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2015 MATRICS – IT’S TIME TO CHILL OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS!

By the end of the year matric students are completely worn out after putting in hours of study and writing their final exams – time out is all that’s needed. Time in wild nature sleeping out, hiking and resting offers the best way to unplug and what better way to do this than to go hiking on a really wild Matric Chill Out in the mountains of the Western Cape?

The Cape’s leading mountains and trails initiative, the Rim of Africa, together with Hi-Tec and CapeNature, celebrate our matrics this year by offering an awesome new trail experience where matrics go into the wild on a 5 day trail experience to chill out after the exams.

“Although this trail is about fun and celebrating the end of school, it also recognises the rite of passage from school into adulthood in a powerful and meaningful manner,” explains youth trail coordinator, Jess Tyrrell.

“The Rim of Africa Matric Chill Out is a crafted experience led by guides who have mountain skills, a sense of adventure and a capacity to draw out leadership qualities and strengths in each participant, making use of activities to reconnect with themselves in the wild, rejuvenate and have an amazing time.”

“This is simply real time out – away from home, away from the pressures of making decisions of where to next, what to study, what job? It’s time for matrics to just ‘be’ for a while, and connect with the insights that being in nature gives all of us”, explains Tyrrell.

The Rim of Africa Matric Chill Out is a custom trail experience and open to all levels of skill and fitness, with a focus on fun and reconnecting with nature, ourselves and making new friends.

Hi-Tech has sponsored three fully paid places – To book or apply for a sponsored or paid place on the hike visit: www.rimofafrica.org

Itinerary
• Day 1 – Leave from Cape Town to arrive in the Cederberg by lunch time. Our base camp is next to a stream. A Dance It Off fire night gets us into the zone, good music, chilled vibe.
• Day 2 – We journey through the hills – it will be hot, but streams and cool still water refreshes. Camp at the base of a beautiful kloof.
• Day 3 – A day climbing up Skerpionspoort to see the amazing views. Camp with these as our backdrop.
• Day 4 – Swimming in rock pools and sleeping over in a cave tonight are highlights. We climb to a contour path and look out for leopard tracks.
• Day 5 – Rock art is the highlight of today and a solid walk across a wetland to sleep in the shade of beautiful trees. Our transfers back to Cape Town at lunch time.

Details:
Who can come? Matrics Only
Where is it? In the Cedarberg mountains of the Western Cape
How long is it? 5 days
When is it? 9 – 13 December 2015
How hard is the hiking? Mountainous, some steep gradients, good paths.
Where will we sleep? Sleep under stars.

For more information contact Galeo Saintz, 082 888 8181 or Chace Brand 072 095 6718
info@rimofafrica.co.za •

JONGENSFONTEIN

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‘n Unieke aftree juweel. Jongensfontein is ‘n gesogte veilige vakansie bestemming en bekend vir sy ongeskonde natuurskoon, en ‘n karavaanpark wat onlangs beoordeel is as die tweede beste langs die Suid-Afrikaanse kuslyn. Jongensfontein is geleë ongeveer 350km vanaf Kaapstad en 150km vanaf George.

