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Town in Western Australia
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Hyden is a small farming town in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, 292 km east of Perth and with a population of 384 in 2021. Its star attraction is Wave Rock.
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Small bush park with various Australian animals such as kangaroos, parrots, koalas, black swans, and, er, alpacas? You can sit out with your lunch.
The boondocks of Australia have fine lace the way County Kerry has wallabies, but this unexpected collection was amassed by Mrs Margaret Blackburn (1920–1990) of Perth, with pieces old and new.
Lake Magic next to Wave Rock Resort is a salty gypsum lake with attractive colours especially at dawn and dusk, part of the long chain of pools that the ancestral snake left across this landscape. Pay at the Resort kiosk (adults $10, children $5) and walk around. Don't take a vehicle onto the lakeside, it will bog down, and they charge $500 to haul you out. The mozzies are a pest here.
Pleasant place for coffee and light bites.
A ring of sandy caravan and tent sites around a central ablution block. The campers' kitchen only has a fridge, kettle and microwave. Dogs welcome on leash.
Fourteen two bedroom brick villas with kitchen, one having a disabled accessible bathroom. It's in the sparse countryside around the lake.
Motel with 55 rooms and 3 suites, decor stuck the 1970s and pricey for what you get.
Pleasant self-catering accommodation. They also operate the Bungalow, the Chalet, Silos motel and a campground.
A small selection of fresh fruit and veg, and a wider range of frozen and canned goods.
General store with a wider selection than IGA.
Hyden is 340 km from Perth on Brookton Highway (Hwy 40), via Brookton, Corrigin and Kondinin. Reckon five hours drive, so with an early start it's within a day trip, but beware driver fatigue on the return to the city.
Read in the guideYou need your own vehicle, 2WD is fine. Hyden town centre is around Marshall and McPherson Streets, and Wave Rock is 4 km east, with Hippo's Yawn another 1 km. The Humps are 18 km north along Lovering Road.
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