Natural beacon

These rocky outcrops on the fynbos slopes suggest promise or secret of something special to be found in shade and cranny. And shelter for the small mammals still living there. Havens are resources for restoring the earth's diversity machine.

Hikers clamber up for the lookout opportunity. Who has stood here over the years for their most memorable personal moments? (“We rested here last time we were up, remember?”)  Photographs taken here on sunny days many years ago... where are they filed now?

Every tall rock serves at some stage as a marker of the spot where something special has happened: A special plant was discovered, a food parcel lay carefully hidden for later retrieval, a friend was met here by agreement, a promise was sealed, a life-changing thought suddenly struck. Treasure lies buried or remembered in many places!

And what remarkable intent or concern may have occupied an energised mind fed by this view long ago? Prepared for action now long forgotten? Or will do so in times to come? The years and the rocks won't tell.