Riebeeck Park Wetland – Farms Traditional Cache
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Riebeeck Park Wetland – Farms
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A roadside Cache. Please be careful when entering and exiting the small road from the main road.
The 44 ha wetland is a channelled valley bottom wetland that receives water from the Swartspruit and storm water drains. The wetland drains back into the Swartspruit through the centre of Kempton Park. The Swartspruit in turn drains east into the Rietvlei river, which flows into the Rietvlei Dam, an important source of water for Tshwane Metro. Land use in the catchment is mainly urban (residential, industrial and a golf course) but also includes an area of natural grassland. Because development has resulted in a much larger area of hardened surfaces, water flows into the system at high volumes and speeds, and there are consequently increased flood peaks. Channels in the wetland concentrate stream flow, which results in channel incision and headcuts. This has altered the system’s integrity and functioning, and threatens to destroy the remaining healthy sections of wetland. Pollution enters the system from a range of urban sources, including the Kempton Park Golf Course, residential areas, roads and a range of urban activities. Given the water pollution impacts on the river system, which used to include a sewage treatment works downstream of Riebeeck Park, the wetland’s water purification function is considered its most important ecological service. Rehabilitation intervention is designed specifically to address its ability to continue to provide this service. The upstream wetland areas are secured through stabilising headcut erosion and raising the water table within incised drainage channels.
Just off the main road is a small dam with an abundance of bird life, bring your camera with. This dam is down stream of where the old sewage treatment works used to be. Nature is slowly recovering from the pollution.
As this series is our first attempt at hiding caches all constructive criticism would be appreciated.
The snap lock container contains a log book and pencil. It is large enough to accommodate SWAG for trading. When we placed the container it contained our first Trackable “Moove Me” (TB5BDJJ) and some SWAG. No tools required, just push one of the corners.
Additional Hints
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Ab arrq gb trg jrg....BCBE