There were a few people leaving this morning , trying to be quiet , but not quite succeeding - they must have got too cold .
Getting up , we brushed the icicles off , and commenced the morning rituals , then did some cleaning before going for a walk around some more rocks , a dam and a salt lake .
Todays walk is around & over Wave Rock , yes , The Wave Rock . It is certainly good to look at - 15m tall and looking like it will break over the top of you - impressive !!
The walk take you up to the dam that supplements Hydens water supply - another dam in a solid rock catchment , they like these in this part of WA . There are the usual walls built nearly all the way round the rock to capture as much runoff as they can .
The trail takes you up & onto the rock , upwards to the top . On the southern side is the Hyden Golf Course , will oiled sand greens and sparse fairways - but they are starting to show some green .
Up at the top there are numerous gnamma (water holes) , and then a large bowl area with trees and shrubs growing happily .
Views to the north showed Lake Magic and The Humps - where we visited yesterday .
It always amazes us , how some people can't help themselves - they have to stack rock upon rock upon rock , going from humungous down to tiny !! There must have been some strong people up there , the size of some of the rocks is very large !!!
Continuing down and back across to the dam , we went along the track to another section about 1.4 klms away . The track skirted around the edge of the rock , showing some of the other features . One section had slabs of rock that have cracked and are gradually sliding down - some of them were over a metre thick , 5x8 metres , and must make quite a noise when they slide down .
There are also some very large funny buzzards here , this one was the size of a 50c piece , had stripes and black and clear wings .
We then found the next area - Hippo's Yawn , and with a little imagination , you can see it !!
We headed back toward the park , walking through a lot of different trees & shrubs , we found more Salmon Gums , Sandalwood and Sheoaks , as well as damage from the rising salinity . At least now they are starting to do something about the salinity - planting more trees , fencing off vegetation areas near waterways , and digging deep trenches so water can drain away - time will tell if it works !!
The next part of our day was lunch , followed by a bike ride out to Wave Rock Resort , the airport and around to The Breakers picnic area , before heading back to the RV . The track took us further into the salinity affected area , going over several raised boardwalks before reaching the resort . The biggest eye catcher wasn't the resort , but Lake Magic . It has very high salinity , a gypsum floor and beach sand on the edges , and also some very YELLOW water - they should have been telling the kids to go to the bathroom before swimming - we were told enough as kids !!!
On the other side of the road was another salt lake , but a different colour . The Resort has put a lot of emus on the fence beside the road as well , quite a nice effect , Wave Rock is in the background .
There you have it , all done , I won't bore you with a map , we walked about 6klms and rode about 5klms . See ya .
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