Hyden Wave Rock & Salty Lakes, Hyden Wildlife Park, WA

Hyden Wave Rock & Salty Lakes, Hyden Wildlife Park,WA

Hyden Wave Rock & Salty Lakes

Hyden Rock lies about 3km east of the small town of Hyden and 300km southeast of Perth, Western Australia. Wave Rock is a natural rock formation that is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave. The wave face is about 14m in height and around 110m in length. It forms the north side of the solitary hill, Hyden Rock. This hill, which is a granite inselberg. Hyden Wave Rock and its surrounding wildland are part of a 160ha nature reserve, Hyden Wildlife Park.

A wall lies above Wave Rock and about halfway up Hyden Rock. It collects rainwater on the rock top to a storage dam. The wall and dam were constructed in 1928 for the original settlers of East Karlgarin District. Both were renovated in 1951 to increase water capacity for the Hyden Township. Wave Rock has cultural significance to Ballardong people. They respected this area as an icon of cultural learning. More than 140,000 tourists visit Wave Rock every year.