
tel 021 674 7159
fax 021 671 7575
email ianm@icmackay.co.za
12. Web Page.
Gavin Lawson.
He researches, writes articles, photographs, compiles articles and publishes the web page. The web page was started in May 2001.
To contribute, comment or with any suggestions on the web page,
contact Gavin Lawson.Please contribute to our web site with your articles and photographs.
