 There is also a small amount of gypsum mining, and a tourist industry centred on Wave Rock near Hyden.The subregion contains populations of "Eucalyptus" and "Melaleuca" species that produce commercial quantities of cineole oil, so in future the subregion is likely to support a plantation-based oil mallee industry, at least as a source of breeding material if not also land.The subregion's nature reserves are poorly managed.