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Titanic Challenge Trail Run
The atmosphere at the first cross country race the CVC ever organised was electric, the weather played its part, and most of the athletes proved that they were indeed Up for The Challenge! The 35km run kicked off at 7 am, the 21km at 7:30am, and the 10km run at 8:15am...
How it came to be
The original dam was built in the early days of Clarens. It fed the old waterworks (remains of which can still be seen downstream) and as the demand for water grew in the eighties the wall of the dam was raised to its present level but no provision was made for a...
Who wants to live forever?
If you are an everlasting, then yes! And when you opt to live in the grasslands of Clarens, you just may succeed. As long as you follow the example of proteas and group your two types of florets in your single head with floret, set in the middle as inconspicuously as...
What Owl
In Clarens and its surroundings, there are five different owl species with the Spotted Eagle-Owl being the most common.The other species are:Western Barn OwlAfrican Grass-OwlMarsh OwlCape Eagle-OwlSpotted Eagle Owl Height: Male 43cm, Female 47cm Weight: Male 540g,...
Scilla natalensis
Merwilla plumbea (Scilla natalensis) is a graceful perennial bulb, and with its tall plumes of blue flowers, the showiest of the South African scillas. It is deciduous, growing during summer and dormant in the winter. It can grow up to 1 m tall, often in large...
Klipdorpie Clarens titel dié storie in Maroela Media
Oermooi en outentiek noem die skrywer van die aanlyn-nuuskanaal, Maroelamedia, ons Clarens. Om aan te haal uit die inleidingsparagraaf: "Na die lang, reguit rit deur die uitgerekte Vrystaatse vlaktes, veskyn die berge van die Oos-Vrystaat soos dramatiese klipkastele...
What in the world?
Hyobanche rubra Known in English as Broomrape, in Afrikaans as "Aardroos" and in Sesotho as "Moshoafeela", this unusual plant belongs to the snapdragon family. It has an underground stem and is a parasite, living off the roots of another plant. The portion above...
How Yellow!
This delightful bulb (actually a corm), known as Yellow Tritonia, with its very striking yellow flowers belongs to the Iris family and is fairly common in the Nature Reserve. It is normally solitary and is currently in flower on the Scilla walk. It is also called,...
A pink walk indeed
Hesperantha schelpeana. One of the early Spring jewels in the CVC is this stunning Hesperantha schelpeana. Currently in flower along the Mallen Walk, it, together with Hesperantha baurii are two plants endemic (only found here) to the Drakensberg and surrounds....