schoenmakerskop

I took Chaos Boy for a morning of geocaching along Marine Drive the other day, picking up about 15 caches along the Wildside.  It meant that we stopped quite often to go boulder hopping in search of caches.  The Wildside between Cape Recife and Schoenmakerskop (and further) is a rugged coastline and when the south-westerly wind starts pumping it truly becomes wild out there.  But when there is no wind its a stunning area to explore with many little trails,…

I often wish I lived in Schoenmakerskop.  A beautiful place for walks, swims, snorkeling, fishing (not that I'm a fisherman), sunsets and photographs.  Plus its nice and peaceful in the week and only gets a little busier over weekend.  My kind of place, unless the wind pumps out of the south-west.

Along the Wildside there are many fresh water springs that originate from water that has collected between the (vegetated) sand dunes along what used to be the Driftsands area.  The water then emerges again on the coast in the form of springs and flow to the sea.  In some places it dams up above the high water mark between rocks and swampy spots get formed.  In the search of a geocache the other day I had to cross through one of these…