Hello everyone,
With what could be our last Wiki Loves Monuments in full swing right now
WIkimedia South Africa has organised an number of events around the country
for this Saturday 26 September which you are all invited to join us for. I
have provided the event details as well as a link to their respective event
pages on Facebook.
The following events in Johannesburg, Paarl and Clanwilliam will be taking
place:
*26 September 2015: Johannesburg Heritage Walk
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1501689410149994/>*
Date: *Saturday, 26 September 2015*
Time: *10:00am - 12:00 am*
Location: *Sophiatown Bar Lounge, 1 Central Place, Cnr Jeppe and Henry
Nxumalo, Newtown, Johannesburg*
Join us for a leisurely monument scavenger hunt, starting and ending in
central Johannesburg. We will meetup where we started at 1:00pm, where we
will be on hand to assist people upload and submit their photographs to the
competition.
You can find a list of monuments in the area here.
*26 September 2015: Paarl Heritage Walk
<https://www.facebook.com/events/509377705886843/>*
Date: *Saturday, 26 September*
Time:* 10:00am*
Location: *Vinyeard Spar, Main Road, Paarl*
RSVP: Please RSVP by Friday at by contacting the even organiser at:
roche(a)hunkydory.co.za or by SMS/Whatsapp at the number below.
Info: Fore more info please inbox Roché Petersen or call/sms/Whatsapp 072
841 2980.
Founded in 1687, Paarl offers a rich cultural and architectural heritage,
from elaborate Cape Dutch homesteads, the tallest spire in the Republic,
that of Toringkerk. Join us as we explore our third oldest town on
Saturday, 26 September, at 10:00. Meeting place: Vinyeard Spar, Main Road.
From there on we can plot the course, carpool or drive
as we please. The
Spar offers safe and secure parking and is easy enough to find.
Rules &
Info: None but the usual - comfortable shoes, water, etc. Be careful and
vigilant when displaying cameras and phones in public. No booking is
required, but please RSVP by Friday 25 September as we want to print maps,
plan the route and all those admin stuff.
*26 September 2015: Clanwilliam Heritage Walk
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1642496222660404/>*
Date:*Saturday, 26 September*
Time: *10:00am*
Location: *Clanwilliam Museum, Main Street (Hoof Street) and Graafwater
Street, Clanwilliam.*
Info: Please contact Douglas for more information at 076 515 8727
There are a number of heritage sites in Clanwilliam with no photograph or
other media on Wikimedia Commons. As such this event will focus on
photographing and filming heritage sites along Clanwilliams Main Street and
Church Street. We will end off with lunch at a location within the town to
be decided on the day. Please let the event organiser, Douglas, know if you
have any questions. This is a free and open event to the general public.
Just a quick reminder that we will also be having the 10th Cape Town
Wiki-meetup on the 4 October. For more information check out the meetup
page on Wikipedia here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cape_Town/Cape_Town_10>.
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727