MAY 2025
WEDNESDAY – 07 MAY 2025 (09:00)
Midweek Outing: Bellevue Wine Estate, Bottelary Road, Koelenhof.
Contact: Kevin Drummond-Hay (074 587 3792)
From Durbanville, travel along Brackenfell Boulevard and turn LEFT into Bottelary Road (M23). Travel
for approx. 12km -past the Botfontein (Kraaifontein) intersection, and Bellevue is on your Left hand
side. (Note -If travelling along the N1, take the R300 intersection, and first LEFT offramp onto
Bottelary Road. (Follow route as above). Wear good hiking shoes.
Note: No picnics, so bring your bank cards for coffee, breakfast, beer or ice cream.
THURSDAY - 15 MAY 2025 (19:30) – Note: Thursday evening Meeting!!!
Monthly Meeting – Tygerberg Nature Reserve
Speaker: TBC Ringing Unit
Topic: “A celebration of 34 years of Bird Ringing”
A collection of old and new pictures will be shown, to illustrate the wonderful citizen science work
being done by the TBC Bird Ringing Unit. Wonderful retraps (birds) have landed back in the nets,
suprising many – as how far birds travel, and how long they can live. Come and support the
dedicated group, who ring birds on many sites around Durbanville, Welgemoed and further afield.
SATURDAY – 17 MAY 2025 (08:30)
Outing: Taal Monument to Paarl Mountain Nature Reserve
Contact: Keith Roxburgh (082 901 2611)
Taking the N1 to Paarl, take the R45 off-ramp from the N1 onto Main Road (Paarl). Follow the Brown
signs. Turn into Flambeau Street (Courtrai) and follow the signs.
**Taal Monument – 33 45’ 58.64” S and 18 56’35.36’E. We meet along the road, below the
Monument. Wear good walking shoes, as the trails in the Nature Reserve can be slippery. Remember
to pack your coffee and picnic goodies. If possible use high clearance cars and share lifts.
Dates to Diarise:
11 June 2025 – Midweek Outing
19 June 2025 – Monthly Meeting – Corne Rautenbach – Eastern Zimbabwe.
21 June 2025 – Saturday Outing