Many parents have read all the stories about the detrimental effects of too many hours watching electronic screens.
an alternative, parents are finding that a wander around Melville Koppies on a Sunday morning is the perfect solution.
A couple with eight children in tow, two of their own and six cousins ranging in age from about four years to early teens, were recent visitors to the area.
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The children set off, a little reticent, but armed with a printed page of treasures to look out for or listen out for and returned all smiles, with almost all of the seven treasures ticked off, they’d heard the go-away bird but not seen it.
Another group, featuring grandparents, parents and grandson, headed off with the young crawler unhappy at being confined to his backpack.
But once they reached the lecture hut, the little one came into his own, heading off on the sand track, resting now and again on his bottom to pull and chew a bit of grass, grab rough grains of sand in his hands and feel their roughness before putting everything in his mouth.
Melville Koppies Central (Nature Reserve and Heritage Site) is open every Sunday in 2021 from 08:00 to 11:30.
There is no need to pre-book.
Entry fees are R80 for adults and R40 for children. Season tickets are also on sale at R500 each.
All income is used for maintenance and security of the Koppies, which amounts to R22 000 per month.
The secure park is available at Marks Park in Judith Road, Emmarentia.
For more information contact wendavid@mweb.co.za or visit www.mk.org.za
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