Day 9 The Breakaways to Emu Rock

Saturday, 26th December 2015

The Breakaways like similar rock formations in this region ( Wave Rock, Banks Rock, Bruce Rock and others ) were formed by erosion, mainly wind erosion, on a Mesa land form over many years. The erosion causes the upper sections to break away. The Breakaways aren’t as smooth as the above named rocks but are sill impressive none the less. The section near our camp had a couple of small caves at ground level and we did spot a rabbit kitten running into one last night.

We’d seen Hatters Hills in a book on the Goldfields and thought today would be a good day to head that way. The track off the Hyden Norseman Road while well formed didn’t look like it had been used for some time as there small trees shooting up in the middle, some around 1mt or taller. We came across an empty water tank along the track near Lake Hope. Lake Hope is south west of Lake Johnson and is a similar size.

We didn’t actually end up finding Hatters Hill. At the end of the track we turned on to the Marvel Loch – Forrestania Road. Up until now we hadn’t had much evidence of recent rains however we did come across one small puddle. We made our way to the southern end of the Holland Track passing Dragon Rocks. Along the way we came across some roos enjoying the last of the sun. One crossed our path as we made our way to Emu Rocks where camped for the night.

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