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Picture of Mom Whale and calf
This pic was taken on Sunday 10th July in the afternoon (about 3pm) while Marty & Carol were in his microlight,
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Friday 27January 2012

Carol Thorns in Red Cello

supported by the Eden Guitar  Ensemble.

at The Whitehouse Theatre on Friday 27th January at 7pm.

R135 pp including snacks at  interval.

Tickets available at The Old House Shop (off Plett High Street)

Fundraiser for Kids of Kurland.

Contact Ann Fermor 082 452 8764.

South Africa’s leading electric cellist, Carol Thorns has been performing locally and internationally for over a decade. Armed with her striking red cello, she has won fans in India, Dubai and the UK where she was awarded a 4-star rating for her show ‘Red Cello Electrified’ at the Edinburgh Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. Carol received a South African Music Award nomination for Best Instrumental Album 2010

 

Sunday 29th January

van Plettenberg

Historical Society meeting

Venue: The Plettenberg Bay

 Angling Club at the Keurbooms River.

Note Change of Time:

10.30am for 11am

Speaker: Mr. Tim Twidle

Subject: The Anglo - Zulu War of 1879

Entrance fee: Members R10

Visitors R15 Per person.

Buffet Lunch available – phone Jacky le Roux on 082 490 9910 for reservations by not later than the Thursday before the meeting to facilitate catering.

 082 218 8161

Sunday 29 January

The Street Soccer games are back, every Sunday at KwaNokutula Community stadium.

 

31 January 2012

MCfm Trivial Pursuit Evening

at LM Restuarant. Get your teams ready…

 

Friday 10 February

Concert to commemorate

life of Chris Steyl

     One of Knysna’s artists sadly passed away during January 2011.  Chris Steyl made a big difference in many people’s lives and that’s way a concert is planned for Friday, 10 February 2012 to commemorate his life.

     If you enjoyed his last concert in 2010, this one is not to be missed as organised by Sharifa Louw and Marycka Steenkamp. 

     Items vary from ballet to belly dancing, traditional Xhosa dancer to Elivs and great guest artists.

Venue: Knysna Primary School at 18.30.  Tickets: R30 per adult and R20 per child.  Funds in aid of EPILEPSY SA.

 

 

Plettenberg Bay

Miniature

Railway Society

created & operated by local

model engineering enthusiasts.

 

Come & take a fun ride on our miniature train.

Open this Sunday

from 11:30 am.

Track at Plett Community Hall Grounds next to Wild Waters.

Visit Plett’s Miniature Railway

 

WELCOME TO PLETT !

  27 January 2012: Sunny skies with a little cloud cover, a gentle breeze from east-southeast, Temperature 22 degree's.

Low tide at 00.14, high tide at 6.15 and 18.27


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Sabrina Love breaks all records
THE eighth annual Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge was lauded a great success as top international sport stars, holidaymakers and local athletes competed in the multidisciplinary competition in Plettenberg Bay on 28 and 29 December 2011.
Sponsored by Stonehage, international family wealth advisers, and Discovery, the Challenge drew close to 3000 participants to compete in 2 days of sport and fun for the whole family. While day one took place  at Plettenberg Bay’s popular Central Beach, the second day of the Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge moved for the first time ever to the prestigious Kurland Polo Estate.
    
The Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge is the main fundraising activity for the Sabrina Love Foundation. Established in 2003 by Tony and Suzy Lubner in memory of their daughter Sabrina, who died at age six from complications of a rare bone disorder, the Foundation supports children and families living with physical disabilities in the Bitou region.
Events of the first day included:
The 6km Ocean Swim from Robberg Corner to Central Beach once again lived up to its iconic status as Paralympic gold medallist Natalie du Toit and Olympic long distance swimmer Chad Ho finished both in first position in their category. The sea conditions were difficult and times where slower than in previous years. Du Toit addressed competitors ahead of the Swim, encouraging them to “have fun and remember the Sabrina Love message of hope.”
    
Olympic paddler and Plettenberg Bay local Michele Eray teamed up with Neil Stephenson and came in third in the Surfski Paddle behind the winners Warren and Wayne Jacobs, while the single paddle was won by Kevin Hill in a time of 1:05:55.
    
