Thanks to the grace of God and our excellent firefighters, an important piece of the virtually unspoilt Dune Strandveld between the R43 and the northern De Kelders residential area has been preserved. The burnt surface in our area is reported to be over 30 000 hectares; The fact that about 1% of the farm Langbosch 712 west of the R43, the portion where Khoisan Bay is planned escaped the fire, is not only a blessing and a relief for the residents who border the veld in particular, but also of critical importance for the wildlife and plant life that depend on it. Suddenly, Walker Bay Nature Reserve and the planned buffer zone to Khoisan Bay, is a desert landscape. This buffer zone situated between Walker Bay Nature Reserve and the planned Khoisan Bay development, is now and in the medium term ecologically useless and the only way out, apart from fleeing across the R43 to an ecologically destroyed field between the road and the mountain, is to occupy the 36 hectares that remained. Just as suddenly as the damage occurred, this piece of Strandveld became a habitat for numerous animals that managed to escape the fires. The concentration of populations of wildlife has more than doubled, indicating the importance of protecting this portion for the wellbeing of local wildlife. One would think that competition for prey, breeding and resting place would now cause conflict, yet nature knows that resources are now limited and that a new balance must and will be established for the sake of survival.