Mount Augustus saw the last, for now at least, of large (granite/quartz) rocks (although not, as often advertised, ONE rock like Uluru).
Mount Augustus
From Hyden, east of Perth, north through the Goldfields and Gascoyne we've clambered over all sorts of remarkable 'big rocks'.
The highlight for me was not Wave Rock as might be expected (interesting but over-rated), but McDermid Rock further east off the Hyden-Norseman road, not far east of the Breakaways described in a previous post, and due south of Coolgardie.
On climbing the rock we discovered amazing rock pools and Japanese-like 'gardens' growing where soil had collected over time. One beautiful spot included a carefully constructed cairn (more on these in a later post). Now in the hard iron-ore rich Pilbara we seem a long way from this!
McDermid Rock treasures