The Paradise Valley Nature Reserve, 100 Hectares of coastal and remnant grassland, boasts one of the two National Monuments to be found in Pinetown – The Umbilo Waterworks, which were built in 1887 and the Indigo Vats! (There are also mysterious burial mounds of stone scattered around the Reserve.) All four of the trails in the Reserve start at the Interpretive Centre and head down through the picnic Area.

Wendy Heather Woods (neè Bruce) was born on 5 February 1941 in Mthatha (formerly Umtata), Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). An outstanding pupil in school, she matriculated with a first-class pass and left home when she was just 16 years old. After training as a librarian, she became a licentiate of the Trinity College of Music and became a music teacher.

Mooi River was originally named: 'Lawrenceville'- after the Irish farmer who formalized its settlement during the 1800's. The Village took its enduring name from the Voortrekker description: 'of its River being beautiful'.  'Mooi', which translates as 'pretty' in English. In Zulu, however, the River is Mpofana: 'Place of the Eland'. 

Devadas Paul David ( Paul David) was born on 26 August 1940 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN) into a devout Catholic family.  His grandparents came from a little village in Tamil Nadu, South India to Natal as indentured sugar cane labourers.