This cache is named after one of the interesting and unusual fish you’ll find in Gordon’s Bay.
The “Knifejaw” juveniles are often spotted hiding in overhangs. Adult knifejaws are inquisitive and often swim up close to divers for a better look. It is an inhabitant of rocky reefs and occurs at depths of from 1 to 10 metres. Juvenile members of this species can be found with patches of drifting seaweed. This species can reach a length of 80 cm, with the greatest recorded weight for this species of 6.4 kilograms. The color pattern consists of light and dark vertical bars. It has been recorded as feeding on hard-shelled invertebrates such as crustaceans and molluscs.
The cache is located on the Danie Miller Hiking Trail. The trail has a wide variety of indigenous plants, small streams, and is a contour walk which follows the contour above the top houses along the length of Gordon’s Bay just below the anchor. The trial is about 2.9km long and takes about 2 hours to walk, one way. It starts at Aurora drive and ends near the end of Suikerbossie drive.
In the late 1980’s Danie Miller was the mayor of Gordon’s Bay and built the trail with the help of his two daughters, Chanel and Lisa. He called it the “Mayor’s walk”. In later years the Gordon’s Bay municipality decided to rename it the “Danie Miller Trail”. The trail was incorporated in the Kogelberg Biosphere and is controlled and maintained by the Biodiversity Management of the City of Cape Town.
The trail has no entry fee, and can be accessed at any time.