We want to focus our efforts on the Rademeyer’s spruit, as all the rubbish from the surrounding storm water drains end up in the reserve!

Tshwane Nature Conservation will supply tools, gloves and plastic bags.

For more information please do not hesitate to contact us on info@moreletakloof.co.za

The Friends of Moreleta Kloof Nature Reserve are planning a walk in the Moreleta Kloof, which will be followed with soup and sherry at Rademeyers. We will walk along the planned wheelchair friendly route.

We will start the walk at 11:00 and finish at around 12:30, on the 31^st of July 2010.

This is a very important event, please join us and become part of the team.  Please let us know if you will be there by contacting Rademeyers at 012 998 1693 or by emailing us on info@moreletakloof.co.za, so that we know how many people to prepare for. It is only R45 for the soup, bread and sherry.

Pak ‘n rugsak met lekker eetgoed (elke papiertjie moet terug in die sak), iets om te drink, en kom stap in die Moreletakloof.

Maak ‘n groep van vriende en familie bymekaar en kom spandeer ‘n hele paar uur saam in die Kloof. Die Kloof is nou Bosveld mooi, geklee in sy Winterskleure en jy stap op byna 8km gesnyde graspaadjies, in die mooiste Kloof langs die standhoudende Rademeyerspruit, wat jy heeltyd hoor kabbel.

Daars verskillende roetes, Suikerbos en Duiker, het bietjie opdraendes en dan die baie plat Rademeyers roete waar jy selfs met ‘n stootwaentjie kan stap.

Die mooiste tyd, vir my is natuurlik Sondagoggend, so vroeg as moontlik, dis stil, klam en baie pragtig.

Julle kan selfs vir die kinders vra om te kyk hoeveel bokke, voëls of klein diertjies hulle kan sien, daars die mooiste verskeidenheid. Hierdie uitstappie is ook die ideale tyd vir kinders om te besluit watter taak of projek hulle, vir skool hier kan kom doen. Deur die jaar, is daar pragtige sampioene, klein veldplante, ‘n verskeidenheid van grassoorte, die mooiste blommetjies en moenie vergeet van die kabouters en fëetjies wat tussen die blare speel nie.

Kom geniet die Natuur op sy beste in hierdie 90 hektaar Reservaat. Oop vanaf 6 VM to 6 NM.

Kontak ons gerus op info@moreletakloof.co.za vir meer inligting!

Entrance is free of charge, just bring your birding gear and yourself! A few snacks and something to drink will also be a good idea while we are out in the veld. Vehicles can be safely parked inside the reserve.

During the last birdwatching day in February 2010, more than 70 species were identified.

Afterwards, you can enjoy a meal at the Voerkraal.

For more information, please contact us on info@moreletakloof.co.za

Kom stap op die mooiste wandelpaadjies wat kronkel tussen die groot bome onder in die Kloof, langs die Rademeyerspruit.

Dis jul keuse van hoe lank julle wil stap, daar is drie roetes, waarvan die Rademeyersroete, selfs geskik is vir stootwaentjies, en meer gelyk is. Pak n heerlike ontbyt in n rugsak en gaan eet langs die spruit, op n kombers onder die bome, en geniet die mooiste natuurskoon.

Dis n fees vir ouers en kinders, om hier in die middel van Moreletakloof in so n mooi Natuur Reservaat saam te verkeer.  Die roetes strek oor 7.5 km op 100 hektaar, wat wissel van grasvlaktes, digte bos met die mooiste romantiese paadjies, tot vleilande met die grootste verskeidenheid voëls. Onthou asseblief die kamera.

Daar is ook die opsie van n Buffet-ontbyt wat bedien sal word by Rademeyers, tussen 10 en 11.30, maar u moet asseblief vroegtydig bespreek by 012 998 1693. Die koste beloop R49.00, wat vrugtesap, ontbyt en koffie insluit, en kinders tussen 6-12 jaar, R25.00.

U kan ook aansluit by die Vriende van Moreletakloof, teen R200 per jaar, per gesin, waarvoor u twee gratis toegange kan kry vir twee volwassenes en twee kinders onder 18, in die volgende Reservate, Groenkloof, Rietvlei, Faerie Glen en Wonderboompoort.

Kom stap saam en word n Vriend van hierdie Reservaat, wat met soveel liefde deur Natuurbewaring (Pta-Oos), onderhou en beskerm word. So min mense besef werklik watter mooi groen area, hier , gratis besoek kan word, en deur u kinders gebruik kan word, om die Natuur beter te leer ken. Uitstekende bron, vir baie skooltake en projekte, die mooiste veldplante, voëls, sampioene , fungi en bokke en volstruise.

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The FRIENDS OF MORELETAKLOOF would like to invite you and your family and friends for a walk in our serene and beautiful Nature Reserve in the middle of Moreletapark.

