Wave Rock, Hyden

Brendan in front of the 'famous' Wave Rock
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We stopped over for the night at Wave Rock Caravan Park near Hyden in WA.  Wave rock is a bit of a natural phenomenon.

Wave Rock, a granite cliff, is 15 metres high and 110 metres long. Its rounded shape has been caused by weathering and water erosion which has undercut the base and left a rounded overhang. This happened about 60,000,000 years ago when it was exposed. Water from the springs running down the rock during wetter months dissolve minerals adding to the colouring of the wave. In 1960, some crystals from Hyden Rock were dated as being 2700 million years old, amongst the oldest in Australia (blurb from the Wave rock website http://www.waverock.com.au/info.htm).

We arrived at the park after dark, set up the tent, ate, then went to bed because it was FREEZING!  We got up early and looked at the Wave then continued on our way because we were both really keen to get to Perth.