BELA -BELA TOUR

TIME	SITES	DIRECTIONS	COMMENTORY
9.20AM-9.35AM	INFORMATION CENTER	Drive straight on the R101 road till you get to the robot.Go straight across then turn left.	*Very well organised *Provided us with Bela-Bala information *Very friendly *Helped us
9.45AM-10.00AM	GRAVE YARD	As you come out turn right pass the robot,total garge.Turn left then right.Then again turn left and then right drive straight.Turn lef in Minaar street.	*Christian pertorious was born in 1800 and passed away in 1848. *The introduction to her grave. *Her husband though that the hydro water will help her but it never happen.
10.05AM-10.20AM	AFRICAN MARKET	From the graved yard drive straight turn left and then right in Ritchie street.	*Walked around the market. *Many intersesting things there were selling. *People there were very friendly,helpful. *Took many photos.
10.30AM-10.38AM	BLOCK HOUSE	Passing the fruit and veg keep driving straight passing the shell garge.Turn right and then left in industria street.Keep driving straight turn left.	*The place is in location. *It is very old. *Seven people worked there.
10.43AM-10.50AM	SILO’S	Coming out of the block house turn right turn and then left.	*There are never even number of siol’s. *Big siol’s is 3500 thons. *NTK
10.55AM-11.05AM	LOCATION	Then turn right.	*Seen around the location. *It is different from the olden days. *The township has pub’s and sharben’s. *Most people are building. *There is a high school.

RECEPTION

The heart of Sondela is the reception.Reception provide all the information that the guest need.Welcoming is done everyMondays and Fridays in front of the reception.We welcome all the guest and provide little information to them about what is happening this weekends.

About Sondela

The heart of Sondela is the Reception.It is a place of opportunities for people that are willing to learn.Sondela is 1000 rugby fields big.Sondela consist of five sections that is

Nature reserve,Farm yard,Sondela share block,The grassland,The far north.

RED BILLED QUELEAS

PEST CONTOL

The journey being of the Red Billed Queleas bird from the Friday the 29 January

but they
only started the Pest control on Monday 1 February.Due to the fact that Sondela is a nature
reserve on the weekend they where many guest,visitors on the premises.

Objectives of the Red Billed Queleas operation

The objectives were to exterminate the queleas because they were eating the local farmers crops
We had to understand the situation of the pest control and know what to do when.It was not that easy at all because we are a nature reserve and it is a beautiful bird,but this is what we had to do.

Planing
We had a debrief before going to the field,discussed the situation.The department of agriculture were there and did what they had to do.The planing went well,everything was organised but we really did not know what was going to happen we had to wait and watch.

What we had to do
We had to chase the non target specie's.See how everything was set out after that we went back home and waited for the team of agriculture to spray the 46 hectors.The plan has a radio devise to keep contact with the person at the bottom so that they know what is going on and where are they going to spray when.Round about 8 clock they stared spraying everything went well.In the morning 5 clock we had to wake up and go to the field where the farmer workers were picking up the dead and suffering birds.We were walking with them, and chase away the non target animals

FALCOLAN 520 ULV
Falcorn is the insecticide to control Red-Billed Birds.Falcolan only to be used by qualified personnel of Directorate Resource Conservation of National Department of Agriculture.For control or Red-Billed Quelea(Quelea quelea lathamii).


What non target species were found

Two white faced owl,one cat,egret was found.They were taken to the wild life center for rehabilitation.There they will be treated and given medicine till there get better.

The outcome of the pest control

We had to do this operation even though we are a nature reserve because the framers are having problem the queleas are eating they crops.The farmers are paying to do this operation it costs alot but there is no other way to the problem.