MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES
MEMBERSHIP
If you have an interest in your environment, wetlands, birds or just a love for nature and walking outdoors, please consider joining the Friends of Rietvlei.
BENEFITS
- Free entry into Rietvlei for yourself, or your family if you take out family membership
- A monthly newsletter
- Regular talks and presentations by experts on local environmental issues
- Friends of Rietvlei is a registered Non-Profit Organisation; Reg No 067-504-NPO.
PRICING
OR
Senior individual over 60
Individual
IndividualUp to 1 Year: R110 p.a.
10 Years: R660
Family
2 adults & 2 youths (as below)Up to 1 Year: R165 p.a.
10 Years: N/A
Pensioner / Youth
Child under 18 or dependent studentOR Senior individual over 60
Up to 1 Year: R80 p.a.
10 Years: N/A
Corporate
Registered company/ businessUp to 1 Year: R160 p.a.
10 Years: N/A
To join, simply download and fill in the membership form below, then email the form together with the proof of payment to members@friendsofrietvlei.co.za.
For queries, please email members@friendsofrietvlei.co.za.
EVENTS
MORNING BIRD WALK
Date: Saturday 18 May 2025 08:00 – 10:30
Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
Join the Friends of Rietvlei for a bird walk in Rietvlei on Saturday 18 May, facilitated by Tim Ponton. The walk will be roughly 2.5 hours long, following the easy path to the peninsula and the bird hides, and is sure to guarantee some great wetland sightings.
This event is free to members of the Friends of Rietvlei, while non-members will need to pay the Table Bay Nature Reserve entrance fee at the gate of the reserve. Contact Tim via 076 645 6045 or timjponton@gmail.com to book. Don’t forget to bring your binoculars!
BOTANICAL WALK
Date: Saturday 15 March 2025 09:00 – 10:00
Sunset Beach, Milnerton
Petra Broddle, Chairman of the Friends of Blaauwberg Conservation Area and leader of the local CREW group, will be leading a short botanical walk for members and local residents at Sunset Beach, Milnerton. The quest is to find out what may be flowering at the start of the autumn season in the Sunset Beach dune area.
There is no cost to join the walk, but booking is required. Email flora@bca.org.za to book or obtain further information on this walk.
THE FIRST HEROIC RESCUE IN THE CAPE BY WOLRAAD WOLTEMADE WALK
Date: Saturday 15 March 2025 11:00
Rietvlei Boma, Table Bay Nature Reserve
On 1 June 1773 Wolraad Woltemade rescued 14 drowning seamen from the ship “De Jonge Thomas”, which had run aground on the beach in Table Bay, north of the Salt River’s mouth. Marthinus van Bart has commemorated Woltemade’s heroism in his latest book “Wolraad Woltemade, 250 Gedenkboek”.
Who was Wolraad Woltemade and how did the tragedy unfold?
***Copies of Marthinus van Bart’s book will be available for purchase at R400***
FRIENDS OF RIETVLEI 2025 AGM
Date: Saturday 19 July 2025 10:00
Location: Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
Join us for our annual AGM, after which we will enjoy a talk by a Vula Environmental Services representative on the dune rehabilitation project that is ongoing along the Table View beachfront. Following the talk, please join us for a leisurely bird walk down to the Friends’ Bird Hide. Refreshments will be provided.