Hyden, Australia Travel Blogs

Wave Rock
Jun 6, 2005 (3 photos)

... of the wave. In 1960, some crystals from Hyden Rock were dated as being 2700 million years old, amongst the oldest in Australia. After taking a photo of us surfing the rock (we have now done winnebago surfing, valley of the giants tree top surfing, and ...

Surfing Wave Rock
Jul 17, 2008 (23 photos)

We continued our trip to Hyden, a tiny little village, with only a few places to stay. We managed to stay in a cabin at a camping resort right beside the Wave Rock.   We were the first to get to the impressive Wave rock, the long drive the previous ...

Wave Rock
Jul 23, 2006 (7 photos)

We left Perth on Sunday morning in Jo'Anna and headed for Wave Rock, via HW5, HW30, HW40... we got there about 3pm after a few stops along the way.... fuel is approx $1.50 per litre at Roadhouses (that still works out cheaper than back home). Wave Rock ...

der suedwesten-wave rock
Mar 8, 2009 (8 photos)

... , sondern richitg viel platz^^ und halb voll war der tank auch noch. Unser naechstes ziel war das kleine doerfchen hyden mit seinem bekannten "wave rock" circa 300km westlich land einwaerts von perth. Das bedeutete stundelanges gerade-aus-fahren  mit ...

Way home Perth to Hyden
Aug 4, 2009 (7 photos)

... the Dog Cemetery at Corrigan.    It started in 1974 with "Strike" and now has over 100 dogs there.  Hyden has an interesting street-scape made up of scrap metal sculptures depicting important locals through the ages. We went to visit ...

Riding the wave!
Nov 24, 2009 (5 photos)

The plan for the next part of our journey is to make a loop around the South-West corner of Australia, starting by heading East inland to Esperance and then taking the coast road back to Perth. After leaving Fremantle (a little reluctantly), and driving ...

Wave Rock
Jan 6, 2007 (5 photos)

After a six hour drive we make it to Wave Rock, a fifteen metre tall and one-hundred metre long rock, which is oddly enough shaped like a wave. Wave Rock occupied our attention for twenty minutes or so but there's only so much time one can spend admiring ...

Wave Rock
Mar 8, 2006 (3 photos)

... in a very small town called Corrigin and even with the tiny population still managed to boast an Olympic swimming pool - no wonder Australia wins so many medals! Arrived in intense heat at 'The Rock' and had a quick nosy before we decided to jump in the ...

from surf waves to rock waves
Apr 7, 2008 (15 photos)

... can say Mr Bun the baker you had the whole town laid out before you. Further down the road we came across one of the "Hyden Tour Highlights". A very small town with a not so catchy but insightful name of "the town of the dog in the ute". This place ...

300km of corrugated road
Jan 10, 2009 (6 photos)

Wave rock was very cool, we spend the morning doing a 10km walk through to the hippos mouth and out through the surrounding bush. We had taken a swim in a natural salt water pool not far from wave road, the water is 4 time saltier than the sea and I think ...

Under construction - Wave Rock
Nov 2, 2006 (9 photos)

to be completed

eine versteinerte Welle mitten im Outback
Apr 6, 2005

... hatte ich dann noch 2 Tage in Perth zu verbringen. Um mir die Zeit totzuschlagen hab ich dann ne Tagestour zum Waverock nach Hyden gemacht. Die meiste Zeit haben wir zwar im Bus gesessen (haben um die 750km an einem Tag zurueckgelegt), aber so einige Stops ...

Surf's up, dude
Nov 6, 2008 (19 photos)

... now frozen in time. Believed to have formed over 2700 million years ago, Wave Rock is part of the northern face of Hyden Rock. The shape of the wave is formed by gradual erosion of the softer rock beneath the upper edge, over many ...

The First Few Days!
Apr 27, 2009 (4 photos)

After a stressful start to our journey, too much stuff, too many people asking what and where, We finally arrived @ our first free camp, 20 minutes before dark! Was all good, beans and toast for dinner, did'nt to want overwhelm everyone on the first night ...

wave rock
Nov 29, 2008

we arrived at wave rock & booked into a cabin so we thought, the booking office was something out of the wild west,we moved on to our cabin & we drove through these amazing salt lakes, our cabin was a bungalow so big a family of 6 would be ...

my birthday
Nov 23, 2008

this is just a quickie as my internet time has nearly finished thank you all for the cards & emails wishing me a happy birthday, i had a very busy day & will blog it soon hopefully with a few photos

Wave Rock
Dec 2, 2008 (5 photos)

... in one of the travel agencies in Perth and decided it looked pretty cool. It is near a small town about 400km from Perth called Hyden. Instead of booking onto a tour bus we decided to rent a car and drive it. The plan was to drive there on a Saturday, ...

Wave rock
Aug 12, 2009 (5 photos)

This morning we managed to pack up during a break in the showers and headed for Wave Rock in Hyden, we saw the rock in between showers, found more tadpoles and then had a look at Hippo's yawn.

Perth 'n surrounds (approx 2000km thereof)
Mar 29, 2009

Pics of Perth* http://tinyurl.com/cj6efp *The author takes no responsibility (for much at all, really, including) the viewer becoming bored and falling asleep while viewing the attached pics.  Perth is, after all, a sleepy wee town... ...

Wave rock
Oct 22, 2009

A long drive back to Perth and to break it I stopped at Hyden where wave rock and Hippos yawn are located. Both are strange rock formations whose names give them away and formed by erosion. Back to Perth then after a tidy 2600km road trip and it barely ...

Wave Rock en de Holland Track
Nov 16, 2008 (36 photos)

... met "Dobbie" (aldus zijn nummerplaat) en een maat van hem op pad gegaan. De track startte zo'n 30 minuten rijden vanaf Hyden. Het was een vrij ruige track met hier en daar echt gaten gevuld met dikke blubber... kan me voorstellen dat een convoi aangeraden ...