The Wave Rock, Western Australia
The Wave Rock is without doubt one of the most awesome and beautiful rock formations of the world. This real nature wonder is located 3 Kilometers east the town of Hyden in Western Australia and around 350 Kilometers south east Perth, in the region known as Australia’s Golden Outback. The Wave Rock is 15 meters high and almost 100 metres long. The rock is composed by grey and red granite strips. The colours of the rock were produced by the rain chemical deposits (carbonates and iron hydroxide) down the face, forming vertical stripes of greys reds and yellows. The Wave Rock Reserve has also many other nice formations such as King Rocks, The Humps, The Hippos’s Yawn and the Mulka’s cave (a bat’s cave).
History
The Wave Rock is part of the north face of remnant Hyden Rock, which is an inselberg (an isolated hill, knob, ridge, outcrop, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain) made up of variably textured, medium and coarse-grained porphyritic granite (igneous rock with embedded crystals).
Because of its peculiar shape; the Wave Rock has been an important spiritual center for the aborigine Australian people since immemorial times; therefore, there ancient vestiges of human presence around the rock. In addition to the amazing rock itself and the fantastic aborigine stories about this geologic marvel. The Wave Rock has as attraction the diverse wildlife that hosts; since, the Wave Rock is surrounded by the Wave Rock Park; which is composed by around three hectares of native bushlands that offers a real haven for the native and exotic animals and plants that live in this fascinating area. Hundreds of kangaroos, emus, wallabies, koalas, wombats, lizards and many kinds of birds inhabit the environs of the rock.
Besides, near the Wave Rock is the Wave Rock Dam, an impressive dam which was initially constructed in 1928. The dam has low walls, which have been constructed on Wave Rock to channel the rainwater into the dam.






