Wave Rock
Thu 3 Sep 2015 - Sat 5 Sep 2015
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Wkend Getaway 3 - Wave Rock (Sep 2015)
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With some time available and decent weather predicted, the destination of Wave Rock was chosen. We effectively had 2 days, 2 nights there, which was just about perfect for us and the kids to enjoy a nice relaxed getaway.
Doing some research before heading out, I found there to be quite a decent amount of information readily available. So with all of that, here are some of the useful links that I found, and a story line of pictures from our trip. Enjoy 
- Wave Rock main website
- Tourist Brochure
- Driving there
- Walk Trails at Wave Rock
- Walk Trails for surrounding areas
- Wave Rock Weekender Festival
- Wickipedia
Rest stop at Corrigin on the way to Hyden...
Corrigin dog in a ute monument
Corrigin helicopter
Totally freaked out both kids when I discovered that the rotors actually do spin!! Didn't help that in the process of figuring that out, I also accidentally bumped the car alarm/horn button on the key ring in my pocket. So with loud spinning helicoptor rotors, blaring car horn, and terrified screaming kids... took a while to calm everyone down (including parents!) ready to keep driving again!
Hyden Rock / Wave Rock...
 Kangaroo fence near caravan park at Wave Rock |  Kangaroo towed caravan |
Wave Rock
Sliding!
More sliding!
View from Hyden Rock
Runoff point atop Hyden Rock
Old quarry atop hyden Rock
Rock pool on Hyden rock
Hyden Dam
Swan on Hyden Dam
Hippo's Yawn...
Walk trail beside Hyden Rock
 Blue flowers |  White flowers |  Red sticky plant |  Pink flowers |
Hippo's Yawn
It is possible to climb up and out through the back of Hippo's Yawn with young kids. Coming back down around to the front on the left side. Both Sonia and Kaden would've quite happily done that circuit over and over all day if we'd let them!
Rocks near Hippo's Yawn
The Humps...
Climbing The Humps
The Humps
Enjoying the rock pool
 Yellow flowers | White flowers |  Red flowers |  Sticky carnivorous plants atop the Humps |
Plants atop the Humps
Rock pool atop the Humps
View from atop The Humps
Walking back...
Mulka's Cave...
Entry to Mulka's Cave
Aboriginal hand prints in Mulka's Cave
Mulka's Cave
Lake Magic...
Modified Valentine Tank
Lake Magic
Sand for a.... sandcastle?
Trying to build a sandcastle
Lake Magic
Looking back towards Wave Rock from Lake Magic
Emu fence near Lake Magic
Other things we saw / did...
Breakers
 ?? Orchid |  Spider Orchid |
Riding the tortoise in the Wildlife Park
We purchased entry to the Wildlife Park, the Lace Place, the Pioneer Town Museum, and the Miniature Soldier Museum and spent several hours exploring each of these. The kids were quite happy to zoom through, just glancing at everything. While Clancy and I preferred to spend more time looking at the displays and reading all the associated information. We were too busy trying to see and read everything, plus monitor kids, and unfortunately forgot to get photos in these places. Note to remember... the Pioneer Town Museum is located over the road at the caravan park entrance!
Things I want to do next time...
- Explore surrounding towns and districts more
- Explore the John Holland Way and Holland Track
- Explore the Granite and Woodlands Discovery Trail
- Thinking along those lines... possibly even some of the other suggested outback self drive routes, or 4WD routes.
Posted by Goannaray 09:41 Archived in Australia Tagged lakes flowers history rocks camping western_australia wave_rock hyden toddlers weekend_toddler_adventures_wa golden_outback_wa wkend_adventures_golden_outback Comments (0)
