Wave Rock
From Esperance we headed west along the coast but had to take a 35 km diversion over dirt roads to get around a storm damaged bridge, washed out by a cyclone ten days before.. We left the coast road and headed into the outback again to reach Hayden, the home to the Wave Rock. It is huge, but unlike Ayres rock, had been weathered spectacularly into the shape of the biggest wave ever.
To give you an idea of the scale of this wave, I took another shot with Marion and Maureen in view.
This is the front of the rock but we walked along its side,
and even climbed it.
We did look both ways, were very impressed, but were unable to make the climb to the very top because the heat was in the forties and we made a discreet withdrawal to the ice cream shop.





Leaving Wave Rock, we returned to Perth and the next day left for South Africa. Maureen and Rob had given us a wonderful memory of Australia, its immense size, spectacular scenery and always wonderfully friendly people. With heartfelt thanks to Rob and Reen, John and Barbara and all our friends, who had made us so welcome, we waved good bye to Australia wondering if could really be our last visit?