Fantastiese fotos van die luiperd. Die luiperd was vanmiddag agter die bobbejane aan hier bokant Porter Drive teen die berg. Brian Henley buurman het hom gesien (14 May). Ongelukkig geen fotos My seun Hougaard het hierdie foto oor die naweek geneem naby Rooiels met sy drone van ‘n dooie witdoodhaai. Lyk of hy verstrengel geraak het in ‘n tou. Ek sien al die boeie word weer uitgesit vir die “kreef” sensus?????. Wanneer gaan ‘n walvis ook verstrengel raak in van die toue? Met GPS tegnologie deesdae is daar geen nodigheid vir boeie en toue in die see nie. Julle sal dalk beter weet om die regte mense in te lig omtrent hierdie saak. Dankie en Groete Chris Malan
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Pierre Kruger – Volunteer fire fighter On Sunday morning, 19 March 2017, a fire broke out next to the R44 between Rooiels and Pringle Bay. The first firefighters were on the scene just after 10:15 and the R44 was closed soon after. Joint Operations Command was set up at the Community Fire Station in Pringle Bay, from where around 150 firefighters were deployed by Overstrand Emergency Services. A helicopter, fixed-wing bomber and a spotter plane were deployed but wind turbulence caused them to withdraw after a short period. Rooiels was ordered to evacuate. Two houses were completely destroyed, and several others damaged. Some firefighting equipment were destroyed due to the intensity of the heat and the speed of the fire. On Monday morning air support resumed and the active firelines were contained on all fronts. Mop-up operations continued until the last patrol was carried out late Wednesday night when glowing embers were reported in the gully east of Rooiels. Community members from as far as Gansbaai donated food and drinks and volunteered their help at the fire station where firefighters, law enforcement and ambulance personnel were fed around the clock until the last firefighting team signed off late Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters were constantly replenished with cold water and drinks on the firelines. Firefighter accommodation was provided at the fire station and at Crassula Hall in Betty's Bay. Mattresses were provided by local community members. A first aid station was set up in the fire station, where a Rooiels evacuee and a volunteer firefighter were given oxygen after smoke inhalation, and firefighters' eyes were treated. One firefighter was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. Great thanks to the following firefighting teams: Greater Overberg FPA, NCC HotShot Crews, Overstrand Municipality Fire & Rescue, City of Cape Town Fire & Rescue, Overberg District Municipality, several Working on Fire teams, CapeNature and the Pringle Bay and Betty's Bay Volunteer Community Firefighters. Thanks also to all Overstrand community members and the general public who donated food, drinks, money, mattresses and pillows, and their time. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY * Inform Emergency Services - 0283122400 * Alert your neighbours, especially vulnerable people * Once emergency personnel are on the scene, follow their instructions Photos taken by Mike Leresche Bolts of fire would suddenly shoot up and land some 100 metres away. The fire fighters would extinguish in one place - rush off to the next, only to find it flared up again. How they saved all these houses is a miracle and a testament to their determination, training and selfless dedication. Thank You to all the Fire Fighters and those who assisted them Justin Sullivan is a professional photographer and former fire fighter. Click the link to see his excellent photos and report on the Rooiels fire. There was also much buzz on Facebook and some excellent photos there.
Thanks to Rob McEwan for sharing this beautiful photograph of the Rooiels river.
The photo was taken on 31st January, 2017 after the very heavy rain. So unusual for us in summer. Thanks to Wolfgang Steinbach for the klipspringer and to Rix Welmann for the Smith's red rabbit and to Duncan Hiles for the European Roller (shared earlier through Tweet)
Photographed early morning in their Rooiels garden - from Willy and Martina Pienaar
Martina watched it eating blombos (Metalasia muricata) - perhaps because we dont have much grass for it! Pronolagus rupestris (Smith's red rock rabbit). Common names: Smith's red rock hare [English]; Smith-rooiklipkonyn, Smith se rooiklipkonyn, kliphaas [Afrikaans]; Smith-Rothase [German]; lièvre roux de Smith [French]; sungura ya mawe [Swahili] Pronolagus rupestris occurs on rocky slopes and the tops of rocky outcrops of mountains and hills, where grass or scrub vegetation occurs (Duthie and Robinson 1990; Matthee et al. 2004). The diet of P. rupestris consists of sprouting grasses (Duthie and Robinson 1990). Litter size is 1-2 young (Duthie and Robinson 1990). You can also see a film clip that was taken in Ceres in Sept 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBa_I6Lpg5U Tom Mabin sent in the photo of a striped harlequin snake at 279 ocean view drive a couple of weeks ago. Very beautiful colours. Only mildly poisonous. On the RED list.
Slipped away back into the fynbos. Please share your photos, queries or interesting observations - email [email protected] Joselyn Mormile is wandering the village as she shares the lives of the Rooiels baboons - and she has shared some of the photos she has taken of a few other Rooiels residents.
The Otters were swimming at the beach and invited her to come join them for a swim. The young klipspringer, although posing for a photo was a little more shy! The poor puffadder did not survive crossing the R44. Can anyone identify the frog in the photo? |
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