Gauteng Guides Association

Good day Friends in Tourist Guiding,
A bit of background information. You all are aware of our attempt to bring the 2011 World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations World Conference to South Africa. We did not make the grade, mainly because we were not representing South Africa, but only Gauteng and Cape Town.
We were asked by the World Federation to once again submit a bid for the World Conference in 2013. The Management of FSAGTA sent a copy of this invitation and the rules to all the provinces with a deadline of 31July 2010 for submissions.

When Gautengers are tolled for using the provinces busiest freeways in early 2011, the system will work somewhat like a prepaid cell phone contract.
South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) senior project manager Alex van Niekerk says car owners will be asked to set up accounts, either by phoning in or going to a website, and to then load money into these accounts before entering the tolling system, or to link payment to their credit cards.

I am looking for Chinese/Mandarin speaking tour guides... contact stephan@flyinsafarico.com

What a fantastic national park. I was there for the special bird views, however the Free State is spectacular. This reserve is a prime spot to see many species of grass, plants and frogs. I was lucky to see the following prime birds: Bearded Vulture, Drakensberg Rock-Jumper and the Drakensberg Siskin.

Not only is this reserve filled with natural beauty but rich in history, from Anglo-Boer Wars to prehistoric evidence.

Trails - they have grand hiking trails, some of the best that I have seen.

A L DU TOIT MEMORIAL LECTURE

The Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA), the Egoli-Joburg branch of the society, the International Geoscience Educators Organization and GeoSciEdVI Conference, along with Origins Centre and Wits University, invite you to attend the prestigious 31st biennial public A L du Toit Memorial Lecture, presented by Professor Terence S McCarthy of the Wits School of Geosciences.

Prof McCarthy’s address is entitled “The Okavango Delta and its place in the Geomorphological Evolution of Southern Africa.”

Pro-active: Let’s report it
The following article appears in The Stars on page 2 (17-08-2010) prompts me to call on all my colleagues to do our bits and report all illegal activities to the authorities.

Contact Numbers on the van 0800 88 28 70 (Anti Fraud Hotline)
Rhino horn & poaching 082 404 2128

A week ago we recieved a call about this super rare owl - with out hesitation we caught a flight to East London and then drove onwards to Grahamstown. We managed to pick up the following four lifers:
Cape Eagle Owl - at last, only chased it for years...
Knysna Woodpecker - also chased this baby for years...
Southern Tchagara - almost gave us the slip, but with determination and patience he was added too
Lesser Black Backed Gull - this was a bonus sighting in East London
As you can see, from a birding perspective it was a fantastic weekend.

This World Cup was a time of opportunity for all of us and I am sure that there were as many different experiences around the World Cup as there were people doing different jobs or having a good time during the event.

Personally, I had the experience of a lifetime – nothing could have prepared me for the tumultuous and happy time that started off so quietly and built up momentum giving me access to so many different facets of the occasion.