Day 118 - 119, Hyden (Wave Rock) ( Fri 23rd Oct - Sat Oct )

Hyden "Wave Rock"

Wave Rock Selfie

Driving to Hyden to see Wave Rock, which is the only thing to see there meant a significant detour, to get there and then back to Esperance meant a 700 kilometer detour, we were not sure about it but decided to go and see it regardless.

We decided that the best plan would be Hyden to Kalgoorlie, then Kalgoorlie to Esperance, from there back up to Norseman and onto the Nullarbor.

At Hyden the choice of accommodation is limited, there are two caravan parks one in the town and one at the Rock, we decided to go to the one at the rock.

Arriving at the caravan park it was stinking hot, the flies were almost unbearable and the camp site on offer was poor to say the least, the site was very small and dusty with no shade, it was looking like our decision to stay at Hyden was a bad one.

After a family discussion we decided to stay in a cabin for one night instead of staying two nights, we were there pretty early so still had a few hours in the afternoon to see the rock and the other small attractions around Hyden.

Wave Rock WA

Wave Rock was fairly impressive, not Ayres Rock impressive but pretty good.

The advantage of the caravan park at the rock is that it is only a couple of hundred meters to the rock.

The Usual Wave Rock Surfing Photo

Other attractions in the Area.

The rock formation known as Hippos Yawn which is right near Wave Rock.

The cafe which is very nice, good food and and free from flies.

At the cafe you can also see the "Toy Soldier" and "Lace" museums for a fee of $5.00 pp.

Both of those were pretty average.

At the caravan park there is also a small museum which we did not see but it looked pretty much like the other two museums.

The staff at both the caravan park and cafe were very nice.

Hyden was OK, not really sure if it was worth the detour though, definitely a one day stop only.