Sunday, 13 August 2017

MY SUNDAY BEST MEME #27 - WAVE ROCK

Welcome to the meme, "My Sunday Best", which is a photographic and creative meme that allows you to showcase your talents in imaging. Every Sunday, you can post here showing an image you have created using your camera, (and/or) image processing software, and/or painting and drawing in the conventional way and have scanned in.

 The rules are simple:
1) Create your image and post it up on your blog;
2) Put the "My Sunday Best" logo image link somewhere on your post so people can click and come by here;
3) Leave a comment here once you have posted;
4) Visit other posters' blogs and be amazed with their creativity!

 Please do not use this meme to advertise your goods or services. This is a creative meme and any inappropriate links or comments shall be removed immediately!
Wave Rock is a natural rock formation that is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave. The “wave” is about 14 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. Such walls are common on many similar rocks in the Wheatbelt.

 Wave Rock has cultural significance to the indigenous Ballardong people. Local tribes believed that the rock was a creation of the Rainbow Serpent, and was created in her wake by dragging her swollen body over the land after she had consumed all of the water in the land. They respected this area as an icon of cultural learning; a moral from this Dreamtime tale was to be remembered for life. More than 140,000 tourists visit Wave Rock every year.

This post is also part of the My Sunday Photo meme,
and also part of the Photo Sunday meme.
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6 comments:

  1. eileeninmd13 August 2017 at 20:54

    Hello, that is a cool rock formation. Happy Sunday, enjoy your day and week ahead!

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  2. Mascha13 August 2017 at 21:22

    Wow, what a miracle of nature! Never seen before, thanks for sharing.

    By the way: in one of your links (MANEKI-NEKO) is an URL-error, I cannot open it.

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    1. Melbourne Australia Photos14 August 2017 at 10:38

      Thank you, Mascha. I've corrected the Maneki-Neko link.

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  3. Molly13 August 2017 at 22:09

    I have never seen anything like that before.

    Mollyx

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  4. Lydia C. Lee14 August 2017 at 00:33

    We didn't get to go. Would have loved to have seen it!

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  5. Klara S14 August 2017 at 01:06

    Hi, picture is amazing. What a wonderful place!
    I don't know why, I can't see linky tool, so here is my part of My Sunday Best:
    http://kolobrzegcountyphoto.blogspot.com/2017/08/inside.html

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