You can stroll on the most romatic grass pathways down to the Rademeyerspruit, among massive old White Stinkwoodtrees, with the sound of water, that will follow you most of the route. You have a choice of three routes, but the best, is do it all, its only 7,5km in this 100 hecture green area. The Rademeyerroute is the flattest, and you can even walk with a pram, up to the damwall. Pack your breakfast ( and remember the blanket to sit on),and come and sit and eat under the trees  with the song of birds to serenade you.

Its free, and your car will be safely parked inside the Reserve, at the gate.

Everbody will enjoy this, and if youre lucky, you might see a fairy under a colourful mushroom. The children will have a feast!

The children can make use of this Reserve for school projects and class assignments, and learn to care for our green areas.

You could also have a buffet-breakfast at Rademeyers, for R49.00 (which include fruit juices, breakfast and coffee), children between 6 and 12 years, R25.00. Please phone to book for this breakfast ( 012 998 1693).

You can also become a FRIEND OF MORELETAKLOOF  at only R200 per year per family, and for that you get two, free visits, for a family of four, to Rietvlei-, Groenkloof-, Faerieglen- and Wonderboompoort Reserve’s. We need the community to help with the upkeep and to preserve and secure this Reserve.

Please come for a walk, and enjoy Nature at its best!

For more information visit www.moreletakloof.co.za

AGENDA FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010

Pak vir julle n ligte ontbyt in n rugsak en kuier saam met ons langs die spruit onder die bome. Onthou die kamera,  n klein kombersie om op te sit en al die vriende en familie.

Daar is heerlike roetes om van die kies, sommige makliker as ander. Die afstande wissel , maar die langste een is 3.2km lank.  Met al die goeie rëen is die Kloof n lusthof, van die kleinste veldblomme, die mooiste sampioene, wildsbokke en groot ou bome, waaronder die feetjies baljaar.  Die spruit ontstaan net buite die Reservaat , en is n pragtige standhoudende stroom wat groot poele onder die bome maak. Jy is heeltyd bewus van die gekabel van die water, en sang van honderde voëls.

Julle kan enige dag van die week kom stap, vanaf ses in die oggend tot ses uur in die aand( waneer jy die stappie kan afsluit  met n heerlike glassie wyn by die Voerkraal).

Die motors word veilig binne die Reservaat geparkeer, by die Rademeyershek en alles is gratis.

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Come for a Walk ,early on Sundaymorning the 28th of March (at 6.30).

Please pack a light breakfast, bring a blanket  and your camera, and join us  for a walk in the serene coolness of the morning, under shady trees with the sound of water and the song of birds.

You can choose different routes, or join us for a two- or three hour walk. After all the rains, you will not believe that you are walking in a Reserve in the middle of Moreletapark.

The children can enjoy nature and see Zebra, Blesbuck and Impala grazing in the grass fields.

You can come for a walk,any day of the week. The gates open at 06:00 in the morning and you can also end an afternoon walk with glass of wine, at six at the Voerkraal, and watch the sunset over the Kloof.

Park your car at the Rademeyers gate and enjoy the free walk in the most beautiful Reserve in Pretoria.

Members of the President Ridge Bird Club, under the leadership of Moreleta Kloof veteran Faansie Peacock, enjoyed a tremendous day’s birding in a lush and wet Moreleta Kloof on Sunday 7 February 2010.

The day got off to an early start at 06:30, as the group of eager birders set off with binoculars, cameras, telescopes and notebooks in hand. Within a few meters our shoes were thoroughly soaked with refreshingly crisp dew, but the brilliant birding more than made up for this. Within minutes we bumped into a juvenile Diderick Cuckoo being fed by Southern Masked-Weavers and this parasitic theme continued through the day with sightings of a begging Red-chested Cuckoo and a pair of displaying Brown-backed Honeybirds.

A few warblers played hard to get (as usual!), but the songs of Garden, Marsh, Willow, Little Rush and African Reed Warblers clinched their identity. Perhaps the “best spotting award” of the day goes to the discovery of a roosting European Nightjar, blending in magnificently with a horizontal branch. Those with a quick eye glimpsed a dashing Little Sparrowhawk, and an out-of-place Lanner Falcon. A full house of swallows and swifts were also notable, as were Cape Grassbird, Groundscraper Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, Arrow-marked Babbler, Levaillant’s Cisticola and a cooperative Black Cuckooshrike.

With 70-odd species on the list, the assembled twitchers enjoyed brunch in the shade – exhausted but saturated with the day’s results – a lucky few even celebrating a lifer or two!

Species list for 7 February 2010: President Ridge Birding Club Outing on 7 February 2010

AGENDA – Friends of Moreleta Kloof 25.02.2010