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| Surfing The Wave |
We didn't arrive at the Wave Rock C.P. till close to 2pm, we opened the doors of the car and were hit by a heat wave, sorry about the pun!
It was close to 40 c and we had to set up the camper in this heat, what an effort. What made it worse was the flies, they didn't give in till it was night time.
Thankfully there was a pool at this C.P. because I don't think we would have stayed for the two nights otherwise. We spent both afternoons from 2-6pm at or in the pool.The nights were lucky to get just below 30 c if that. Our thermometer on the car fridge read 45 c on the second day,ouch! The lady in the office said it was unexpected weather.
One our second day we were up by 6am and out doing the walks by 7am. We did all the walks in the area and were back in the pool by 10am. Our walk took in the amazing rock formations; one which is called the Hippo's Yawn (see photo) and we walked past Lake Magic.
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Hippo's Yawn |
We got a surprise when we walked on top of the wave rock and saw the man made dam full of water. The farmers of the area realised that the rock surface was a great water catchment area so they built a small rock wall around the top of the rock as a way to guide the water to a catchment area that they dammed up, clever thinking. This is now one of the towns main water reservoirs. When you are driving around the area you can see they have done this to other rock formations.
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| The man made dam on top of the rack |
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| the stone wall to guide the water |
After lunch we jumped in the car ( air conditioning) and had a little tour around Hyden and then went out to look at the Mulka Cave. A cave that had a few aboriginal hand drawings in it. On our way back to the C.P. we stopped by Lake Magic to have a swim in this awesome pool which had been and still is in the process of being built just beside the actual lake itself. Magic Lake/ Pool is water that has a very high percentage of salt in it, and with this you float exceptionally well. It is the funniest feeling not being able to stay vertical in water. The boys thought it was awesome.
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| pool at Lake Magic |
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| Pete and boys floating in the salt pool |
We didn't realise but this rock formation wasn't a really well known tourist destination till 1963 when a photographer entered a picture of it in a competition, which he won, then everyone wanted to know where it was.
It was a great place to see but boy it was hot!
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| Tom and Charlie on the wave |
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| part of the rock in the morning sun |
The photos are amazing. It all looks spectacular. You look like you are having a great time and learning alot on the way. Sooooooooooooooo jealous. Take care and enjoy your travels. Fiona G
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys are just living the life and soaking up all that this great country has to offer, hope to do it myself one day. Keep the posts and photos coming.....Cheers Byron
ReplyDeleteDear Tom and Charlie,
ReplyDeleteSounds as though you are having a wonderful time. Looks as though you are having fun. We are enjoying the fantastic sights from Leopold. We are learning about Australia at school also. My favourite photo yet was you in the salt water pool and learning about it. It must have felt weird. Bon's favourite was Wave Rock, the different colours on it are unreal. It makes it look as though it is a real wave breaking.
Talk soon,
Liv and Bon :-)
P.S Mum says hi
Hi Liv and Bon, thanks for the comment.
DeleteYes,we are haveing lots of fun, (especially on our iPods);). The Wave Rock WAS amazing!! It was really steep to climb at the bottem of it!!
Regards Tom