Gourikwa Nature reserve.
As I mentioned in yesterday's post my wife and I now moved to Gourikwa, from Mossel Bay, as the next stop in our vacation. Gourikwa is a small nature reserve, with quite an interesting History. (I posted a link at the bottom as well as a short piece copied from the website.)
Gourikwa is quite different from the long white beaches of Mossel Bay, with a rough rocky beach.
My brother and his family was also on vacation at the same place, and the photos where taken from his chalet, if one can call it a chalet, as it is very basic accommodation, with not even cell phone reception being available.
We normally braai when on vacation, and this was no exception, we had a nice fire going, with some nice meat on the hot coals.
With all the heat from the fire, one needed to cool down, and what better way than having a beer together??
We also did some fishing from the rocks, we were not to successful, with only one small fish. We also found some Periwinkle, which is in the bucket that my brother's son is holding, so we had a seafood mix for lunch!!
Below is a link you can follow to see more about Gourikwa.
Read more about Gourikwa, the source of the piece below is from the website above, but there is quite a bit more of the history on the site.
What is now Gourikwa Reserve, was once four different farms. The area was known as Buffelshoek. In 1980, the Atomic Energy Board (AEC) bought up the farms and renamed the area Gouriqua. The aim had been to establish a nuclear energy plant, a project which was eventually abandoned as it proved to be too expensive. During the AEC years, up to 1994, Gouriqua had been a national key point and was heavily guarded. Security fences were erected and soldiers patrolled the area. Razor wire fencing stretched right into the sea, making the area impenetrable. Any approaches from the sea were guarded by a patrol boat. The air space was off limits for fly overs. Fishermen and reed harvesters were therefore also banned from Gouriqua. Today, remnants of the activities carried out during that period, are the big store rooms, the conference centre, harbour walls and rusting steel plates on some of the rocks. The magnificent road infrastructure also dates back to this era
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I hope you have a wonderful day!!