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WHAT IS HIP HOT & HAPPENING

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Aurora
Bitterfontein
Citrusdal
Clanwilliam
Darling
Doringbaai
Goedverwacht
Graafwater
Jacobsbaai

Koringberg

Lambertsbaai
Langebaan
Leipoldtville
Lutzville & Koekenaap
Malmesbury

Moorreesburg

Paternoster

Piketberg

Porterville

Redelinghuys

Riebeek Kasteel
Riebeek-West
Saldanha
St Helena Bay
Strandfontein
Vanrhynsdorp
Velddrif
Vredenburg

Wittewater

Wupperthal
Yzerfontein

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West Coast Peninsula

Darling

West Coast

The Dormehl Property Group

Dormehl Property Group Darling is a real estate company situated in
Darling specialising in property
in the Western Cape.

Once again Ruth of Dormehl Properties on the West Coast brings you

another Darling Dormehl find this time in

Aurora

The centre of the universe for some

SERIOUS SELLER - This is a beautifully restored, traditional country home with it's thick walls, high beamed ceilings, shuttered windows and Dover stove. The house has a new roof, is easily maintained, comfortably wool carpeted and generously cupboarded throughout. Has two large reception rooms, diningroom, kitchen and scullery, three bedrooms, two bathrooms (main en-suite with bath, shower, dressingroom and seperate toilet), very large garage and an extensively converted insulated wendy house with a tiled patio. Has an interesting sandveld garden on half an acre, water storage tanks, an Israeli water-purifier and a beautiful staircase to the attic. Move now and enjoy the tranquility of the village.

Contact Ruth at Dormehyl Property Darling

Office 022 492 3453

Mobile 074 142 2861

Click below to view more Dormehl Darling Properties

Nina's

Recipe for January

Grilled Chicken, Fig and Rocket Salad.

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts
juice of 1 lemon
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp dark soy
fresh ice-berg lettuce
fresh rocket
4 figs - quartered
pine-nuts toasted
a few anchovies
4 small onions - peeled and halved
3-4 small day old bread rolls
Verlaque Chili Oil
salt/pepper

Slice the chicken breasts in thinner strips. In a plastic bag, mix the lemon juice, sugar and soy. Add all the chicken pieces and allow to marinade for at least 30 minutes. Heat up your griddle pan and grill the chicken pieces very quickly on both sides. while doing that, you can add the onions and grill them too. Season with salt and pepper and keep aside. Slice the bread rolls in thin slices and drizzle with Verlaque Chili Oil. Roast in a hot oven until golden and crispy. To assemble the salad, lay the lettuce and rocket in the bottom of a beautiful salad platter and start building your salad with the various ingredients. Finish off with the toasted pine nuts.

Dressing

1 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic - minced
salt/pepper
½ cup Parmesan cheese
a little milk to thin the sauce

Mix all the ingredients together with a whisk and drizzle lavishly over the salad just before serving.

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Tune in every Thursday morning.

I will be sharing many easy and delicious recipes with the nation.

Please tune in just after 9 on RSG 100-104FM or listen online.

Property for Sale

The Owner

Velddrif

As neat as a pin low maintainance Lock up and Go

A salt and pepper facebrick 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house with aluminium windows, glass fibre garage door and paving all around, making it a nearly maintenance-free property. Perfect for a newly married or pensioner couple.

Erf size 279m2 .

R720 000.00

Contact Gert on 022 713 4037/082 940 5002

Piketberg

“FLIGHT FOR BIRDERS”

BIRD IDENTIFICATION & CONSERVATION COURSE

Piketberg

2nd and 3rd February 2012

“Flight for Birders” was developed to assist novices and experienced bird-watchers to become involved in bird-watching in a practical and sustainable way. Basic steps in the identification of birds will be highlighted and the identification of garden birds, water birds, birds of prey and more difficult species such as swallows, waders and “little brown jobs” will be discussed systematically.

The course is illustrated with more than 1,600 slides and drawings. Emphasis will be placed on the development of “Site Support Groups” for Important Bird Areas for the central West Coast region of the Western Cape. Important conservation issues will be discussed and details will be given on how ordinary birders could become involved in conservation actions. A practical outing will be included, manuals will be distributed and certificates endorsed by BirdLife South Africa will be awarded.

VENUE: Piketberg - De Berge Guest House
TIME: Thursday 2 and Friday 3 February 2012, both at 09h00
COSTS: R 400-00 per head

To register contact Elaine at 0824558402 or mwjasser@mweb.co.za

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For more info and accomodation packages contact

Ansel Piketberg Tourism 022 913 2063

A link for all

Whilst getting an upgrade for my computer at Gert of ComputaHaven in Vredenburg. We got onto Gerts new family activity of cycling. Gert mentioned the link below which I followed up when returning home.

Contact Gert for all your computer needs.
022 713 4037/082 940 5002

just follow his link advice.

www.sports-traker.com

Helping you train better since 2004

Sports Tracker is an award-winning application and online service developed by a passionate team of outdoor sports enthusiasts and mobile experts, in cooperation with our users.