Comrades Marathon legend Bruce Fordyce hosted the 10km Run, which was won in an incredible time of 38 minutes by Kane Riley and Carlyn Fisher (43:00). Conditions were very hot and humid and although the race took place in the early morning, athletes were battling with the heat.
    
The beach walk was once again the atmospheric climax to the first day event as hundreds of walkers, donned pink T-shirts and hats, welcomed the swimmers to the beach.
    
The second day of the Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge presented by Stonehage and Discovery was hosted at the magnificent Kurland Polo Estate where thousands of supporters of the charity event participated in one or more of the four sporting events on offer. The manicured grounds of the estate were draped in the now trademark Sabrina pink and, contrasted against the lush backdrop of the Tsitsikamma mountain range, made for a beautiful and fitting sight as the fundraising event attracted record numbers. The Kurland Pavilion, better known for its hosting of international polo matches, looked equally gracious serving as the event hub from which the different races reached out into the surrounding mountains, forests and lake.
    
The first event of the day was the 600 meter lake swim over a star shaped course where participants were required to exit the water at two points. Olympian Chad Ho’s pure power through the water was enough to see him round the course in the fastest time to claim the men’s race whilst Kamilla Snyman was equally unfazed by the short running legs and emerged as the winner of a strong female field. 
    
Attention was then focused on the 25km mountain bike ride where 400 riders, many of them clad in pink Sabrina riding gear, set off on a wide sweep of the estate reaching high into the beautiful mountain before descending on long single tracks back through the forests, over sparkling streams and onto the polo fields to reach the event hub. No one was too surprised when local mountain biking hero Kevin Evens broke from the treeline and streaked into the finish chute to claim his 2nd Sabrina Love trophy while Nicky Booyens lead the woman’s race.
    
The sun was already high in the sky when the 430 plus trail runners sprinted off into the forests for ten kilometres of pure trail running bliss. The intermediate course was intended to be achievable for the many first timers whilst still challenge the pro runners and that is exactly what the undulating and varied trail did. Melikhaya Msizi was smiling broadly when he sprinted down the home stretch to tremendous applause from the spectators to comfortably claim the men’s race whilst Nicky Rider held off a close challenge from the Crag’s local Kerry Scott, to claim 2nd place in the woman’s race.
  
For many participants the Sabrina Kids of Steel was the highlight of the day’s proceeding as youngsters racing in their age groups from 6 to 12 were set off on the specially designed adventure duathlon. A short swim was followed by a 1.5km exploration trail through the forests fringing main polo field before the children got to finish under the same arch that many of their heroes had passed under earlier in the morning.
    
The Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge concluded with a spectacular prize giving ceremony with “Tigger” performing the Sabrina song together with the celebrated Plett Fieldband.
Further information and results on www.magneticsouth.net.

 

These adorable twins were born at Monkeyland recently. It is extremely rare to have twins born to capuchin monkeys...
read more information on Capuchins in this week's What's New in Plett.

Delvin Reck from Scotty’s Restaurant and Bar in Plettenberg Bay is the honourable winner of the 2011 Sunday Times’ Stalwart of the Kitchen title.

   To enter the competition, chefs were required to send in 2 of their own recipes, with details of how they were prepared and photographs of the dishes. About 400 chefs in each category submitted entries. A panel of international and national judges scrutinised the recipes, methods and photographs and then decided who would participate in the final competition.

Delvin was one of 4 chosen to compete in the cook-off in the Stalwart of the Kitchen category. 

His dishes were:  Cob with a smoked paprika pepper sauce with green beans and baby marrows and an olive tapenade ; and Springbok with samp mielie mash, a salad of rocket and cucumber and a tower of sweet potatoes with date jus.

It was the first time that Delvin, who has been a chef for many years, cooking all over the world, entered this competition. He said that although is was a bit  nerve-wracking, it was a lot of fun and once he was “in the zone”, cooking in the finals was a great experience.

