In training for the Daktari Delivery Derby?

Actually no- it's just a staff training day held this last Saturday at Karongwe, where we reviewed safe procedures for push-starting our vehicles, and changing flat tyres. Here Beth, Laura, Dawie and Kaggie give Kim a good shove-off! This took up most of the morning and I think we all learned a few new tricks. Next it was off to Beacon Rock for a picnic lunch and then some tree ID training and knowledge sharing up at Wait-a-Little, in preparation for the elephant feeding focus that starts this week. It was constructive, fun, and we all wish we had the opportunity to do this kind of thing more often. The fact that there is still one tree sp that is found growing all over Beacon Rock, that had us all stumped (pun fully intended), is beside the point!

Oh- and what is the Daktari Delivery Derby all about? Well it's only a Charity Challenge idea at the moment, the plan being to have two teams push two of our research vehicles from Karongwe Base to Daktari Bush School and Wildlife Orphanage (about 8 km), to deliver their loads of educational resources, collected by volunteers and staff before the event, and of course hopefully raise some funds for the CT in the process. It'll take place around the end of the first quarter of 2012, so watch this space.

In training for the Daktari Delivery Derby?