We’re on a mission here: we want to help people train better, connect through sports, and live healthier, happier lives. And we want to do this using mobile phones: the fact is, after all, that most outdoor enthusiasts already have sports computers their pockets in the form of smartphones – those gadgets just need to be activated with the right application.

By joining the Sports Tracker service and downloading the free application to your smartphone, you’ll launch your training to a whole new level. Easily track and analyze your exercises and have fun training by sharing your workouts and photos with your friends and other similar-minded people via the Sports Tracker community, Facebook and Twitter. You’ll enjoy monitoring the development of your progress like never before.

Sports Tracker is one of Nokia Ovi Store’s most downloaded applications, with millions of downloads from more than 200 countries. The combined tracked distance by our users reached a whopping 130 million kilometers in September 2011.

And the distance is increasing ever more rapidly, with the introduction of our iPhone, Android and Windows Phone applications.

A bit about our background

We started Sports Tracker in 2004 while working at Nokia. Our application was the first of its kind for mobile phones, so we can safely say the we’re the category founder and leader in our field. Our original vision was to come up with an easy and fun training application that would help people train better and connect them with each other.

Back then there were no phones with GPS, no smart phones, no Google maps. But like runners preparing for a marathon, we knew that if we’d just sweat it out, we’d reach our goal.

And here we are seven years later on our own (after a successful spin-off from Nokia). As of today, after millions of downloads and with an ever-increasing group of active trackers worldwide, we’re still the same sports enthusiasts and mobile geeks ourselves who want to carry on developing Sports Tracker and help people train better and enjoy themselves.

Keep on tracking!

Team Sports Tracker

Media reactions
We think Sports Tracker is the bomb but don’t take our word for it. Check out some reviews and then try the app and the service for yourself – it’s free :)

“If you’re going to use just one app to record and monitor your workouts, Sports Tracker is the best way to go.”
- Androinica.com

“Devido as funcionalidades que apresenta, o Sports Tracker é para mim a melhor aplicação do género.”
- PPLWare.com

“Socialites Will Love This GPS App For Keeping Track Of Workouts”
- AppAdvice.com

“Även om det knappast råder någon brist på bra träningsverktyg för Android är ändå Sports Tracker ett mycket trevligt tillskott.”
- Swedroid.se

“Assolutamente consigliata per chi desidera tener traccia dei propri allenamenti con il fido smartphone Android.”
- Androidiani.it

“I cannot recommend Sports Tracker enough. Very solid set of features, and it’s only gotten better over the years.”
- Zomgitscj.com

“Sports Tracker is unquestionably the most impressive and feature-rich fitness app for Android.”
- Knowyourmobile.com

“Overall, great app and now my main choice when it comes to tracking my cycling.”
- LondonCyclist.co.uk

“Ein großer Schritt für Fitnessfans – diese App erweitert den Lauf-Horizont und den Sportsfreundeskreis!
- Bild.de

“Sports Tracker is definitely one of the best apps of its kind in the app store.”
- Freshapps.com

“As a summary, I have to say that I love this app.”
- Gadgetero.net

“Sports Tracker is accurate, easy to use, social and a great accountability tool.”
- MyAppinions.com

“Honestly – I loved the Friends feature the best – especially since we are in the biz for motivation – but as a whole it’s a good app too :)”
- MumsRunThisTown.com

“Let me just say, as a fitness app junkie, the number of features they’ve included in this app without making it feel cumbersome or overwhelming is beyond impressive.”
- NoMoreBacon.com

THE SWARTLAND SPCA IN CRISIS

Friday, 6 January, was a sad day for us, we had to say goodbye to our kennel hand Nathan Daniels. The Swartland SPCA is unfortunately facing some severe financial challenges this year and as a result a decision was made to retrench Nathan.
Nathan was responsible for walking all the dogs every day and for responding to calls about strays or animals in need. Last month alone he admitted 71 animals to our SPCA. Nathan also assisted the kennel supervisor in the assessment procedure of dogs up for adoption and did all the fetching and carrying of animals of the underprivileged when they were brought in for sterilisation. Not to mention the fetching and carrying required to keep the kennels operational.
Our expenses are R70 000 a month and we are eating into our reserves at a rate of R20 000 a month. If we could find 20 companies willing to sponsor R1000 a month we can keep operational.
If there are companies in the Darling area who are in the budgeting process and could find it in their hearts to include the SPCA as part of their social responsibility we would be most grateful. I am very happy to meet with anybody to present our financials, budget and 2012 business plan.

THE AREA WE COVER

Piketberg, Riebeeck West, Koringberg, Riebeeck Kasteel, Kaalbaskraal, Chatsworth, Moorreesburg, Abbottsdale, Malmesbury, Yzerfontein, Darling.

Colette Mang
Chairperson Swartland SPCA
Tel: 022 409 2237
Cell: 083 23 53 285
Fax: 086 609 12 18
www.swartlandwestcoastspca.co.za

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