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Great Southern Bioblitz et al
EVENTS offered by Hermanus Botanical Society Preferably, participants at the events to have iNaturalist loaded on their cell phones and/or to be taking photographs for the Great Southern Bioblitz 2022 for loading to iNat for 14 days after the Bioblitz
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CREW at Work
Posted by Sandy Jenkin; Four members of the Hermanus Botanical Society joined CREW’s (Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers) annual workshop last weekend at Grootbos. We were divided into three groups visiting Farm 215, Hagelkraal and Heidehof. It was a … Continue reading
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A Walk on the Contour Path
Originally posted on roncorylus:
This morning Renee and I walked the Contour Path from Fernkloof to Northcliff as Anne had told us about the beautiful Gladioli that were in flower there when she walked with the BotSoc last week. She…
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Back on the Mountain
Originally posted on roncorylus:
Having been away for a while, it was good to get back and be able to do some walking. We kicked off with a 12,5 km hike westwards along the contour path and then back along…
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Papkuilsfontein and the Surrounding Area
Originally posted on roncorylus:
From Wuppertal we continued to the Biedouw Valley. It was beautiful, but nothing like what it was when we visited a year ago. We were quite glad to leave and head north via the Botterkloof pass,…
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Hermanus to Wuppertal
Originally posted on roncorylus:
We left Hermanus on Wednesday and drove via Ceres up to our first stop, Mount Ceder.? It was a beautiful drive with many remnants of the recent snow falls on the surrounding mountains. The rock formations…
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The Postberg Trail
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The Postberg Trail lies within the West Coast National Park and it is only open for two months of the year; the two months that coincide with the flowering period for the local Spring flowers. We…
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Dot’s Dash and the Erica pillansii
Originally posted on roncorylus:
Our walk in the Kogelberg this morning via Dot’s Dash was pure pleasure. The weather was perfect and, as anticipated, the endemic, scarlet, Erica pillansii was in full bloom. Not since the devastating fire of 2011…
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Chameleon Rescue Project
Mary Ann Verster supplied the following article, with photographs by Marion Zeegers; The Whale Coast Conservation Chameleon project went into high gear in advance of the scheduled, controlled burn of a section of the wetland in the Golf Estate, to … Continue reading
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