GC7BGM2 TINIE (Multi-cache) in Western Cape, South Africa created by family Behrens

GC7BGM2 ▼

A cache by family Behrens Message this owner

Hidden : 8/27/2017

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A quick 2 step multi in a lovely location .

On a trip out to see the Flowers at the west coast national park , we were told about this spot by a friend so we made a stop and decided that this place had to be put on the Geo map.

The Cache is placed in a free assess park along a path. No need to leave the path to get the cache.

To Find this cache you will need to answer the flowing questions at the listed coordinates.

1: The Number of activities you may NOT do in the park = A
2: The Number of activities you MAY do in the park = B

S33 (5xA). (A-B) (A-2) (BX2)
E 018 1(BX2). B (B-3) A

Tienie Versveld Reserve lies just outside Darling en route to Yzerfontein, part of a farm that was donated to the National Botanical Society of South Africa by none other than a Marthinus Versveld (known locally, obviously, as Oom Tienie).

The Tienie Versveld Reserve is an incredibly pretty reserve of 20 hectares that because it has never been ploughed gives rise to a plethora of Sandveld flowers during the annual flower show.

Although open throughout the year to those who frequent Darling, it is for the bulbs that the Tienie Versveld is most well known, and during the flower season it is extremely popular as a result. Look out for the graves of Marthinus and his wife Beatrice (known as Baby). Interestingly Marthinus's sister, Muriel, was one of the founding members of the Darling Wildflower Association.

It isn't the only flower reserve in Darling. During September there is an annual exodus to the little not-quite-seaside West Coast town where flowers have been the focus since 1917. The West Coast flower region gives rise to no fewer than 1200 different flowering plant species, 80 of which are endemic to the West Coast and found nowhere else.

That so many flowers are found here in the Tienie Versveld Reserve is largely due to a mix of different veld types – Sandveld, Strandveld, Renosterveld and Rietveld produce an incredible array of, particularly, bulbous plants rich in diversity and range of size and colour. More than 10% of the Cape Floral Kingdom occurs in less than 1% of the area in Darling.

Whilst visiting the Tienie Versveld Reserve, also visit the Darling Renosterveld Reserve, the Groenekloof Renosterveld Reserve and the Waylands Flower Reserve.

You will also get to see the Darling Wind Farm from this location.

On the hills just outside Darling, roughly 70 kilometres from Cape Town, stand four wind-generated mills. It's known as an Eskom demonstrator site, which means it's something of a learning platform for the development of the wind energy industry in South Africa.

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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