  All competing chefs in the finals followed the same protocol and cooked from a mystery basket of ingredients that were compulsory to use in their dishes. The mystery baskets remained confidential until the cook-off time, and all plates were presented to the judges anonymously. Contestants were given thirty minutes to plan a three-course menu and to set up the kitchen in preparation of their dishes. There was also a pantry table from which the chefs could choose vegetables to accompany their dishes.

Delvin’s award winning meal emerged from a mystery basket containing Asparagus, Feta Cheese, Lamb and Angel Fish. He sautéed the fish, seasoned with coriander and cumin rub, and dressed it with feta cheese, basil and olive oil, served with sweet potato mash.

The lamb was crusted and served with lentil patties, butternut chips, baby marrows and served with strips of crust, and vine tomatoes deep-fried as garnish.

  Each contestant had to serve 4 plates of each dish. 2 went to the judges, 1 went to be photographed and 1 was for the evaluation session. They were given a time limit and for every minute they were late, the chefs lost a point. Contestants also lost points for their dress code, slinging their cloth over their shoulder, not being clean-shaven, not wearing their hat correctly – in fact any breach of kitchen etiquette.

Plettenberg Bay is very proud of Delvin for this achievement and wish him and his patrons many more delicious and inspired meals.

 

 

 

Plett is very proud of Kevin Evans, Mountain Biking Champion who won the DCM Cape Pioneer Trek 6 Day Mountain Bike Stage Race with his partner David George on Saturday 22nd October. The race is 659km, with 13500m inclines.
See the story in the What's New in Plett
  and read updates of kevin's races on his blog, Kevin Evans Racing.

 

 

Team Cyanosis

Garden Route
Adventurers World Class

The gruelling Adventure Racing World Championship concluded in Tasmania last week with both South African teams finishing amongst the top ten teams. No fewer than eighty teams from thirty countries challenged for Adventure Racings premium prize which was contested over a punishing 700km course. The three men and one woman teams were required to sea kayak, raft, cave, mountain bike and run traversing some of the wildest regions of this remote island.  The two South African squads; Team Merrell and Cyanosis finished 7thand 8th respectively just fifteen minutes apart after almost 150 hours of nonstop racing.
     The South African teams had been trading places for the entire duration of the race. Merrell caught them again 10 minutes before the final transition. “We saw them and thought, ‘we’ve got to move ... now!” said Tatum Prins. Bird added, “We ran right past them. It wasn’t a nice thing to do, but it’s a race. They wanted to beat us and we wanted to beat them!”    
     Although a healthy rivalry exists between the two South African teams, the real enmity was reserved for the Australians who fielded no fewer than 40 teams at the World Championships. Despite the sporty nations overwhelming representation in the championship and the home turf advantage, the Australians did not manage to have one team finish in front of the South Africans.  This must have been sweet revenge for Team Merrell who finished behind the Aussies in controversial circumstances in 2010.
     Cyanosis were pleased with their top 10 finish, which had been their objective at the start. “It’s good to have objectives,” said John Collins, “though when I saw who was racing I’d have been happy with top 20! It’s a good result as we’ve never really raced before as a team. The course was tough, very tough, and some of the stages were long. They just seemed to go on and on, but we really felt like we were out in the wilderness
     The strength of adventure sport in the Garden Route was underscoring in that each of the two South African sides had half their membership made up by locally based adventurers.  Knysnarians Graham Bird and Hano Smit raced for Team Merrell whilst John Collins and Jeanette Walder Wylie joined Team Cyanosis for the race.  John Collins had previously finished 5th in the 2005 World Championship in Newfoundland.

Meet the Formosa Primary Tree Carers!

The children of Formosa Primary in New Horizons were treated to green smiles when local NPOs Lunchbox Theatre and The Green Ticket teamed up to bring some tree magic to the school.
The Lunchbox Theatre team has developed a brand new theatre show and workshop program that celebrates indigenous trees as a vital part of our existence. Fun and interactive, The Tree Show uses song, dance and physical theatre to convey a simple yet engaging story and contains information relating to the importance of trees, the threats they endure and practical ways to conserve them.

