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Cape Camera August 2023

August weekend outing

From left, Rudi Pothas, Marius Stockenstrom, Mike Stricker, Jacoba van Zyl, Jenny Stricker, Anna Engelhardt,
Ruth Stoltz, Andrew Spooner, Melanie Black, Sally Anne Spooner, Dave and Barbara Gordon, Richard Gold-
schmidt - Photo by Joyce Goldschmidt

Arniston and Canola Weekend Outing

By Richard Goldschmidt

Fifteen members were able to escape work and meet on Friday Activities like Spa treatments, an afternoon nap, watching rug-
morning the 18th of August at the Caledon Wildflower reserve, by, and practicing slow shutter speeds and bracketing, and tak-
from where we drove in convoy out along the R316 towards ing photos along the coast, occupied our members for the rest
Napier. At the intersection with the R326 we turned towards of the day. Arniston is not a sunset venue as the sun sets inland
the N2 and after 5.5km turned into a farm road from where we behind the town. Dinner that night had 18 of us at the table.
could spot the ‘church in the valley’ in the distance across the Thanks to the club for part sponsorship of the costs.
wheat fields. Tripods and long lenses were evident as the as- Looking out the window in the pre-dawn darkness of Sunday
sembled members were challenged to get the best shot of the morning showed a cloudless sky over the sea, so only a hand-
church. On the return to the R316 we stopped for another vista ful of members went out to the Cauldon area, whilst others
along the road which was worth taking. returned to bed. Breakfast was a leisurely event that went on
Upon arrival in Napier at lunchtime we visited Martin Osner’s till 10am. Check-out was at 11am. No one expressed a desire to
amazing gallery in the main street and some took the oppor- venture into the Waenhuis Cave at low tide, so we all said our
tunity to have a snack and coffee at Pascal’s. Leaving Napier, we goodbyes and headed home in different directions. Like oth-
turned up the R317 just short of Bredasdorp and headed for the ers, I drove once more into the canola farmlands, meandering
'school room building’ 19km away in the farmlands. It is difficult along muddy gravel roads until we reached Caledon, having
to find. A stop was made for windmills in the canola just short taken many photos. After lunching at Houw Hoek, we reached
of our destination. After quite a time photographing the school home at 5pm, having had a great 3-day outing.
room, we headed for the R319 which led us into Bredasdorp and Those present were: Jacoba van Zyl and Marius Stockenstrom,
thence on to the Arniston Hotel for a late afternoon check-in. Melanie and Shaun Neethling, Detlef and Barbara Basel, Anna
We met in the lounge for drinks before sitting down to a Engelhardt, Dave and Barbara Gordon, Sally Anne and Andrew
17-seater table for a sumptuous dinner together. Alarm clocks Spooner, Melanie Black, Ruth Stoltz, Mike and Jenny Stricker,
were set for 6am on Saturday and we headed to the beach Rudi Pothas, and Joyce and Richard Goldschmidt. Mike and Col-
and rocky coastline above the Cauldron to set up for sunrise. A leen de Villiers had to cancel on the morning of our departure
partly cloudy sky assisted to a degree, but both the tides and a as Mike very unfortunately suffered a minor stroke that morn-
disappointing sunrise did not provide the iconic shots we were ing and ended up in hospital. We wish Mike well and a speedy
hoping to get. Back to the hotel for a full-on breakfast. At 10.30 recovery.
we were led by a tour guide into the Kassiesbaai fisherman’s vil- Our next weekend outing will be only in 2024, to a venue still
lage for an interesting tour and coffee at a local restaurant. Our to be decided.
members rushed around doing street photography as well as
taking pictures of the old cottages.

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