GC2Z6XH Windy Willows (Traditional Cache) in Gauteng, South Africa created by Happy Hunters SA

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Hidden : 6/30/2011

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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The cache is located overlooking a small dam in the West rand. On the other side of the dam you will notice a huge Willow Tree that's always full of birds. Seems like they've made this tree their home.

A small number of willow species were widely planted in South Africa, notably as erosion control measures along watercourses.

Some of man's earliest manufactured items may have been made from willow. Basic crafts such as baskets, fish traps, wattle fences and wattle and daub house walls were often woven from osiers (rod-like willow shoots). Thin or split willow rods can be woven into wicker, which also has a long history. The relatively pliable willow is less likely to split while being woven than many other woods, and can be bent around sharp corners in basketry.
Willow wood is also used in the manufacture of boxes, brooms, cricket bats (grown from certain strains of white willow), cradle boards, chairs and other furniture, dolls, flutes, poles, sweat lodges, toys, turnery, tool handles, veneer, wands and whistles.

In addition tannin, fibre, paper, rope and string, can be produced from the wood.