22/9/11 The Humps near Hyden

We spent the morning walking around the granite outcrop 18 km from Hyden called The Humps. After returning to the car and eating a picnic lunch we climbed back up again and took more photographs.  Yesterday afternoon and during the night there was heavy rain so all the moss and lichen was in full colour.  

Unfortunately after the first hour in the morning the sunshine was blocked out by heavy cloud cover and this took the sparkle out of my photos.

  

On the top of both Wave Rock and The Humps are amazing tafoni (plural; singular is tafone). These  rocks, hollowed out by wind and water action, form magnificent natural sculptures.