Wave Rock
Submitted: Thursday, Oct 02, 2003 at 16:08
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Member - Alan
A group of us are planning to visit
Wave Rock (
Hyden WA) for a weekend soon , will take the camper and probably stay at the local caravan
park - other than visiting
the rock (which I'm told won't take very long) is there anything else to see/visit in the area.
Last weekend we were up in the
Paynes Find area , if you are every in the area take the tour over the Battery (Gold) its very interesting and still operational (although it was not at the time of our visit)
Any ideas on
Wave Rock would be appreciated.
Reply By: Member - Melissa - Thursday, Oct 02, 2003 at 18:58
Thursday, Oct 02, 2003 at 18:58
Alan,
Not much to do at
Hyden other than the
Wave Rock attractions. If you've got the entire weekend you could consider incorporating some of the
Holland Track. Off the top of my head I think you pick the track up about 50km's east of
Hyden where it crosses the
Hyden-
Norseman Rd. Heading SW from the road takes in a relatively short section of the track (then it intercepts another road heading back towards
Hyden) and there are a couple of nice
camping spots along here. If you go in the opposite direction from the road (NE) you could poke along the track as far as you want. There's quite a few landmarks to see along the way and fairly regularly spaced. Catch is you'd have to turn around and come back the same way unless you've got the time to go all the way to
Coolgardie. Most newagents sell the "
Holland Track &
Cave Hill Woodlines" guidebook put out by the Western 4WDriver mob. It has track history and trip notes. Otherwise just have a look at the
Holland Track trip notes available from this site. We did the HT at
Easter and really enjoyed it. There'd been a bit of rain so the
rock holes and
granite catchments were all full. Very pleasant amble through the scrub.
:o) MelissaPetrol 4.5L GU Patrol &
Camprite TL8 offroad camper
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Follow Up By: Member - Alan - Friday, Oct 03, 2003 at 16:12
Friday, Oct 03, 2003 at 16:12
Mellissa
Thanks for the feedback - some of our party will be in conventional vehicles this weekend so a look at the
Holland track , this time , is not feasible although this is a trip in the "Must Do" file
Alan
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Reply By: Member - Peter (WA) - Thursday, Oct 02, 2003 at 20:55
Thursday, Oct 02, 2003 at 20:55
If you prefer to stay in the bush rather than caravan parks there is a nice little site of Spurr rd at McCann rock about 10 km on the right before
Hyden it has
water and
toilets plus a shed for shelter very quiet and free , also have a look at Emu rk on the
Hyden Norsman rd a nice
camp site , also the
campsite at the breakaway on this road is quite interesting , take a look at
Dragon rocks reserve just south of
Hyden there is an untouched by 4x4 tyres section of the
Holland track see the
Holland track book mentioned by Mellisa if you need GPS waypoints let me knowBorn to drive a 4x4 , not a keyboard
Peter
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Follow Up By: Member - Alan - Friday, Oct 03, 2003 at 16:21
Friday, Oct 03, 2003 at 16:21
Thanks Peter- McCann Rock sound OK , most of our group prefer to
camp in the bush where possible , also appreciate the other info. We should be able to fill in our weekend.
Regards
Alan
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Reply By: rosco - Thursday, Oct 02, 2003 at 23:28
Thursday, Oct 02, 2003 at 23:28
Alan,
If you are going to venture onto the
Holland track, be sure to check the road conditions. We (4 vehicles ARE packed ready to do the track this weekend). Checked the road conditions and they have had nearly an inch of rain. Needless to say that 10 vehicles have been bogged out there this week. Infomation via
Hyden Tourist
Shop. We will go to
Paynes Find instead.
Rosco
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Follow Up By: Member - Alan - Friday, Oct 03, 2003 at 16:47
Friday, Oct 03, 2003 at 16:47
Rosco
Not all of us will be in 4WDs this trip so we will not be all that adventurous. The Holland is in our "to do" basket - maybe next
Easter?
Last W/End we circumnavigated
Lake Moore, from Koorda up the eastern side to
Paynes Find and back down the highway to Goodlands Rd / Kalannie/ Wongan & home. Got back on the bitumen just as the rain started so the dust not mud was our main irritaion.
About 5 - 9Kms off the Gt Northern H/Way down the Goodlands Road are a stretch of Wreath flowers (on both sides of the road) if you are interested in wild flowers. It was warm and windy when we were there so they were showing signs of heat stress but it would have rained since then.
Regards
Alan
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Reply By: Member - Peter (WA) - Saturday, Oct 04, 2003 at 10:46
Saturday, Oct 04, 2003 at 10:46
You will find all these on the
Hyden map 1 .250000
Turn of to Spurr rd 32 29 448s 118 35 114E
Mc Gann
rock 32 32 406S 118 35 521E
Emu rock 32 27 089S 119 25 050E
Dragon
rock reserve 32 47 257S 119 02 211E
McGann
rock is fine for 2WD
Emu rock 4WD follow
vermin proof fence
hope this helps
Born to drive a 4x4 , not a keyboard
Peter
York 4x4
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