Cola Myoli Conservancy

18/02/2025

🌿 Thank You for Attending Our AGM! 🌿

We had a fantastic Annual General Meeting last week Tuesday! A huge thank you to Dr. Bool Smuts, the General Manager from the Landmark Foundation, for his insightful talk on leopards in and around the Garden Route. 🐆 We also appreciate his colleague, Monica Vaccaro, who joined us to answer questions after the formal session.

It was a great evening, well-supported by our members and guests. Thank you to the Sedgefield Island Conservancy members, who were also in attendance to support us.

If you'd like to join our conservancy or learn more about us, please email us at [email protected].

Together, we can make a difference! 🌱

From left to right in the photo is Paul Dougal (our Chairman), Austin Byrne (Committee Member), Margie Van Eden (our Secretary), Monica Vaccaro (Landmark Foundation), Dr Bool Smuts (GM Landmark Foundation), Adrienne Bartlett (our Treasurer), Lisa Swanepoel (Committee Member), Jason Smithen (Committee Member).

28/09/2024

On September 21st, we came together for a wonderful event—the International Coastal Cleanup day. In Sedgefield, the Cola Myoli Conservancy joined forces with the Sedgefield Island Conservancy and Revive Sedgefield to clean up our beaches.

Thank you to Our Sponsors:
Sedgefield Oasis and Paul Dougal (RE/MAX Lakes Sedgefield) : For sponsoring the water—keeping our volunteers hydrated and energized.
Great Brak River Conservancy: For the recycling bags, they played a vital role.
43 Teams, 1 Mission: Across the greater Knysna area, 43 teams rolled up their sleeves. Together, we combed the coastline, determined to make a positive impact.

Our mission, during the cleanup, separate the medical items from the rest of the debris. The police needed this as evidence for the case against the ship owners involved in the container spill.

We delivered the medical items to the police. The Knysna municipality collected the rest of the items that we collected.

In unity, we made a difference—a ripple in the vast ocean of conservation. Let’s keep our coastlines pristine and our community spirit strong!

08/09/2024

11/08/2024

🌿 On Tuesday 6 August, we gathered for our cherished annual Soup and Sherry evening—a heartwarming tradition that brings us closer together. 🍲🥂 This is an opportunity for the committee to thank members for their ongoing support as well as welcome new members and connect as a community.
🥣 Our dedicated committee stirred up not one, not two, but three delightful soups! The crispy fresh bread and the warming sherry were sponsored by Mario from Harcourts! His sponsorship provided the golden elixir that warmed our souls and sparked conversations. The Lion's provided us with the venue. Thank you all and cheers to community generosity!
💚 Beyond the laughter and camaraderie, we received donations which will propel our projects forward.
🙌 Thank You, Everyone! To all who joined us, laughed with us, and clinked glasses: You made this evening a resounding success. Your presence matters, and your continuous support fuels our conservation efforts.

04/07/2024

Unfortunately due to bad weather the beach cleanup will not take place tomorrow.

19/05/2024

Unfortunately due to the forecasted rain the Cola Myoli Conservancy will reschedule the Beach Clean-Up

20/03/2024

Thank you to Strandloper Project for the new Two Oceans turtle rescue network sign at the stairs to Cola beach!

19/03/2024

Good morning everyone, the first two turtle hatchlings have washed ashore, one at Muizenberg and one at Plett. The latter didn't survive.

If you head down for a beach walk over the next few days, please be on the lookout for any hatchlings.

Also, if you want a break from digital life for an hour or so, head down for a beach walk and be on the lookout for turtles. - 50 Strandloper Project

11/01/2024

The Cola Myoli Conservancy Committee of 2023 would like to thank everyone that turned out for a very succesful AGM this evening.

Thank you to Wayne Lurner who gave a fascinating talk on the snakes of the Garden Route, and to The Sedgefield Lions for allowing us to use the club house.
We would like to welcome the new committee members and new conservancy members, and especially wish our new Chairman Paul Dougall the very best of luck in his new role.

