This is a shot out of the window as we drove along, giving a possible explanation of the name. The sides of the road could easily be a garden hedge.
We stopped to take some photos
and found a small cafe which is also an information centre for Tsitsikamma coastal park which we were just entering.
It was time for a break, so John ordered tea and Pat, home made ginger beer.
This was real ginger beer and rather animated, so as the bottle was opened, a spray shot out horizontally six feet, soaking everything in reach, including Pat
It was so good, that it was forgiven! However, the ginger fumes were so strong that they kept making you cough.
Our next stop was Storms River. The River is along way below the bridge we viewed it from and appeared not to be very large, but its gorge was huge and impossible to photo. An underpass provided a means for viewers to cross the road.
Towards the sea, top of the gorge
The bottom of the gorge with the river visible.
From the other side of the bridge, the view was greener
and looking down
Our next stop was 'the big tree'. This is the woodland walk to the tree
The big tree is an Outeniqa Yellowwood which started to grow in 1190. It is 36.6m tall of which precisely half is trunk. It took a vertical panorama shot to photograph the tree.
Its circumference is 8.5m.
The trunk in detail about twenty feet up
After that, we headed for Knynsa (pronounced Nizna - ni as in night) where we will spend 2 nights at the Knynsa Country House.
In the evening the mist between Knynsa and the mountains made a pretty picture
Pat and John on tour