The South African Mounted Police Memorial, also known as the Desert Patrol Statue commemorates the South African Mounted Police and their use of camels to patrol the Kalahari desert.
The statue was sculptured in bronze (by Brig. Buks van Staden?) and unveiled in April 1988.
Fun Facts about camels:
There are two types of camels: One humped or "dromedary" camels and two humped Bactrian camels.
Camels have three sets of eyelids and two rows of eyelashes to keep sand out of their eyes.
Camels have thick lips which let them forage for thorny plants other animals can't eat.
Camels can completely shut their nostrils during sandstorms.
Thanks to thick pads of skin on their chest and knees, camels can comfortably sit in very hot sand
Their humps let them store up to 35kg (80 pounds) of fat which they can live off for weeks and even months!
When a camel finally does find water, he can drink up to 150 litre (40 gallons) in one go.
Camels are very strong and can carry up to 450 kg for 40km (25 miles) a day.
Camels can travel at up to 65km/h (40m/h) - the same as a racehorse!
Don't make a camel angry - they can spit as a way to distract whatever they think is a threat
Mother camels carry their calves up to 14 months before giving birth.
Some calves are born completely white and turn brown as their adult coat comes in.
There are over 160 words for camel in Arabic alone.
This cache in a nano-cache (magnetic) and it is suggested that the location be visited (to find this cache) before going on to Mystery Cache “Eeyore”.
At this cache site you need to take note of the date the statue was unveiled as the day of the month is the 3rd and 4th digits of the combination lock at Mystery Cache “Eeyore”