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dedicated to discovery, conservation and exploration



entering Sudan

31 Jan 2010
Posted by Katja Nordwig

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 3 Jan

Valley of the kings

24 Jan 2010
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 18 Jan
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Date: 
2 March, 2010 - 19:15
Speakers Name: 
Hugh du Preez
Cost: 
Free for members, guests R20
Venue: 
Cricket Pavilion Johannesburg Country Club
Kind of event: 
Monthly Meeting
            

We're Off

18 Jan 2010
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 14 Jan Breakfast conversation:

Arrival in Cairo

14 Jan 2010
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 Hi there. Here is my first contribution:
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 … unfortunately due to my haste to get into Tibet in my last update I rushed from Shangri -La to Chengdu without elaborating much about the towns in between. The main reason for this though was because I could not find much of interest to see or do in Daocheng, Litang or Kangding. They were just stopover towns on my journey to Chengdu.
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Date: 
2 February, 2010 - 19:15
Speakers Name: 
James Pitman
Cost: 
Free for members, guests R20
Venue: 
Cricket Pavilion Johannesburg Country Club
Kind of event: 
Monthly Meeting
For the adventure of it, and also to prove the aircraft to themselves and the world, Mike Blyth and James Pitman,  recently flew the production prototype Sling around the world. The aircraft performed flawlessly, flying numerous legs of over 2 000 nm (3 600 km) over the world's oceans, west to east and with almost the entire route in the ITCZ.

Annual Dinner

05 Oct 2009
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Date: 
20 February, 2010 - 18:30
Cost: 
R 150
Venue: 
Magaliesburg
Kind of event: 
Annual Dinner
 Join us at the ESSA Annual dinner and prizegiving.  Awards are given both for off the wall events but also to those that contribute to make the club run!  This is an evening to remember with good food and great fun Participants: Paul Marais Dimiter Toderov Becky Smith Andrew Louw Danny Slater

Batting Thailand trip

03 Oct 2009
Posted by Paul M

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Date: 
1 December, 2009 - 19:15
Speakers Name: 
Erna Van Schalkwyk & Julio Balona
Cost: 
Free for members, guests R20
Venue: 
Cricket Pavilion Johannesburg Country Club
Kind of event: 
Monthly Meeting
    
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Date: 
6 October, 2009 - 19:15
Speakers Name: 
Riaan Manser
Cost: 
Free for members, guests R20
Venue: 
Rainbow Room Johannesburg Country Club
Kind of event: 
Monthly Meeting