Hello Ciarra,
You may think that stopping the crusher site has run out of steam, but I can assure you it hasn’t. My wife is actively pursuing this campaign and significant progress has been made. The 161 people who signed as objectors to this project is proof enough that the crusher site development is maybe as unpopular with the home owners as the developer is himself.
Regards
Adrian Farrar
29 March 2011
Palisade
At my house, palisades will not fit in a straight line because of rocks. So I have no palisade fence. Now they want me to drill holes into the rocks, so that I can run a straight line. Have you ever heard of such bull s—t!! I would rather not put a palisade at all, it is after all an echo estate. They won’t allow electric fences even thought we have k-k security, but they pick on people who want to gamble with no palisade fence. Whose risk is it anyway? It is far more likely that you will bump into a thief than a common Wildebeest.
Gato
Gato
Rare creatures
Hello Ciarra
Recently I looked out the window at night to find a security guard patrolling. I took a photo because this is such a rare site offered by our overrated security company. If anybody else has seen one, please say as this might be a new trend.
My family and I are sick and tired that some undesirable person will break in to our home. When the dogs barks I rush to one window and my wife to the other window. What a horrible way of living!
I had to shake my head when one home owner stood up at the last meeting on the 7th March 2011 and praised the running of this insecure estate. Maybe home owners living here don’t realize how serious security is. At Zimbali in Natal they fall short of asking for a DNA test, just to get in. The reasons for the tight security are obvious, you pay a lot of money for your property, you pay a high levy, because you insist on peaceful sleep at night and safety during the day. If you pay a lot for security and you don’t sleep well, then you have made a mistake where you have bought. If things don’t change the value of our investment will take a dive because people don’t want to live here.
The estate is a great concept badly run by a badly chosen board. The next AGM I will be there to vote against any previous board member who wants to stand, especially the ones chosen by the developer.
Peace Lover
Recently I looked out the window at night to find a security guard patrolling. I took a photo because this is such a rare site offered by our overrated security company. If anybody else has seen one, please say as this might be a new trend.
My family and I are sick and tired that some undesirable person will break in to our home. When the dogs barks I rush to one window and my wife to the other window. What a horrible way of living!
I had to shake my head when one home owner stood up at the last meeting on the 7th March 2011 and praised the running of this insecure estate. Maybe home owners living here don’t realize how serious security is. At Zimbali in Natal they fall short of asking for a DNA test, just to get in. The reasons for the tight security are obvious, you pay a lot of money for your property, you pay a high levy, because you insist on peaceful sleep at night and safety during the day. If you pay a lot for security and you don’t sleep well, then you have made a mistake where you have bought. If things don’t change the value of our investment will take a dive because people don’t want to live here.
The estate is a great concept badly run by a badly chosen board. The next AGM I will be there to vote against any previous board member who wants to stand, especially the ones chosen by the developer.
Peace Lover
24 March 2011
Rock Elephant-shrew
Hi all
I was at a house party within the estate about two weeks ago. Our hosts were talking about an elephant-shrew, and being typical blond, I had no glue what they were talking about. After my hosts describe it as a mouse like creature with a nose like an elephant, I was actually quite prepared to believe that they were pulling my leg. My nosy streak made me Google this little creature and I came across interesting facts that I would like to share with you all.
The creature is called a Rock elephant-shrew and its biological name is Elephantulus Myurus. Length wise (including tail) it get up to 26cm and weigh up to 60g. The colour of the body is buff-grey / white and the eyes are ringed with white. At the end of the snout are sensitive nostrils, and the senses of smell, hearing and sight are all acute. Faced with this battery of equipment the elephant-shrew's insect prey hasn't a hope - which is just as well for a mammal with an extremely high metabolic rate: they feed frenetically and sleep intermittently throughout the day. From the shady cover of a rock of shrub the rock elephant-shrew can dart out like a flash of lightning to pounce on its victim. Normally they travel on all fours, but at speed they leap on their hind legs. Smaller birds of prey are amongst elephant-shrew's enemies. Sitting motionless on a shaded rock, the animal is well camouflaged and may be mistaken for a stone - its only giveaway being a twitching of the snout and ears. Their natural lifespan is only about 13 months, but can reach up to 19 months. The funniest of all is the Afrikaans name being "Klipklaasneus".
