Behind every successful story are always elements of support and team work. The highly successful 2012 Toyota Enviro Outreach has come to an end. While reflecting back over the last 10 days there is no doubt that the combination of generous sponsorship, dedicated and passionate scientists and their assistants and the logistical organization and support of the Klipbokkop Mountain Reserve group has once again made this possible.
The Klipbokkop team has excelled in delivering service of outstanding quality – dozens of airport trips to pick up and drop off members of the different teams and the media were made and no one had to worry about missing a flight!!
The logistics for the different teams of researchers and journalist and cameramen to get to the locations where the best results can be expected required detail planning and the finds were much better than expected….
At the Klipbokkop venue a state of the art laboratorium was set up to process the different finds and the lab assistance and scientist could work in the proximity of refreshments and the coffee machine.
Lodging was luxurious and the staff made sure that the guests received 5 star - treatment. There is however no doubt that for many of us the highlight of the day was the food. Meals were planned in detail and the presentation, the taste and the well balanced meals were a gourmet experience!!
Gerhard, Elmarie Groenewald and PG, with their dedicated team of Isa, Madeleen, Hendrik, Donovan and Eric should be congratulated on an excellent job done and a big thank you for treating us all like royalties.
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| Klipbokkop Support team |
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| Eric & Hendrik from Klipbokkop |
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| Donnovin from Klipbokkop |
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| Gerhard & Elmarie Groenewald |
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| Klipbokkop Conference Centre |
Find of the day
After finding half a dozen lilies and as many lily boring weevil species, we had the amazing luck to find one weevil actually in association with a lily. For the first time we can at least record this association! (Shows how profitable it is to have joint expeditions with different biological disciplines).
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| Brachicerus Sp. |
Marine expedition at Kogel Bay
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| Ferdi de Vos from Toyota SA joining team on-location |
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| Stunning view from Klipbokkop |
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| Toyota Enviro Outreach 2012 Group Photo |
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