The weather forecast predicted showers today so with no sign of any cloud thismorning we decide to take a bike ride to where the rock is.
I am still not overly confident riding – especially with Lucy as my passenger – but I am firm with her to sit in her basket while we go for a ride around the park. I wouldn’t say it was her favourite past time however, it is an outing with us so she tolerates it. Even after a while she appears to be enjoying it but compared to her long walks on the beaches this I’m sure, in her eyes, does not compare. We try to convince her that the nearest beach is about 300kms away so she will just have to wait.
It is not very far to the beginning of the Wave Rock walk and the surface is quite uneven so we ride a couple of laps of the caravan park, then put the bikes away. We decide we will walk it.
Wave Rock is a granite cliff 15 metres high and 110 metres long. It’s rounded like shape has been caused by weathering and water erosion which has undercut the base and left a rounded overhang. Water from the springs running down the rock during wettermonths dissolve minerals, adding to the colouring of the wave. In 1960 crystals from Wave Rock were dated as being 2700 million years old, amongst the oldest in Australia.
We get back to the caravan park and it is almost deserted as at the end of the Easter weekend we imagine people will be heading back to the coast. We will stay here tonight and head off early tomorrow.
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