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REGION: Heartlands

Blessed with diversity of landscape and environment, the Heartlands is home to several Western Australia's most popular natural attractions, like Wave Rock and the Pinnacles.

Wave Rock is situated four kilometres east of the town of Hyden. Rising 15 metres above the ground, and more then 100 metres long, Wave Rock looks like a giant surf wave of multicoloured granite about to crash onto the bush below.

Wave Rock is four hours drive through the wheatbelt from Perth's northern suburbs via York, or via Brookton when coming from the southern suburbs of Perth.

The Pinnacles are two-hundred and forty-five kilometres north of Perth on the way to Geraldton. Closest main town is Cervantes. The Pinnacles are seventeen kilometres south east of the town.

The Pinnacles are limestone formations, formed from lime leaching from the sand and by rain cementing the lower levels of the dune into a soft limestone.

You can take a scenic drive (for light vehicles only) of approximately five kilometres from the Pinnacles car park.

Accessing the various features of the Heartlands region is easy. There is an extensive network of good roads along which sit many old country towns. These towns, with their heritage buildings, offer a glimpse of days gone by.

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National Park Head Office

Western Australia Conservation and Land Management (CALM)
17 Dick Perry Ave, Western Precinct
Kensington, WA 6151
wwww.naturebase.net

Ph: (08) 9334 0333

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Nambung NP
Avon Valley NP
Badgingarra NP
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