How Formed

These ten ‘wave rocks’  and many other granite outcrops in Western Australia were formed by the process of weathering and erosion over hundreds of millions of years.

Marketing Genius

Wave Rock is a marketing name. It’s part of a larger granite formation called Hyden Rock and, like the other ‘wave rocks’ on this list, it is part of the Yilgarn Craton. Of all the ‘wave rocks’ in Western Australia the one at Hyden is the best known. It has a concave cliff face about 15 metres high and 110 metres long, curling outward at the top like a breaking wave. Despite its hyped prominence it is not the only ‘wave rock’ in Western Australia and, depending on evaluation criteria, it may not be the ‘best wave rock’ in the State.

Yilgarn Craton

The Yilgarn Plateau or Craton of Western Australia  is one of the original masses of rock that rose out of the sea about 2700 million years ago to form the first landmass of Australia. It is one of the most ancient landscapes preserved anywhere on Earth.

The Other Ten Wave Rocks

Banks Rock

Banks Rock is close to the intersection of Victoria Rock Road and the Old Hyden-Norseman Road. The entry track to the rock is not immediately obvious.

Beringbooding Rock

Beringbooding Rock is a massive monadnock 50 kilometres north-east of Mukinbudin.

Cave Hill

 

Elachbutting Rock

Kokerbin Rock

McDermid Rock

Mt Walker

Image imminent.

Totadgin Rock

Walga Rock

Warrdagga Rock

 

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