Goldfields Safari #5

Goldfields Safari #5

The widely photographed Wave Rock at Hyden is an impressive natural wonder believed to have been formed over 2700 million years ago and is surrounded by natural bushland and wildflowers. Enjoy the Australian Birds and Animals at the nearby Wildlife Park before travelling through fields of Western Australian Wildflowers to the rural towns of Narembeen and Shackleton on the return journey to Perth.

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1 Wildflower Carpet A carpet of Yellow Everlastings at the base of Wave Rock, Hyden.	2 Vegetation at Wave Rock	3 Colourful Wildflowers
4 First glimpse of Wave Rock Wave Rock is located 4kms from Hyden in Western Australia.	5 Wave Rock Wave Rock is 14 metres high, and 110m long. Believed to have formed over 2700 million years ago, Wave Rock is part of the northern face of Hyden Rock. The shape of the wave is formed by gradual erosion of the softer rock beneath the upper edge, over many centuries.	6 Wave Rock at Hyden In addition to being an impressive tourist attraction, the rock has been converted in to a catchment for the town's water supplies, with a foot-high concrete wall around the upper edge of Hyden Rock directing rainfall into a storage dam.
7 Colours of Wave Rock The colours of the Wave are caused by the rain washing chemical deposits (carbonates and iron hydroxide) down the face, forming vertical stripes of greys reds and yellows. If you can stay a little longer, it is also worth seeing the Rock at different times of the day, as the changing sunlight alters its colours and appearance.	8 Happy Tourists at Wave Rock	9 Granite Honey-myrtle Melaleuca elliptica.
10 Lobe-Leaf Hop-Bush Dodonaea lobulata.	11 View of Wave Rock More information on Wave Rock can be found at http://www.hyden.wn.com.au/wave_rock.htm	12 Golden Wattle (Acacia)
13 Sheoak Trees by Wave Rock Casuarina obesa.	14 Return View of Wave Rock	15 Wave Rock Young Sheoaks at the base of Wave Rock.
16 Bush Scene at Wave Rock	17 Yellow Everlastings	18 Cowslip Orchids Caladenia flava.
19 Perimeter walk at Wave Rock A walk around the base of Wave Rock towards Hippo's Yawn.	20 Water Seepage down Rock Face	21 Backward glance Glancing back at the water seepage at Wave Rock.
22 Perimeter of Wave Rock	23 Lines of Lava	24 Rock Cracks At Wave Rock, Hyden.
25 Rock Cracks and Holes	26 Indentations	27 Rock Features
28 Grey Pussy Tails The grey flowers of this grass are called Grey Pussytails.	29 Blind Grass Stypandra glauca.	30 Blue Sun Orchid
31 Fungi on Log	32 Colourful Fungi	33 Rock Colours At Wave Rock, Hyden.
34 Looking Back The man-made water catchment wall can be seen at the top of the rock in this view.	35 Hippo's Yawn Natural rock formation near Wave Rock.	36 Inside Hippo's Yawn
37 Monkey Rock This rock formation is called Monkey Rock.	38 Emu Garden Feature Emu Garden Feature at the entrance to Wave Rock Wildlife Park, Hyden.	39 Sleeping Koala Wave Rock Wildlife Park, Hyden.
40 Kangaroos at Wildlife Park A seven acre park with koalas, wombats, waterbirds, parrots, galahs, and much more, including the rare white kangaroo. All the birds and animals have been bred in captivity, and would be unable to survive if released.	41 Kangaroo in Shelter	42 In the Kangaroo Yard More information about this Wildlife Park at http://www.waverock.com.au/wildlife.htm
43 White Kangaroos	44 White Kangaroo	45 White Kangaroo Resting
46 Black Swan Cygnus atratus at Wave Rock Wildlife Park, Hyden.	47 Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita.	48 Black Swan
49 540 White Kangaroo	50 Kangaroo	51 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae at Wave Rock Wildlife Park, Hyden.
52 Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo Male Calyptorhynchus banksii.	53 Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo Female Calyptorhynchus banksii.	54 Tail Feathers of Female Calyptorhynchus banksii.
55 Male and Female Pair of Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii).	56 Model T Ford Model T Ford on display at Wave Rock Wildlife Park, Hyden.	57 Tiles in Rest-Room Colourful Wall Tiles in Rest-Room
58 Yellow Featherflowers A roadside stop to view Wildflowers.	59 Roadside Wildflowers Along the road to Narembeen.	60 554 Yellow and White Verticordia
61 Golden Featherflower Verticordia chrysantha.	62 Pink Featherflower Verticordia picta.	63 Painted Featherflower Verticordia picta.
64 Roe's Featherflower Verticordia roei.	65 Blue Sun Orchid	66 Blue-eyed Smokebush Conospermum brownii.
67 Nature's Garden of Wildflowers	68 Grooved-Leaf Snottygobble Persoonia saundersiana.	69 Hakea scoparia
70 Coneflower and Featherflower	71 Nature's Roadside Garden Western Australian Wildflowers.	72 Roadside Stop
73 Farmland Beyond	74 Mallee Root When the land is cleared for farming, the Roots of the Mallee Scrub have to be removed too. They make excellent Firewood giving good heat and glowing coals.	75 Kangaroo Tracks in the Sand
76 Narembeen Memorial Park Narembeen is situated 286Km from Perth in the Wheatbelt area of Western Australia and is predominantly an agricultural region with the main agricultural areas being cereal cropping, cattle and sheep.	77 Narembeen Street Scene Narembeen, named after its aboriginal heritage, as the Place of the Female Emu, offers visitors country hospitality and scenery that reflects Australia's true farming lifestyle.	78 Narembeen Information Centre
79 Narembeen Public Hall	80 Narembeen Public Hall	81 Narembeen Post Office
82 Narembeen Post Office Mural	83 Narembeen Hotel	84 Hotel Mural
85 Narembeen Roadhouse	86 Narembeen Mural and Motto Narembeen -- Proud of our Past, Confident in our Future..	87 Narembeen Street Lamps
88 Street Gardens	89 Blue Sky at Narembeen	90 Welcome to Shackleton SHACKLETON Latitude 31 56 S Longitude 117 50 E. The townsite of Shackleton is located in the central agricultural region, 209 km east of Perth and 32 km west of Bruce Rock. It is located on the railway line from Quairading to Bruce Rock, and was approved as a siding in 1913,the year the railway line opened. A townsite was gazetted at the siding in 1951, the area having been privately developed some years earlier. There is a nearby hill named Mount Shackleton,and both the hill and townsite are named after the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
91 Australia's Smallest Bank Australia's Smallest Bank is located at Shackleton.	92 Bank Plaque	93 Bank Trading Hours
94 Clouds Gathering over Farmlands	95 A Short Windmill	96 Storm Approaching
97 A Tall Windmill	98 Raindrops Falling	99 Sunny Over There
100 Avon River at York	101 Traffic Bridge over Avon River at York Heading back to Perth at the conclusion of an enjoyable tour with www.wanderer.com.au Thankyou Wilderness Wanderer.