Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Come join us at Marloth Park Winter Fair
7 July 09h00 - 14h00
Henk van Rooyen Park
For a morning of fun and entertainment with the added bonus of picking up some bargains from the many stall holders who will be in attendance. Diaries now as you may just go home with a little extra!!
Enquiries for stall holders are still welcome and enquiries can be directed to Mike Norton on 082 555 7165.
Bird Walks in Marloth Park
These take place every Saturday morning at 07:00, meeting at Henk van Rooyen Park. The Crocodile River is slowly recovering from the recent floods, during which much damage was done to the riverine vegetation and mud banks. This, combined with the fact that the migrants are on their way North, has brought our average count for a 2 hour walk to around 50 species. Four new species have recently been added to the Marloth bird list, bringing our total number of species to 356. These are Grey-headed Kingfisher, Broad-billed Roller, Booted Eagle and Red-billed Teal.Bird lists are available at R30 each and all enquiries can be directed to Tony Newey at 0839981156.
Happy Birding!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Marloth Park and Beyond: Road trip to Marloth Park
Marloth Park and Beyond: Road trip to Marloth Park
We left Malmesbury at about 15h00 on Monday afternoon. We experieced the homebound Easter traffic in it's worst form for the first two and a half hours,...... fortunately hardly anybody travelling the same direction as us.
We spent the first night at the Far Hills Country Hotel just north of George. Very reasonable and certainly much more than what the average traveler would be happy with.
Fuel consumption for the first day were surprisingly good. Yesterday took us through an all day gruelling trip all the way up to Port Shepstone. The unfortunate thing is that the part of the road that are the most beutifull scenery were in a fair amount of chaos due to some much needed road works. Traffic was hectic and fuel consumption even worse. It is never a good idea to travel through the Transkei just to get through it. We aim to cut the planned 'road trip' short and hope to arrive at Khaya Umdani by late afternoon today.
We left Malmesbury at about 15h00 on Monday afternoon. We experieced the homebound Easter traffic in it's worst form for the first two and a half hours,...... fortunately hardly anybody travelling the same direction as us.
We spent the first night at the Far Hills Country Hotel just north of George. Very reasonable and certainly much more than what the average traveler would be happy with.
Fuel consumption for the first day were surprisingly good. Yesterday took us through an all day gruelling trip all the way up to Port Shepstone. The unfortunate thing is that the part of the road that are the most beutifull scenery were in a fair amount of chaos due to some much needed road works. Traffic was hectic and fuel consumption even worse. It is never a good idea to travel through the Transkei just to get through it. We aim to cut the planned 'road trip' short and hope to arrive at Khaya Umdani by late afternoon today.
Road trip to Marloth Park
Danie and me are planning a road trip to Marloth Park. We are planning on leaving this coming Tuesday. We will try to make daily posts to the blog so that you guys can follow our whereabouts.
Really looking forward to it. Have not visit Marloth this year and really misses the bush and all the animals.
Watch this space!
Really looking forward to it. Have not visit Marloth this year and really misses the bush and all the animals.
Watch this space!
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