I was out of bed early today and observed the morning dawn and sunrise turn this into another almost perfect day. The wind was fresh and kept the temperature down in shaded areas.
We left the campsite at 8am, headed back to Esperance and onto Ravensthorpe where we refuelled. The final destination today was Hyden, a little place around 300km from Perth.
The drive took us from reasonably green surrounds in Esperance through a very dry area to this place where we were surprised to see a fire danger sign with the pointer set to "Catastrophic". Not surprising, the temperature was 25 DegC with a strong breeze from the north and everything tinder dry.
Apparently they had a few milliners of rain the other day so all the farmers were out seeding - and hoping for some followup rain.
Over this side the country is still in the strong grip of drought.
After setting up the Caravan and a quick lunch we went for a short walk to the main attraction - Wave Rock (see photo) - and then on to the top of this rock where we enjoyed a great view of the surrounding area.
The tap water here is very nice which is quite unusual for places out west where the water is mostly from underground. However, here they built a 30ML dam in one of the hollows on Wave Rock. A number of little walls run along the big rock and channel the water from all sides towards the dam and thereby provide excellent drinking water for Hyden.
As soon as the sun went down the wind stopped but the overnight temps are forecast to be around 12 or 14 DegC. There are some big storms and flooding rains forecast for Perth overnight. I hope the water is gone by the time we get there.
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