Elephant Rocks And Elephant Cove

These massive, cracked oval boulders make a surreal sight as they gaze out upon the Great Southern Ocean. They are just like rugged stone elephants, without the trunks. Elephant Cove has a sacred feel to it, maybe because it's thought to have been an original birthing place over the centuries by Aboriginal Australians. At high tide, the water can rush to fill the accessway between the two giant rock formations guarding the entry to Elephant Cove, and you sure hear that herd. The waves are larger at Elephant Cove and there's a rip. Follow the track west a few hundred yards to the Greens Pool to plunge in, as it's protected by the lines of rocks out to sea. The ocean can be a few degrees colder here, so if you plan to snorkel don a wetsuit. PARKING: From the Greens Pool car park it is a good ten-minute walk over the rises on a well-kept track and down a well-kept wooden staircase and through a stone crevasse. There is also a carpark closer to Elephant Rocks if you take a left and first right when arriving at the end of the entry road to William Bay. Both have a flight of stairs so remember which flight you descended.