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| Beach / Lagoon Walk -
11 February 2007 |
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The
Sunday
afternoon
walk
on
11
February
2007
took
us
from
the
car
park
next
to
the
Canoe
Club
(near
the
Milnerton
Lighthouse)
northwards
along
the
beach;
then
along
a
path
that
winded
across
the
golf
course
and
along
the
western
shore
of
the
Diep
River.
We
crossed
through
Sunset
Village
back
to
the
beach
and
then
back
to
the
car
park.
From
the
beach
we
could
see
how
bad
the
beach
erosion
was,
in
places
it
had
exposed
and
was
eroding
an
old
road
that
had
been
built
just
behind
the
frontal
dunes
many
years
ago.
The
boardwalks
originally
built
to
facilitate
access
to
and
from
the
beach
were
also
damaged.
This
beach
erosion
is a
direct
result
of
the
building
of
Cape
Town
Docks,
most
erosion
has
taken
place
since
the
container
terminal
was
built.
The
extension
of
the
docks
have
caused
the
circular
currents
in
Table
Bay
to
move
eastwards,
thus
eating
away
at
the
beach
along
Woodbridge
Island.
There
are
several
retention
ponds
on
the
golf
course,
they
provide
a
good
habitat
for
a
variety
of
bird
life
- on
several
of
these
ponds
red-knobbed
coots
were
building
nests
on
the
water
and
other
species
were
nesting
in
the
reeds.
The
pictures
of
the
outing
are
on
the
next
pages.
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The
day
was
pleasantly
cool
when
the
group
met
in
the
parking
lot
next
the
Canoe
Club. |
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Nelis
addressing
the
group
at
the
slipway
next
to
the
Golf
Club. |
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The
walking
starts
in
earnest
against
the
backdrop
of
Table
Mountain. |
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Looking
north
with
Blouberg
Hill
in
the
distant
background. |
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Beach
erosion
has
taken
its
toll
of
the
old
road
along
the
dunes. |
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The
group
discussing
important
matters
on
the
beach. |
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One
of
the
boardwalks
from
the
beach
onto
the
golf
course
damaged
by
beach
erosion. |
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A
coot
on
the
Milnerton
lagoon. |
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View
from
the
lagoon
across
the
golf
course. |
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Guinea-fowl
on
golf
course. |
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Coot
feeding
on
algae
enriched
pond
on
golf
course. |
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Group
with
lagoon
floodplain
in
background. |
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Walking
next
to
golf
course. |
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Path
and
boardwalk
between
golf
course
pond
and
lagoon
(the
lagoon
is
to
the
right). |
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A
slight
rain
shower
approaching
from
Cape
Town. |
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Pat
talking
to
the
group
about
the
management
of
the
area. |
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Fynbos
on
dunes
between
sea
and
Sunset
Beach
development. |
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Wind-surfer
off
Sunset
Beach. |
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Walking
back
along
beach. |
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The
wreck
of
the
"Winton"
which
ran
aground
in
1934. |
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And
so
ends
a
very
pleasant
outing
-
just
wish
more
of
you
could
have
joined
us. |
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