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===Wave Rock Music Festival=== |
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Wave Rock hosts the nearby Wave Rock Weekender event, a music festival held once a year. |
Wave Rock hosts the nearby Wave Rock Weekender event, a music festival held once a year. Last year the event was held from the 26-28 September, 2009. This was the 4th Annual event and features [[Jamie T]], [[Day of the Dead]] and [[Sugar Army]] amongst others. The event is DJ'ed by DJ Charlie Bucket who appeared last year. |
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Revision as of 12:06, 17 March 2010
Wave Rock is a natural rock formation located east of the small town of Hyden in Western Australia. It derives its name from the fact that it is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave.
Wave Rock has cultural significance to Aborigines. More than 140,000 tourists visit wave rock every year.[citation needed]
One aspect of Wave Rock rarely shown on photographs is the retaining wall about halfway up the rock. This follows the contours and allows rainwater to be collected in a storage dam. It was constructed in 1951 by the Public Works Department, and such walls are common on many similar rocks in the Wheatbelt.
Geology
Wave Rock is composed of granite. The total outcrop covers several hectares and is part of the Hyden Rock erosional remnant. The "wave" part of the rock is about 15 m (50 ft) high and around 110 m (350 ft) long.[1] It should be pointed out that the 'wave' formation was formed 60 million years ago and the shape of the rock is not caused by a wave phenomenon, rather its rounded wave-like shape was formed by subsurface chemical weathering followed by removal of the soft weathered granite by fluvial erosion, thus the weathering occurred below ground level before it was exposed. The end result is an undercut base, leaving a round overhang.[2]
Nearby features
Other famous rock formations in the area include The Hippo's Yawn and The Humps.
In Popular Culture
The site of Wave Rock was used as a backdrop for an episode of Japan's Next Top Model in 2008. It featured some comedic bloopers containing an inebriated Australian attempting to run up the course of the rock.
Wave Rock Music Festival
Wave Rock hosts the nearby Wave Rock Weekender event, a music festival held once a year. Last year the event was held from the 26-28 September, 2009. This was the 4th Annual event and features Jamie T, Day of the Dead and Sugar Army amongst others. The event is DJ'ed by DJ Charlie Bucket who appeared last year.
References
- ^ Geoscience Australia (December 23, 2009). "Significant Rock Features". Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ Twidale, C.R. (2002). "The two stage concept of landform and landscape development involving etching: origin, development and implications of an idea". Earth-Science Reviews. 57: 37–74. doi:10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00059-9.
See also
- The Wave, Arizona - similar rock formation in the United States.
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