Wave Rock 8th – 11th January 2013

Leaving Milly was a mission as she wanted a haircut, a number 4 all over. she was hard to leave as she has been such great company in both Lucky Bay and now Stokes Inlet. She did have a few tears but I think this was more the fact that we were better at fishing.

Arrived into Wave Rock Caravan Park, car and van have been great and a dream to drive. After 5 days in the National Park we decided to go to the local pub for dinner. Bit expensive but what the heck.

Checked out Wave Rock, Hippo's Yawn and the Breakers. Walking around the corner and seeing Wave Rock just about takes your breath away, it is a site to be seen, photos do not do it justice.

 

We then did the rock walk which takes you on top of the rock around to the dam built as the main water supply for Hyden early in it's history. Off to Hippo's Yawn which is a large boulder with a cave but the whole thing looks like a Hippo's mouth.

It is HOT today, low 40's so we decided to head back to the van and sit in the air conditioning for a while. Mid afternoon and a little bit cooler we head off to see the Breakers.

This is a smaller outcrop similar to the Wave resembling a wave growing ready to break. We then headed off on the Rock Wall Circuit. This is a flat walk taking in Lake Magic, the salt baths, the Wave Rock Resort and then back past Hippo's Yawn to Wave Rock. It is hot, very hot but we kept going. Trice fell a little bit behind so I decided to wait in the shelter for her, it was then I noticed that she was in tears, the heat had gotten to her and she was starting to panic. It was a quick walk back to the van, change into the togs and jump into the pool to get her body temperature down. Her recovery must have been good as she then downed 2 cans of beer quicker than me, not bad for a wine drinker.

Today we headed off to the Hump and Mulca's Cave which is situated about 16 klms north of Wave Rock. Another spectacular rock incorporating a poor man's wave. We did 2 walks Kalari Trail which is around about an hour over the top of the rock and surrounding areas and then the Gnamma Trail which is aboriginal for water hole.

This walk was a little shorter and focused on the natural occurring water holes. Earlier I had mentioned to Trice that it would be horrible to be stuck out here with no water as, as far as you could see there were no signs of water. This track showed how the aborigines found and protected their supply. Right in the middle of a huge granite platform were 2 Gnammas with water in them. It is dry as anything yet the water was sitting in these holes, very interesting. We then decided to head off to find the remains of the rabbit fence but the direction we had been given were pretty rough. After driving a further 50 Klm out from the Hump we decided we were chasing a false hope. There were no signs or any clues as to where this fence was. We headed down Soldier Rd as a last hope but after about 10 Klm and gave in. When we got back we found out that it was about 2 or 3 Klm further down the road. Not too hot today only a temperate 30 degrees.

Like most of the small towns Hyden has the steel sculptures in their main streets. These like many others are works of art.

Tomorrow we are heading south to Lake Grace on our way to Bremer Bay.