Web report by Karin Mahony (Team Grasslands). We were excited to arrive at a new location for our Catchments, Rivers, and Wetlands module on Friday afternoon. The weekend was held at Kgaswane Nature Reserve in Rustenburg. Despite large areas of the reserve being burned by a recent veld fire, we were all amazed at theRead more ⟶
Geology Weekend BM2024/25
Web Report by Jan Moolman (Team Wetlands) Friday afternoon was a slow start for most of us nervously waiting for the first Bushveld Mosaic 2024/25 test. Setting up camp was slow as some bundled together to review all the notes and ecology worksheet answers for the last time before the test. The test went well forRead more ⟶
Taxonomy and Ecology Weekend BM2024/25
Web Report by Des Mahony (Team Rocky Slopes) It is really nice to realise that weekend, 26-28 July 2024, was the first of many for the Bushveld Mosaic Class of 2024/25 Everyone started the weekend with some uncertainties, especially when Ulrich’s first question was what happened 55 years and one week before our first lecture. Read more ⟶
A BIG THANKS TO ALL
The Saturday morning Introduction session is behind us now, and this coming weekend we start the 2024-25 course in earnest. On behalf of Bushveld Mosaic I would like to say thanks to everyone, for their efforts in raising the level of awareness about the course, and a special thanks to the Makanyane volunteers, who madeRead more ⟶
Ecology and Taxonomy Weekend – BM2024
Pilanesberg National Park – 26 to 28 January 2024. Web report by Thea van Tonder. Albert Einstein once said, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” This weekend was the start of our journey to look deep into nature! Starting with the basic concepts such as biology – the study ofRead more ⟶
Field Guiding Weekend– Borakalalo: 29 September – 1 October 2023
DAY 1 We arrived at Borakalalo gate and waited for the rest of the team to arrive. We had to meet at 17:30 at the entrance as we had to drive together to our camping spot for the wilderness weekend, which was truly in the wilderness area. On arrival, we quickly setup our “camp” (notRead more ⟶
Weekend Report: Communications Practical, Astronomy, Climate and Weather 15-17 September 2023
The weekend of 15-17 September arguably qualifies as THE busiest weekend of the course this year. When we arrived at Pilanesberg on Friday the 15th of September we had no clue of what we were going to experience, apart from the test and the presentations. But a lot more than we had expected, was inRead more ⟶
Archaeology Weekend: 18-20 August 2023 Pilanesberg
The archaeology weekend was held at Pilanesberg National Park, at Lampies’ happy place, the beautiful Potokwane Camp, as our home base. As always, the weekend cannot start before the dreaded test on Friday evening is out of the way. This time around it was on arthropods and some of us were not sure if weRead more ⟶
First Aid weekend– Pilanesberg: 21-23 July 2023
DAY 1 We arrived at Potokwane on Friday afternoon and settled down at 19:00 to meet our lecturer for the weekend, Dave Nel from Turtle Life Support, who is also an Honorary Officer in his spare time. Dave is extremely passionate about first aid and loves sharing his knowledge and experiences with people. Dave startedRead more ⟶
Geology Weekend. Borakalalo. Friday 9th to Sunday 11th June 2023
With the Geology weekend the Bushveld Mosaic 2023 nature course reaches its halfway mark! We can’t believe the year and course have progressed so far so quickly. After again braving the potholed and challenging road from Brits, all arrived safely at Borakalalo on Friday afternoon. At sunset it was chilly but not too cold. LittleRead more ⟶