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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Wave Rock.

Hello,

Yesterday we were tourists for a day. Ian Lucy and I drove just over two and a half hours away to Wave Rock which is just out of Hyden. Wave Rock is over 100 metres long,and taller than a 3 storey building (15 metres.) It is believed to have begun forming underground as much as 60 million years ago. Wave rock.a granite cliff is 15 metres high and 110metres long.Its rounded shape has been caused by weathering and water erosion which has undercut the base and left a rounded overhang. Water from the springs running down the rock during wetter months dissolve minerals adding to the colouring of the wave. In 1960,crystals from Hyden Rock were dated as being 2700 million years old,amongst the oldest in Australia. Aren't the colours in the granite amazing?
This is Hippos Yawn,which is not far from Wave Rock. Wave Rock and Hippo's Yawn form part of Hyden Rock. The photo below shows some big slabs of rock which have slipped down.
Rock Pools on the top of the rock. The views were amazing.



In this photo above you can see that a small wall has been built to catch water. Slabs of the rock were used to build the wall. The Hyden Dam which is up on the rock outcrop was a major component of the town's water supply right through until 2000. Wave Rock only became a national attraction when a photograph of it won the 1963/64 Kodak International Colour Picture Competition at the New York International Fair.We had a wonderful day and one thing I noticed was that the small country towns we went through were amazingly neat and tidy. There were a fair few tourists at the rock but as the place is so big it felt you had the rock to yourself at times.It is one of the cleanest tourist attractions I have been to no graffiti or rubbish to be seen.After a walk around and across the rock we enjoyed a lovely picnic then went for another walk. Then the long drive home stopping to do a tour of the towns along the way. It was at least 20 years ago that I went to Wave Rock Lucy hadn't been as was impressed with it. I hope you enjoyed looking at the photo's.
Happy days.
Bev C





8 comments:

Chookyblue...... said...

such an interesting formation.......would love to go there one day.........

retdairyqueen said...

just found your blog and enjoyed my visit

Simone de Klerk said...

What lovely parts of nature! Incredible

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Wow...I have never seen anything like this Bev...it must look spectaular in real life!!!

Francien said...

Hallo BNev....what a very inspressive pictures you have showen us...Wave Rock must be so beautiful to see..the hight..the colors...amazing!!!Hippo,s Yawn could not be named better...it really looks that way!! It must be awesome to see all this for real...makes you "shut"-up"doesnt it??!! Thanks for sharing the wunderful pictures...I have enjoyed them very much...
greetings from Holland...Francien.

rozhearts said...

Hi Bev, Thanks for your comment on my blog and this is my first visit to you. Just love those photos and have enjoyed looking at your blog.
(((HUGS))) Roz.

Pauline said...

Amazing photos, Bev. Nice to be a tourist not far from home, isn't it? And thanks for the natural history lesson, too! Sounds like a lovely family outing! :)

amanda said...

Hi Bev, thanks for the comment on my blog...The photos are amazing of the rock, so lovely to see it from your perspective and not in a book. Amanda