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KLEIN WALVIS WEER TERUG IN DIE SEE
Woensdag, 27 Junie 2018 – ’n Pygmy Sperm-walvis het vanmiddag (Woensdag 27 Junie) op die strand tussen Lappiesbaai en Preekstoel uitgespoel.
Volgens Jean du Plessis van CapeNature, kon hulle nie sien of sê wat die rede is nie, maar dit lyk of daar merke aan die walvise se lyf is.
Lede van die NSRI Stasie 31 en Du Plessis het met die reddingspoging gehelp om die walvis terug in die see te kry.
“Ons sal die kus môre dophou vir ingeval hy weer êrens uitgespoel het. Dit gebeur soms, maar hier op Stilbaai is dit maar die tweede een die afgelope 10 jaar.”
Berig: Suid-Kaap Forum
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SAFE LANDING – in the river!
Tuesday (12 June) – The Stilbaai community is relieved that Corné Schabbort and his daughter, Marianne, were uninjured after he was forced to make an emergency landing with his Mohawk aircraft in the Goukou River when the engine failed after take-off from the airstrip.
The aircraft was retrieved with the help and assistance from the NSRI, iALA and Groenewald Construction.
Although drone ‘pilots’ have to make sure they know the legislation regarding the flying of drones, it is quite nice to experience the happenings of the afternoon via this video by Sam Barton.
FAMILY BREAKFAST
Visitors will notice that animals like buck, tortoises, snakes and other ‘wild’ (non-tame) animals are regularly spotted in town. Nature Conservation or the local snake catcher are on speed dial to remove an ‘unwelcome’ visitor from a house to relocate it while bokkies graze or cross the streets in broad daylight.
Neil Marwick took this beautiful photo of his bush buck visitors recently and commented: “Granny, aunt, granddaughter and mother sharing breakfast of apple, carrot and vegetable trimmings.”
So, if you are driving, please be on the lookout for these ‘locals’ as well as tortoises as Stilbaai loves having them here!
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UNDER THE SEA…
It is so nice to see a post by the South African adventurer and explorer, De Bruyn Joubert, who visited Stilbaai during April. He is currently busy with a five-year adventure across all seven continents and has visited Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.
It looked like him and his wife loved Stilbaai and they were amazed by the sea life.
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NEW VISITORS TO STILBAAI!
Stilbaai’s local gin distillery, Inverroche Distillery, posted this video on Tuesday (27 March) on their Facebook page:
“Some new visitors to Still Bay, South Africa 
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Shucks, we do love our home...
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#southafrica #visitus #stilbaai #stillbay #travel #tourism #indianocean#environment #ecotourism #heritage
We agree 100% and would like to welcome all the Easter holiday makers to Stilbaai, Jongensfontein and the area.
Enjoy your time in our beautiful town and visit the EVENTS section to see what is happening.
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Watch out for THIS hasty tortoise!
Seeing tortoises in the Stilbaai area, is a common sight and one has always to be on the look-out for them crossing a road.
This little one was seen at the Kasselshoop cheese factory about 17km outside Stilbaai on a hot day and it was literally running as the earth was quite hot under its feet.
There are 13 tortoise species in South Africa and eight of these are found in the Western Cape alone! Two of the rarest tortoises can be found only in our area, namely the ‘Padloper‘ (it grows no bigger than 10cm and weighs about 100g) and the ‘Rooipens‘ or ‘Ploegskaar‘.
The world’s smallest tortoise, the ‘Suidelike Klipskilpad‘ (loosely translated as southern rock tortoise) as well as Africa’s second biggest land tortoise (the Leopard Tortoise) that can weigh up to 20kg and can become older than 70 years, can be found in the Western Cape. The Western Cape is also the only place in the world where you will find the world’s rarest tortoise, the ‘suurpootjie‘. This tortoise can be recognised by its yellow stars on the black shell and is endangered as its habitat, alluvial fynbos soil, is being destroyed. (Article on www.mystilbaai.co.za)
World Turtle Day is being celebrated on 23 May.
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VERSTEENDE KAMEELPERDSPORE BY STILBAAI GEVIND
SUID-KAAP FORUM – 15 Februarie 2018: Die Suid-Kaap het onlangs weer argeologiese geskiedenis gemaak nadat daar amptelik bekend gemaak is dat van die versteende spore wat oos van die geelkranse by Stilbaai ontdek is, inderdaad kameelperdspore is.
Daar was ook verskeie ander vondste en spore. Die bevindings van die kameelperdspore is ongeveer twee weke gelede in die South African Journal of Science gepubliseer.
Die Stilbaai-navorser, Jan de Vynck (MSc: PhD ingedien) wat verbonde is aan die Nelson Mandela Universiteit (NMU) en die Universiteit van Johannesburg (UJ) en wie deel uitgemaak het van die span wat verskeie besoeke aan dié gebied gebring het, het die belangrikheid van dié ontdekking met Suid-Kaap Forum gedeel.
