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Graham Taylor on our Maritime Heritage

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Dear Editor

For Heritage Month in September, our next Know your Bay on Tuesday 26 September will see Graham Taylor, Chairman of the Historical Society of Port Elizabeth, talk to us about “the Maritime Heritage of Algoa Bay: from the early humans on the Paleo-Agulhas plain to Gqeberha”. The presentation will take us through the evolution of early humans using the paleo-Agulhas plain to the beginning of the global maritime trade and modern days Gqeberha. He will highlight how understanding our local maritime heritage and putting it forward in our economy could help repairing our city. The event is free and open to all. From 17:30 for 18:00 until 19:00.

Dr Taryn Murray’s talk, on the tagging of fish and the Acoustic Tracking Array Platform, has been postponed to November. An invitation will be circulated closer to the time.

International Coastal Clean up day is taking place this Saturday 21st of September 2024. It is locally coordinated by the Sustainable Seas Trust. Last year more than 60 tons of wastes were removed from South African coastlines. Together we can turn the tide! See below for the list of clean-ups in and around the metro, timing and contact details for everyone one to join.

Name of Site Date of Clean-up Organisation/ Company/ Group Start time Contact Details Gathering point
Beachview 21-Sep-24 Fishy Tales 9am Chenelle 076 982 8097 Beachview Resort Car Park
Motherwell Stormwater Canal 21-Sep-24 Zwartkops Conservancy 9am Femke De Wetfemke@zwartkopsconservancy.org | 082 853 0700 Meet at Motherwell Stormwater canal starting at where the canal goes under Tyinira St.
Bluewater Bay 21-Sep-24 Zwartkops Conservancy 9am Femke De Wetfemke@zwartkopsconservancy.org | 079 520 6401 Meet at the Bluewater Bay swimming beach, at the bottom of Weinronk way
Hobie Beach 21-Sep-24 Institute of Packaging South Africa 10am Vanessa von Hold – tvanessa@ipsa.org.za Hobie Beach
Hobie Beach 25-Sep-24 6 Foundation 11am mfilifilia@gmail.com | 073 837 0586 Hobie Beach
The Beacon Summerstrand 28-Sep-24 WESSA Algoa Bay Branch 9:30am Tim and Isobel Douglas-Jonestimandisa@gmail.com | 082 775 8816 At The Beacon at the intersection of Marine Drive and Admiralty Way in Summerstrand.
SANCCOB – Cape Recife Nature Reserve 20-Sep-24 SANCOB 9am Carl Havemanncarl@sanccob.co.za | 071 377 0720 SANCCOB PE
Marine Drive 28-Sep-24 KHOLD 8am Jessie Naidoo jessien@khold.co | 072 515 4957 Blougat
Bushy Park Farm 22-Sep-24 Bushy Park Farm 9am Puffer Hartzenberg/Carol Hartzenberg puffer@igen.co.za | 082 725 0623 Farm entrance on New Seaview Rd

Regards,

Lorien

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