Weens die unieke dorpsuitleg het byna alle wonings ‘n uitsig op die Indiese oseaan en word inwoners getrakteer op ‘n asemrowende kaleidoskoop van kleur tydens sonsopkoms en sonsondergang gedurende Desember en Januarie maande. Aktiwiteite— Jongensfontein is bekend onder branderplankryers en vind daar jaarliks verskeie kompetisies plaas. Kristalhelder poele is gesog vir snorkel, hengel en ander aktiwiteite. Die gewilde jaarlikse Galjoen Derby vind ook langs die kuslyn plaas.
Jongensfontein Kunsmark op 18 Desember 2015 en Jongensfontein Lanternloop op 31 Desember 2015.
Duisende besoekers besoek Jongensfontein gedurende die Desember Feestyd en is dit dan ook wanneer die gewilde Kunsmark op die hoofstrand plaasvind. Vir die afgelope 15 jaar vind dit plaas op die laaste Vrydag voor Kersdag en kan kuns, kos en vele van ongeveer 110 stalletjies besoek word.
Die Jongensfontein Inwonersvereniging koördineer die mark as deel van hulle fondsinsameling.
Hierdie jaar beoog die JIV om ‘n eerste Lanternloop te laat plaasvind op 31 Desember 2015 . Die mikpunt is om 1000 lanterns te verkoop en dan ‘n roete deur die dorp te stap onder begeleiding van ‘n blaasorkes. Dit is dan ook ‘n fondsinsamelingsprojek. Sien baniere en vakansie programme vir meer inligting. Kom stap saam as ‘n familie en sluit so die Oujaar af.
Kontakbesonderhede: Johan en Marie Lotter 082 789 4481

Kaartjies vir die Lanternloop is te koop vanaf 1 Desember 2015 by die volgende verkoopspunte:

STILBAAI
Toerismeburo
Karavaanpark
Stilbaai Kwekery
Stilbaai Slaghuis
Stilbaai Deli
Bay Beauty Salon
Allegaartjie

JONGENSFONTEIN
Karavaanpark
Seesig Kafee

Die kostes soos volg ; R50 vir volwassenes en R30 vir kinders.

Lanterns sal ook te koop wees op 18 Desember 2015 by die Jongensfontein Kunsmark. Alle lanterns moet afgehaal word op 31 Desember 2015 vanaf 10h00 te Jongensfontein Hoofstrand, by die sementblad langs die Jongensfontein Museum (voorheen die Stranddienshuisie). Almal moet asseblief hul kaartjies saambring wanneer hulle hul lanterns afhaal.

Die lanterns wat gebruik word, word verlig met LED liggies en gebruik dus batterye – dit is nie “floating lanterns” nie en daar is dus geen brandgevaar nie. •

‘N VROEË KERSFEES

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Drie-honderd-en-vyftig minderbevoorregte kinders van ses skole in die Hessequa-streek kon vanjaar Kersfees vroeër as gewoonlik ervaar toe hulle elk ‘n gevulde skoendoos gepak met allerlei items ontvang het.
Dit was te danke aan die jaarlikse Santa Shoebox-projek onder die leiding van projekkoördineerders, Johannie Vermeulen en Meghann Bouwer, wat saam met ‘n groep vrywilligers die afgelope twee weke plaaslike kinderharte verbly het. Dié projek is gemik op kinders regoor die land wat onlangs skoenhouergeskenke, gevul met items spesiaal vir elke individuele kind, ontvang het.
Die Santa Shoebox-inisiatief, wat in 2006 ontstaan het, het reeds 456 000 skoenboksgeskenke aan kinders tot en met 18 jaar, versprei. Hulle het vanjaar hul teiken van 100 000 geskenke net-net gemis.
“Elke dankbare gesiggie maak die rondskarrel na skoenbokse elke jaar definitief die moeite werd,” sê Vermeulen“. Dis skrikwekkend om te hoor in watter omstandighede sommige van die kinders grootword en as ons projek hulle net ‘n titseltjie kan help, dan is dit uit en uit die moeite werd.”
Vanjaar het die “give for good”-tema oor die Suid-Afrikaanse grense gestrek met skoenboksgeskenke wat tot in Namibië versprei is.
Die Santa Shoebox-webwerf (www.santashoebox.org.za) het op 1 September oopgemaak en diegene wat graag meer oor “gee vir beter” wil uitvind, kan gerus dit gerus besoek. Alhoewel skoendose vir 2015 reeds ingesamel en uitgedeel is, kan donateurs steeds ‘n finansiële bydrae maak.
Vrywilligers in die Hessequa-distrik wat graag by die projek betrokke wil raak, kan Johannie by 083 333 1810 skakel. •