Regards
Rynette
23 March 2011
Hi, I am back!
Hi all,
I’ve been away on business and came back to find that my work computer had been borrowed on a permanent basis by people who came in through the roof of our offices. Please resend e-mails sent through the past month. I saw lots of postings coming though on my Black Berry which I deleted (too costly to operate out of SA) and hoped to retrieve them when back at work ...... bastards (as Julius would say).
A chat with my neighbour revealed much controversy, dissension, disgust, venom, hatred in fact nothing nice except that Zakume the little giraffe is growing up nicely. Peace for the board seems unlikely and the quest for the halting of the crusher site seems to have run out of steam. This is sad for the people at the top of the estate but I turn left through the main gate.
The thought of having to maybe pay nearly R5000 plus costs regarding court cases comes as a shock. Is there no other way that a compromise can be negotiated. How does our board get us into this position beats me.
My neighbour also told me that info going around that Trevor Colman (the board member with a finger in many an estate pie) runs the estate blog nogal. This is run by IT Horizons, owned by the same guy. Office computers, estate accounts – yes you guessed right, there seems to be no limit to board members who are involved in supplying goods of services to the estate .... for a fee of course. It is even muted that should we require the services of a company specialising in the collecting of animal droppings, then there is a board member who happens to have such a company. So weird!!
Can anybody report on any board member who offers services within our estate. I stand corrected, but surely a board member would be given favourable support from fellow board members, who state that they can fulfil a need of our estate. Lots of questions, but as we know, few if any answers.
I had a request before I went overseas, to publish documents, facts, etc. I will now do this but please make sure that they are legitimate.
Good luck to Meera. Where and to whom should we apply? I believe Neil Diamond is a facilitator and a competent campaigner for any just cause. Go for it Neil!
Ciarra
I’ve been away on business and came back to find that my work computer had been borrowed on a permanent basis by people who came in through the roof of our offices. Please resend e-mails sent through the past month. I saw lots of postings coming though on my Black Berry which I deleted (too costly to operate out of SA) and hoped to retrieve them when back at work ...... bastards (as Julius would say).
A chat with my neighbour revealed much controversy, dissension, disgust, venom, hatred in fact nothing nice except that Zakume the little giraffe is growing up nicely. Peace for the board seems unlikely and the quest for the halting of the crusher site seems to have run out of steam. This is sad for the people at the top of the estate but I turn left through the main gate.
The thought of having to maybe pay nearly R5000 plus costs regarding court cases comes as a shock. Is there no other way that a compromise can be negotiated. How does our board get us into this position beats me.
My neighbour also told me that info going around that Trevor Colman (the board member with a finger in many an estate pie) runs the estate blog nogal. This is run by IT Horizons, owned by the same guy. Office computers, estate accounts – yes you guessed right, there seems to be no limit to board members who are involved in supplying goods of services to the estate .... for a fee of course. It is even muted that should we require the services of a company specialising in the collecting of animal droppings, then there is a board member who happens to have such a company. So weird!!
Can anybody report on any board member who offers services within our estate. I stand corrected, but surely a board member would be given favourable support from fellow board members, who state that they can fulfil a need of our estate. Lots of questions, but as we know, few if any answers.
I had a request before I went overseas, to publish documents, facts, etc. I will now do this but please make sure that they are legitimate.
Good luck to Meera. Where and to whom should we apply? I believe Neil Diamond is a facilitator and a competent campaigner for any just cause. Go for it Neil!
Ciarra
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