Read the landscape through its sources

Village coast and park context

Ndlambe Municipality places Cannon Rocks beside the Greater Addo Elephant Park boundary. SANParks describes its Cannon Trail as alternating between coastal forest and beach. That route provides a sourced way to understand the coast and forest together, but its description is not a survey of every habitat in the village.

For wider regional context, SANParks describes the Woody Cape section and the Alexandria dune field. The separately named Alexandria Hiking Trail crosses a larger park area. Keep these park-wide accounts distinct from local wildlife observations: this website does not publish a Cannon Rocks species checklist or promise sightings.

Official references

• Ndlambe Municipality · TownsMunicipal geographic description of Cannon Rocks.
• SANParks · Woody CapePark-published context on the Woody Cape section and Alexandria dune field.
• SANParks · Addo trailsCannon Trail and Tree Dassie descriptions, rules and current access reference.
• SANParks · Alexandria Hiking TrailSeparate 36 km multi-day route information.
• Smithsonian Ocean · Octopuses, squids and relativesBackground for the feature article's distinction between argonauts and nautiluses.

Marine life, shells and observations

The featured paper nautilus article explains the difference between an argonaut's egg case and a chambered nautilus shell, then preserves the complete original village article and its recorded figures. The original material is presented as a historical article, not a current marine survey.

• The “Blue Five”Robin Stobbs's archived nature article.
• The Stars UncountableAn undated excerpt about the night sky, not a current viewing or visibility report.
• Whale shark rescue at the swimming beachA dated first-person account, retained as historical source material.
• When the Sea Calls for SilenceA 2025 reflection; it is not a wildlife report or current incident notice.
• The Quiet FrontierA 2025 editorial piece about place and landscape.