Drowning at Wave Rock

The plan today was to drive to Hyden which is about 421 km north east of Albany to see Wave Rock. We consulted Tom for directions since there seems to be a few ways you could go but he is supposed to choose the fastest route. It was interesting to see which roads we were directed to and it was a painless journey which went well. It was another wintery day with a little rain and a lot of wind with some areas showing obvious signs of being exposed to strong winds for much of the year with trees growing on strange angles. We were fascinated by the large fields of Canola crop growing along the way which contrasted beautifully with the lush green paddocks around it. The area we travelled through is a farming region for, not only canola, but also sheep which seemed to be mainly for wool production, cattle and wheat judging by the green fields and large silos we saw along the way. Actually, we saw a couple of silos or tanks being moved by trucks along the road with an oversized load escort; the tank actually has wheels on it!
We got to Hyden by mid afternoon and headed to Wave Rock to have a look at it and possibly other attractions at Hyden Rock and hopefully watch the sunset from on top however, the weather got in the way again and it started to rain while we were up on the rock and by the time we went over the top and came back down again the driving rain had drenched us once more. Meanwhile Wave Rock itself had lots of water running down it and puddling at the bottom and looked so much nicer wet so I took a few photos while the rain still came down but not so heavily. Well, once you’re wet through, you can’t get much wetter and there were no other tourists to get in the way by that stage! And at least we had a deluxe suite to go back to, change our wet clothes and warm our cold bodies in. We will have a look around the area again tomorrow before we head off to Esperance weather permitting.
A funny aside is that we now have another bus tour group that are crowding our space. The bus is an O’Shannesy’s one and we saw them arriving in Albany, at Whale World, Wave Rock and then here they are at our motel filling up the restaurant!