On Thursday we were visited by 25 trainees from Metrorail who will be involved with promoting tourism and who needed to learn about the various tourist attractions within easy access of the train route.
They were brought to the centre by Keith Edwards. He visited last week to discuss possibilities of bringing groups of tourists to the centre as part of the programme leading up to and involving the 2010 soccer world cup as well as bringing groups of children regularly to the centre as part of the Edutrain programme. This was an opportunity to develop our relationship with Metrorail further and to reach more people with our education programme. Lesley gave a presentation and after this they were shown the award winning video ‘Sharks in Deep Trouble.’
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Our 2009 white shark season was the worst shark season, in terms of shark activity, I have experienced in all my time working at Seal Island. Not only did the sharks arrive later than usual this year, but they left earlier than usual too and the average number of sharks recorded per day was much lower compared to previous years. Strangely, this low activity was not mirrored further up the coast in nearby Gansbaai. However, a number of great sea days with the sharks were still enjoyed and we did get most of our winter field work done that was planned. However, the end of the season means diving out the receivers that have been monitoring the area for tagged sharks and the safest time of year to dive is now when shark activity is low.
Seal Island is renowned for it's breaching white sharks
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In a unique first for Cape Town, South Africa, Save our Seas Shark Centre and Consider Us, a UNEP Initiative joined hands with 600 Rainbow Kids to send a resounding message to the world on Camps Bay beach, Cape Town on the Global Day of Climate Action, Saturday 24 October 2009.
First creating a Consider Us logo, this transformed into a 350 logo within seconds. (more…)
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Save Our Seas Shark Centre and Jungle Theatre took the “Shark Dreams” play to 1000 Primary School children in Cape Town. We traveled to Turfhall Primary in Hanover Park and Klipfontein Primary in Bonteheuwel this past week.
The play based on the book Sue finds Happy Eddie, was written by Lesley Rochat and tells the story of Thandi, a young Capetonian who dreamed of becoming a surfer and riding the waves at Muizenberg, on the False Bay coast. In her dreams, she meets up with the sea spirit who takes her on a journey to meet the different sharks in the sea. She searches for a shy shark, Happy Eddy, who has gone missing from the Save our Seas Shark Centre. The play also highlights the threats to sharks, how to be ‘Shark Wise’ and the role of the Shark Spotters in ensuring safety when swimming at our beaches.
We thank our generous benefactor for enabling us to reach these children.
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Save our Seas Shark Centre staff training pays dividends Terry and Zanele underwent two days of First Aid training with EMT (Emergency Rescue Training); and little did they know how soon their training would be put into practice.
As a public venue we are often the first call – be it a seal rescue, a whale beaching or in this case a gent that had dislocated his shoulder. We responded to all of the above; Monday – a seal rescue, Tuesday – alerted to the Orca that had beached on Sunset Beach, Milnerton and then the real first aid call on Thursday. What a week!
Rest assured, we take our roles very seriously and will continue to do so.
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