We look forward to a year of membership growth, impactful new projects and even more community engagement. If you'd like to join us in making an environmental impact please enquire at [email protected]

03/01/2024

2023 is a wrap!

02/01/2024

It's a new year and we're looking forward to hatching our 2024 plan of action!

However, before we do that, we're wrapping up the last year with our Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Cola Myoli Conservancy Committee would like to invite all Sedgefield and surrounding residents & stakeholders to our next AGM on 11 January at 17h00. Details in post.

Contact [email protected] for more information on attending or becoming a member for 2024.

01/01/2024

Observations in the Cola Myoli Conservancy lately🌾

A bird, an insect and a snake...

Dideric Cuckoo
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1738-Chrysococcyx-caprius

Common Bark Mantid
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/570012-Oxypiloidea-tridens

Common Slug-eater
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30326-Duberria-lutrix

As the name suggests Slug-eaters hunt slugs (and snails) and are harmless. They're quite hard to see on the road. Please keep a lookout while driving for the animals. Dikkop chicks are also around 😎

- Jason (Cola Myoli Conservancy Committee member)

(Photos are of the species not the observation itself.)

Duberria lutrix, or the common slug eater, is a small, ovoviviparous, molluscivorous, nonvenomous snake, which is endemic to Africa. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duberria_lutrix, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Alex Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alex Rebelo)

16/12/2023

*Rooikrans in Cola Myoli Conservancy* 🌾

Rooikrans has been noted in the area. It's an invasive tree species which needs to be kept under control. Alien hacks have been performed in the past.

Thank you to residents who have pointed it out to us. If you notice any please alert us so we can map out the spread.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/75249-Acacia-cyclops

We've liased with the municipality with regards to performing an alien hack in 2024.

- Jason
Cola Myoli Conservancy Committee

Acacia cyclops, commonly known as red-eyed wattle or western coastal wattle, is a coastal shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae. Native to Australia, it is distributed along the west coast of Western Australia as far north as Jurien Bay, and along the south coast into South Australia. (Source:....

19/11/2023

Thank you again to everyone who joined us for our Year-end wine & chocolate pairing! 🍷🍫🍷🍫

To all of our members who contribute their membership donations to protecting the Cola Myoli Conservancy so that the fauna, flora and residents can flourish in harmony - thankyou for a wonderful year of making an impact that matters.

Last but certainly not least, thank you to the Cola Myoli Conservancy Committee Members: Margie van Eden, Jason Smithen & Jacqui Conradie - you selflessly give of your limited time and energy to make sure you leave the world a better place than you found it.

Have a wonderful festive season and we look forward to making an even bigger impact next year!

Adrienne Bartlett
Cola Myoli Conservancy Chairperson 2023

11/11/2023

Last night the Cola Myoli Conservancy received a service recognition award for the and work that we do in These nominations are voted by the public, which make them so much more significant.

Although we are intrinsically motivated to do this work, it feels so good to know that our community recognises the value and appreciates the effort.

🌿Thank-you so much to everyone who voted.
🌿Thank-you to our members for making the work possible by contributing your time and other resources, and to our collaborators for working with us.
🌿Thank-you to the Sedgefield Ratepayers & Residents Association for the recognition.

Harcourts Sedgefield Mario Ferreira Chrisjan van der Merwe Adrienne Bartlett Margie van Eden Jacqui Conradie Smithen

07/11/2023

🐳 Beach Clean-up Reminder 🐳

Date: Wednesday, 8 November
Time: 09h30
Place: Pili Pili Sedgefield Parking

We look forward to seeing you!

Cola Myoli Conservancy 🌿

01/11/2023

01/11/2023

Our beautiful diaries are available to order from Edge Press!

R185 per diary, and they are great gifts too

Call/email
0725164701 or info@edgenewscoza