Dryandra Tourism

Wickepin

Wickepin is most famous for the homestead of Albert Facey, author of a ‘A Fortunate Life’. The area is also blessed with floral beauty and unique lakes, waiting to be discovered by you.

The area is also blessed with lakes and a dazzling display of spring wildfl owers. A wildflower brochure is available that details the plant life in the area. Wickepin Shire contains rich agricultural lands that were opened for settlement in 1893. The locality
began as a watering point known as Yarling and was used by the early Sandalwood cutters. Today Wickepin is well known for its excellent sheep studs and is home to about 1000 people. The town has recently developed a regional recycling program and
in 2004, won the Wheatbelt Tidy Towns award and a GWN Top Tourism Town award.

www.wickepin.wa.gov.au