Hy was ook die medeskrywer van die gepubliseerde artikel en het dit saam met dr. Charles Helm opgestel.
Kameelperde het spesifieke voedselbehoeftes en hul habitat is grasvelde (savanna), wat beteken dat hulle nie sou oorleef as die gebied nie vir hulle geskik was nie.
Histories is bewyse van kameelperde nog net tot op die 29ste breedtegraad gevind by die Oranjerivier en eenmalig in die noordelike Namakwaland (30ste breedtegraad), met Stilbaai wat by die 34ste breedtegraad geleë is.
Die seevlak was gereeld baie laer as vandag as gevolg van ystydperke en die toename van ys op die pole.
Die see was dan baie ver weg – meer as 100 km – en het ‘n bewoonbare landskap ontbloot, die Agulhas-bank.
Die spore dateer uit die tweedelaaste ystydperk (195 000 tot 123 000 jaar gelede) en is dus ‘n duidelike bewys dat hierdie hedendaags ondersese landskap toe ‘n savanna landskap was.
Die onlangse ontdekking volg op vorige argeologiese vondste in die omgewing, wat insluit die Stilbaai Punt wat in die 1930’s deur CHTD Heese, die oupa van die voorsitter van die Hessequa Vereniging vir Argeologie, dr. Chris Heese, gemaak is.
Dit was een van die ontdekkings wat die belangrikheid van dié omgewing beklemtoon het vir die ontstaan van moderne mense.
Daarna het prof. Chris Henshilwood die okerklip met die merke op en later die krale by die Blombos-grot wes van Stilbaai ontdek.
Die simboliese artefakte dui op die kognitiewe vorming van ons spesie en hierdie vondste dateer uit die Middel-Steentydperk vanaf 77 000 jaar gelede en ouer.
Dit het weereens bevestig dat die Suid-Kaap argeologies spesiaal is.
Die volledige kameelperdspore publikasie is beskikbaar by www.sajs.co.za
Op 9 Maart om 19:00 word ‘n praatjie deur drs. Curtis Marean en Naomi Cleghorn by die Jagersbosch Waenhuissaal aangebied, wat sal handel oor die nuutste wêreldroerende projekte.
Lees dié artikel in die Suid-Kaap Forum HIER
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ENJOYING THE WATERSPORT IN STILBAAI
With the Goukou River running into the Indian Ocean, beaches and patches of rocky shores, Stilbaai is extremely popular for the variety of water activities – from surfing, stand-up paddling (SUP), kite-surfing, surf-skiing and windsurfing to swimming, snorkeling, skiing, kayaking, rowing, boating etc.
Surf-ski and kayak paddlers who are planning to be at sea, are prompted to first phone 072 149 2772 before doing so. There are information boards on the benches and kite surfers / kite boarders are requested to adhere to these for the safety of all.
Keep the number of the Stilbaai NSRI handy or make sure that your friends or family has the number: 082 990 5978.
Photo: Louis Hiemstra Photography (www.louishiemstra.co.za) – taken in Stilbaai
GO VISIT JONGENSFONTEIN!
Have you seen this nice piece of art in Jongensfontein?
Yes, it is the wall of a house close to the beach!
Go visit Jongensfontein and see what else is there to see and do:
– Do the Eden 4×4 Sand Route
– Play golf on a farm (at Eden Gholf Park)
– Do hiking trails
– Swim in the tidal pool
– Swim in the sea
– Surf – and various other water activities
– Fish
– Eat ice-cream – or eat at Drie Pikkewyne Restaurant
– Take long walks on the beach or follow the paths or walk in the streets
– Do sundowners – AND watch the sun come up!
– Tan in the sun
– Braai at the tidal pool
– Visit the Fonteinhuisie museum
‘NURDLES’ – AN UGLY PROBLEM ON OUR BEACHES!
‘Nurdles’ are small plastic balls used to produce plastic ware and 40 tonnes of these small round ‘balls’ were spilled from a container in the Durban harbour and have now also reached our beaches!
Marine animals see it as food and die an unnatural and untimely death because their digestive systems can not digest it.
If and when you see it on the beaches, please contact Miranda Panda (Tel: 071 234 9114) and let her know where you’ve seen it and how bad the situation is.
Stilbaai’s ‘neighbours’, Gouritsmond, is quite badly affected. The local coffee shop, Koffie Stories, is offering a Sunday meal for every 500ml bottle filled with ‘nurdles’ and brought in. According to the Facebook page of S.M.A.R.T. (Stranded Marine Animal Rescue Team) Mossel Bay, one should not dispose of these ‘nurdles’, but rather get it to a drop-off point where the Department of Environmental Affairs will collect it. There is no collection point at Stilbaai yet, but it can be dropped off at Koffie Stories in Gouritsmond. For more information, send a WhatsApp to 072 227 4715.
“COLLECT A NURDLE TO SAVE A TURTLE!”
More about the nurdles found at Gouritsmond HERE (Suid-Kaap Forum)
