Our next stop in Hyden, The Humps and Mulka's Cave, which is a 15 minutes' drive from Hippo's Yawn. As we walked from the car park to the cave, we saw water droplets dangling on a web. It's beautiful and looked so much like crystal beads on a necklace.
"The name Mulka comes from an Aboriginal legend associated with the cave. Mulka was the illegal son of woman who fell in love with a man with whom marriage was forbidden according to their law.
Once the rain lightened, we walked back to our car and drove to Hyden Town for lunch. On the way, we saw a faint rainbow in the horizon.
It is believed that a result of breaking these rules, she bore a son with crossed eyes. Even though he grew to be an outstandingly strong man of colossal height, his crossed eyes prevented him from aiming a spear accurately and becoming a successful hunter.
Out of frustration it is said Mulka turned to catching and eating human children and he became the terror of the district. He lived in Mulka's Cave, where the imprints of his hands can still be seen, much larger and higher than that of an ordinary man."
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