Almost at its fullest after a good seasons rains. Taken from hillside to North-East. The water runs for some distance around the promontory at far right.
View at Avontuur adjacent to Matt Zondagh Landgoed. The road leads south through the gap in the background hills via Prince Alfred's Pass to Knysna and Plettenberg Bay.
Prionium palmitum in valley. Total length about 2.5km. Varies from 50 - 300m in width. Some fluitjiesriet, Phragmites australis here and there but very little.
The dead treetrunks are poplars killed by the waters of the recently-built dam in foreground. Compare open nature of veld in background. Visited in 1772 and 1775 by both Thunberg and Sparrman.
