Diary Dates – 30 October 2015

FRIDAY, 30 OCTOBER: Amanzimtoti SPCA holds a music quiz at Amanzimtoti Bowling Club at 6.30pm for 7pm. Entry is R20 per person. It will be a bring and share per table. Cold drinks available at the bar. Email pro@spcatoti.co.za to book your table or call 031-904- 2424/5.

SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER: Little Star Educare Care Centre hosts a fundraiser for CHOC at Seadoone Mall between 8.30am and 1pm. Buy bandanas at R15 each or have your hair sprayed at R15 each. For more details call Debbie on 076-359-2179.

SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER: Kingsburgh Lions Club car boot sale at Winklespruit Bowling Club in Gus Brown Road, from 8am to noon. Sellers can book a table with Sandy on 082-466-6380. Pancakes, boerie rolls, coffee and bar will be available.

SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER: KZN Quilters Guild quilt show and open day from 9am to noon at Durban Girls High School, Glenwood. The show will have shops, quilting demonstrations and tea. Visitors pay R40. Call Pauline on 082-806-9149.

SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER: Sanctuary of the Great White Light, 9 Barrow Street, Umkomaas holds a bi-annual clairvoyant day. This promises to be an exciting day as there are several clairvoyants, reiki practitioners, tea cup readers, as well as guide portrait artists. Crystals, dream catchers, smudge sticks and other esoteric articles will be available. Light meals and refreshments can be purchased. Call Gayle on 084-357-4944 and reserve your reading early.

SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER: Mountain Backpackers Club hikers will tackle the African Fish Eagle trail with lots of birdlife through the Beachwood mangroves and along the north bank of the Umgeni river. Meet at Green Hub Durban at 8am to leave at 8.15am. The hike will be cancelled if it rains. Take cash for tea at Springfield SPCA at the halfway mark. The trail is about 13km long. Contact Heidi Cox on 082-706-4283 or e-mail heidi.dinan@gmail.com.

SUNDAY, 1 NOVEMBER: Toti Ramblers Hiking Club will be meet at Lords and Legends for lifts at 7am, to ramble at Giba Gorge, with picnic after. Call Wendy on 083-352-6457.

MONDAY, 2 NOVEMBER: Cottage Patch Quilters Guild hosts its monthly meeting at 9.15am in Amanzimtoti library’s activities room. Visitors are welcome. For more information, call Hazel on 031-916-1906.

MONDAY, 9 NOVEMBER: Toti Conservancy holds a public meeting to address the alien invasive species problem at 6pm for 6.30pm at Toti library hall. The object of the meeting is to inform property owners and the public of their responsibility regarding the removal of alien vegetation from their gardens and the legal liability involved.

MONDAY, 9 NOVEMBER: South African Association of Retired Persons (SAARP) end-of-year lunch at Toti Country Golf Club to be paid for at this meeting, at R65 per person.

SATURDAY, 21 NOVEMBER: Kloof Gorge day hike upstream to two waterfalls with the Mountain Backpackers Club. Hikers will leave at 8.30am from the picnic site carpark.

There is a small entrance fee. Take sun protection, hat, water, snacks and a rain jacket. Moderate fitness is required. Confirm with John McGovern beforehand on 082-659-5111.

SATURDAY, 14 NOVEMBER: Fundraiser to support Mooihawens dementia and Alzheimer’s disease care centre with relationship expert and author, Gretha Wiid as guest speaker at Sweetwaters Church in Sanders Road from 9am. Tickets cost R200 per person and are available at www.itickets.co.za. For more information, email Marina at marina.vanaswegen@skytec.co.za.

WEDNESDAY, 2 DECEMBER: Mountain Backpackers Club hosts a beach walk from Umdloti to Umhlanga over a distance of about 12,5km on sand. Meet at 8am at Umdloti beach carpark to walk to Umhlanga and back. Lunch at the Bush Tavern afterwards, so book in advance. The walk will be cancelled if it rains. Call Heidi Cox on 082-706-4283 or e-mail heidi.dinan@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, 19 DECEMBER: Kloof Gorge day hike upstream to two waterfalls with the Mountain Backpackers Club. Hikers will leave at 8.30am from the picnic site carpark. There is a small entrance fee. Take sun protection, hat, water, snacks and a rain jacket. Moderate fitness is required. Confirm with John McGovern beforehand on 082-659-5111.