Howick is a rural

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of the

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in the Goldfields-Esperance region of

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, located on the

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. The locality is home to a number of nature reserves and borders the

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in the east. Howick is on the traditional land of the

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and

Njunga The Njunga or Nyunga are an indigenous Noongar people of Western Australia. Name ''Njunga/nyunga'' reflects a root (''njoŋa/njuŋa/njuŋar'') that signifies 'man'. They adopted the term, perhaps defensively, in response to a number of tribes w ...

people, both of the

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nation. 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. Campsites near the coast are available at Membinup Beach, a basic bush camping site, and Alexander Bay. The beaches at Membinup and Alexander Bay are not patrolled by

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but are listed on their website with information on the beach conditions and dangers.

Nature reserves

The following named and unnamed nature reserves are located within Howick: * Beaumont Nature Reserve was gazetted on 29 June 1973 and has a size of . Only a small section of this reserve is located in Howick, the majority is located in neighbouring Beaumont. Located in the Mallee and

Esperance Plains Esperance Plains, also known as Eyre Botanical District, is a biogeography, biogeographic region in southern Western Australia on the South_coast_of_Western_Australia , south coast between the Avon Wheatbelt and Hampton bioregions, and bordere ...

bioregion. * Alexander Nature Reserve was gazetted on 20 December 1963 and has a size of . Located in the Esperance Plains bioregion. * Muntz Nature Reserve, which also stretches into neighbouring Beaumont, was gazetted on 29 June 1973 and has a size of . Located in the Mallee bioregion. * Neredup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 2 August 1974 and has a size of . Located in the Mallee bioregion. * Unnamed WA27087 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 20 December 1963 and has a size of . Located in the Esperance Plains bioregion.

References

{{Towns Goldfields-Esperance WA Shire of Esperance