Wave Rock resort?

G'day Davoe,

I agree. Incidentally, I am camping at Baladjie Rock on my way over to Perth next month, and am camping at Pildappa Rock (your old stomping ground I believe) on my way back in October.

ahh Wave Rock, the most overrated tourist attraction in Western Australia. Take note easten staters - give it a miss, it has lost its colour now they have put a dam on top of it and the water no longer runs downs the face.

I did stop in there actually earlier this year as I was with some family with kids who hadn't seen it. My gosh $8 per vehicle - we kept on driving as it was hardly worth seeing even when it was free.

Interesting that you sandies have the same impression of that place as I do. Whwen we arrived everything was closed and they still wanted their dough. Didn't impress me at all. We went a few km on and found a terrific little national Park.
Overall I'd rate the attraction as a wasted effort.
Of course that was years ago, but it doesnt sound like its changed for the better.

A region that had had hard times with dry seasons has done it well in promoting their rock (just one of many similar formations across Australia) as a national and international tourist attraction, and good on them. With the 'resort' at wave rock, it isn't the same as it used to be when we used to visit it never see another person all day, but the same can be said about Uluru. The caravan park is very average and i would not choose to stay there again. It can also get very cold at night - but not as cold as at Baladjie Rock - that was the coldest night we'd ever had.

We have just visited Wave Rock, and wonder if we are talking about the same place!

We were happy to pay $7 towards to upkeep of the area, and bought a guidebook of walks for $7.50. 3 walks were covered, but we only had time for 1, which took us about 2 hours, and we found lots of things to see and the details in the book were very informative and educational. We intend to return to do the other walks on our next trip.

We stayed at Tressies camp ground 17 km away at Karlgarin, which was new with 4 star facilities, and there was a very interesting gramophone and other item museum as well.

We have looked at half a dozen other rocks, but were most impressed with wave rock.

I see it as the way of the future.. everything will be tarred and anything they can make a buck out of they will.

wait till u see whats planned for Craigs Hut in Vic!