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The Best Attractions In Hyden

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The town of Hyden is located 292 kilometres east-southeast of Perth, Western Australia in the Shire of Kondinin. Hyden is home to Wave Rock, Mulka's Cave and Hippos Yawn, all popular local tourist attractions. The traditional owners of the area are the Indigenous Australian group the Njakinjaki peoples who have inhabited the region for thousands of years. The many granite outcrops, land formations, waterways as well as flora and fauna are still culturally significant to them.Sandalwood cutters were thought to be the earliest European visitors in the area.The land in the surrounding area was opened up for agriculture in the 1920s. A railway was built be...
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The Best Attractions In Hyden

  • 1. Wave Rock Hyden
    Wave Rock is a natural rock formation that is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave. The wave is about 15 m high and around 110 m long. It forms the north side of a solitary hill, which is known as Hyden Rock. This hill, which is a granite inselberg, lies about 3 km east of the small town of Hyden and 296 km east-southeast of Perth, Western Australia. Wave Rock and Hyden Rock are part of a 160 ha nature reserve, Hyden Wildlife Park. A wall lies above Wave Rock about halfway up Hyden Rock and follows the contours of the wall. It collects and funnels rainwater to a storage dam. The wall and dam were constructed in December 1928 by the Public Works Department for the original settlers of East Karlgarin District. Both were renovated in 1951 to increase water capacity for the Hyden township. S...
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  • 2. Hippo's Yawn Hyden
    Hippo's Yawn is a rock near Wave Rock in Western Australia. The rock's resemblance to a yawning hippopotamus led to its name. It is about 12.6 metres tall and is located just out of the town of Hyden.
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  • 3. Mulka's Cave Hyden
    The Humps is a granite rock formation known as a stepped bornhardt inselberg. It is located within The Humps Nature Reserve approximately 295 kilometres east of Perth and 17 kilometres north east of Hyden in the eastern wheatbelt region of Western Australia.Rising about 80 metres above the surrounding plains, The Humps is one of numerous rock formations in the area. Approximately 15 kilometres to its south is Hyden Rock whose northern side features the Wave Rock formation. Also in the area are Scrivener Rocks and Camel Peaks roughly 13 kilometres west of The Humps, Anderson Rocks about 19 kilometres north, and King Rocks approximately 18 kilometres east of The Humps.
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  • 5. The Lace Place Hyden
    Ween is an American alternative rock band formed in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in 1984 by childhood friends Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo, better known by their respective stage names, Gene and Dean Ween. After meeting in a middle-school typing class, the two began playing music and immediately chose the name Ween as well as their Ramones-inspired pseudonyms. Ween performed as a duo backed by a Digital Audio Tape for the band's first ten years of existence before expanding to a four- piece act. The band's highest charting single is Push th' Little Daisies, which was a hit in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. While Ween is generally categorized as an alternative rock band, they are known for their highly eclectic catalog of songs inspired by funk, soul, country, gospel, prog,...
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  • 11. Kokerbin Rock Bruce Rock
    Kokerbin Rock, also known as Kokerbin Hill, is a granite rock formation located within the Kokerbin Nature Reserve in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The area has special significance for Noonga. There are claims that Kokerbin Rock is the third largest monolith in Australia, with Mount Wudinna in South Australia being the second largest and Uluru in the Northern Territory being the largest. The Kokerbin Nature Reserve is approximately 40 km east of Quairading and 30 km south of Kellerberrin by road.
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