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Hit the Surf in the Desert

April 9, 2007 at 11:45 AM | by | Comments (0)


Head a few hours east of the Western Australian city of Perth (already vying for the title of the world's most isolated city) and you'll be in the dry outback (be careful!). But don't forget your surfboard for a photo op at Wave Rock.

A few miles east of the small town of Hyden, Wave Rock is a 2700 million year old massive rock formation that really looks like a piece of surf about to crash on a beach. It might be a little way off the world tourist radar, but it did get a mention in the New York Times yesterday in a piece about a Rubin Museum exhibition, and it's worth visiting. Apart from strolling along the bottom of the wave, you can climb about on top, do various bush walks in the area, and watch as other tourists pose as world champion surfers.

[Photo: jonathanvlarocca]

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