Howick, Western Australia
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| Coordinates: 33°38′26″S 122°53′01″E / 33.64052°S 122.88374°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1,133.7 km2 (437.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 45 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6450 | ||||||||||||
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Howick is a rural locality of the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located on the Southern Ocean. The locality is home to a number of nature reserves and borders the Cape Arid National Park in the east.[2][3]
Howick is on the traditional land of the Wudjari and Njunga people, both of the Noongar nation.[4][5][6]
Only one sealed road passes through Howick, the west–east-running Fisheries Road which connects Esperance to Cape Arid National Park. Access to the locality's coastline is limited to a few unsealed roads and tracks and no road runs along the coastline. The nearest services to Howick are to the west, in Condingup.[7]
Campsites near the coast are available at Membinup Beach, a basic bush camping site, and Alexander Bay.[7] The beaches at Membinup and Alexander Bay are not patrolled by Surf Life Saving Australia but are listed on their website with information on the beach conditions and dangers.[8][9]