The story takes place in a small village where the tranquility and celebration of a wedding ceremony is disturbed by insensitive, naive and greedy developers. Using a large tree puppet that voices his concern through an old man, the developers learn more about trees and so change their ways.

After the show the children took to the school ground to plant their own indigenous tree sponsored by Debbie Fermor of Ingwe Forest Adventures. The Lunchbox crew guided the enthusiastic crowd in singing the two volunteers through the steps of planting a tree.

Planting the tree is obviously only the first step and The Green Ticket will be visiting the school on a regular basis to help a selected grade look after the tree. The first follow up visit saw the very keen children receiving Tree Captain badges, a watering can and a book to keep track of the tree watering.

Formosa Primary serves as a pilot project that can hopefully be taken to all the other schools in the Bitou area once funding has been secured. Should you be interested in getting involved, please contact either info@lunchbox.org.za or info@thegreenticket.org



 

Site_Specific Bitou
– Land Art Book Launch
Janet Middleton reports:

Could there be a better place to launch a book on land art than the Beacon Isle Hotel. The iconic hotel is an architectural artwork in itself and the hotel hosted the launch of a documentary book about the Land Art Event that took place in Plettenberg Bay last year.

     Site_Specific explains that “discipline of Land Art uniquely combines culture and nature in a manner that brings art to the community’s landscape thus it has the potential to transform communities’ and individuals’ perceptions of themselves, each other, their environment and the interconnected relationship between all of them.”

      Last year, many Plett residents watched in wonder as circles were drawn in the sand and rocks piled atop rocks as both national and international artists worked on their pieces in and around the town. After seeing the collection of prints, I am reminded of the saying: “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” Seeing the collection completed and the prints on display showcased the talent of these artists and photographers as well as capturing the natural beauty of the Bitou Community.

     The launch was very well attended and included Site_Specific’s Strijdom van der Merwe, artist Anni Snyman and event designer, Heather Greig. The local art community supported the event and Jacques Moolman from the Beacon Island and Mayor Memory Booysen were also in attendance.

     Both Mayor Booysen and Mr Moolman expressed their excitement over the Site_Specific project and future Land Art events in the Bitou area.

     Most of the artwork created disappeared within a week or two, but Simon Bannister was commissioned by the Eden to Addo Corridor Initiative to create a permanent work close to the Griqua community of Kranshoek. Along with local stone masons, he created a work entitled “Aartmoeders” and this is the first artwork in the Eden to Addo Corridor land art route.

     Looking into 2012, the Site_Specific Land Art event will take place this year with a week long showing including the communities of Wittedrift and The Crags in addition to Kwanokuthula, Kranshoek, Robberg and the Keurbooms Corridor. The artwork and event will be focused around local artists with an invited artist creating a piece for the Eden to Addo Corridor and holding workshops during their stay at Ebenezer Estate.

     Very exciting for nature and art lovers is the 6 day hike/mountain bike trail linking the Eden to Addo Corridor Land Art sites. Please contact admin@edentoaddo.co.za for more information as space is limited.

     We are very much looking forward to this event this year and if you would like to get a copy of the book or a beautiful limited edition print, contact anni@annisnyman.co.za or heather@redart.co.za

 

 

 

 
 
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Puss in Boots from the Shrek series gets his own starring role. Placed as a prequel way before he hooked up with Shrek, we follow the young Puss and his best friend growing up in an orphanage. They dream of finding some magic beans which will allow them to climb into the giant's castle in the clouds to steal the goose that lays the golden egg. When older, they each go their own way to find their own life, but later hook up again, together with a female friend, to renew their quest for the beans. However nasty Jack and Jill are also after the beans now ...

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL
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Ethan Hunt and his slightly suspicious team go undercover to try and clear their name.
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CAST: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov


SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS
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After the somewhat unexpected worldwide success of Ritchie's take on Holmes a few years back, a sequel was guaranteed, and here it is. It offers more of the same, as Holmes and Watson take on Moriarty in a plot borrowed from any Bond movie, with Ritchie's trademark action and cinematic effects.

Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry


 
 
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