Day 58 Wave Rock

After another session of show-and-tell with curious neighbours during breakfast, we headed into Hyden to look for some fresh fruit. Who knew it was a public holiday and that the town had been evacuated of all Christmas Elves? Back at the ranch, we donned hiking boots and went exploring Wave rock. Very impressive. We took the obligatory 100 pretend surfing photos and then, for no sensible or logical reason, we climbed to the top, and over Wave Rock. Anyone that has been to Wave Rock will know that all the good bits are in the curl of the wave. There’s nothing happening on the top other than a fair bit of heat and a lot of sun, which is much the same as down the bottom.
After exploring the rock, it was back to the park pool for a dip. Obviously a good idea considering every other person at the park was crammed into the 8m x 3m pool, along with us. Very cosy!
After lunch, we took the advice of a couple of fellow travellers we met, Frank and his wife, and we went in search of a natural salt lake only a couple of kilometres away. By the side of the natural lake, is a man-made pond that takes its water from the natural lake nearby. The excess salt in the lake water alters the buoyancy of swimmers and you simply couldn’t drown. Much like Europe’s Black Sea, the salt changes how our bodies respond to the water and we simply float. It’s the weirdest feeling, a bit like what I’d assume a gravity free experience must feel like. If you lay on your back, you will naturally fall into the floating position while laying on your front forces your feet up, keeping you above water, but with your head down low. Jacqui was ecstatic to find water in which she could finally rival her cousin, Lisa’s synchronised swimming skills and is now determined to have a similar pool designed for our back yard in Sydney. It’s hard to explain the sensation but never-the-less, finding the lake has been an once-in-a-lifetime experience, much like the rest of this adventure.
Tomorrow we head down to Hopetoun and begin to make our way to Esperance via Stokes National Park.
Cheers,
Jorg