Howick, Western Australia

{{Short description|Locality in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2025}}

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{{Infobox Australian place

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| name = Howick

| state = wa

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| lga = Shire of Esperance

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| zoom = 8

| coordinates = {{coord|-33.64052|122.88374|display=inline,title}}

| postcode = 6450

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| fedgov = O'Connor

| stategov = Roe

| dist1 = 677

| dir1 = SE

| location1= Perth

| dist2 = 197

| dir2 = SE

| location2= Norseman

| dist3 = 81

| dir3 = E

| location3= Esperance

| near-nw = Beaumont

| near-n = Beaumont

| near-ne = Buraminya

| near-w = Condingup

| near-e = Boyatup

| near-sw = Condingup

| near-s = Southern Ocean

| near-se = Cape Arid

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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.{{cite web |url=https://maps.slip.wa.gov.au/landgate/locate/ |title=SLIP Map |author= |date= |website=maps.slip.wa.gov.au |publisher=Landgate |access-date=1 January 2025 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=1 January 2025 |quote=}}

Howick is on the traditional land of the Wudjari and Njunga people, both of the Noongar nation.{{cite web |url=https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_groups/wudjari |title=Wudjari (WA) |author= |website=samuseum.sa.gov.au |publisher=South Australian Museum |access-date=1 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_groups/njunga |title=Njunga (WA) |author= |website=samuseum.sa.gov.au |publisher=South Australian Museum |access-date=1 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia |title=Map of Indigenous Australia |author= |website=aiatsis.gov.au |publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |access-date=1 January 2025}}

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.{{cite map |title=Western Australia Road and 4WD Track Atlas |last=Hema |first=Maps |year=2017 |publisher=Hema Maps |location=Eight Mile Plains, Queensland |isbn=978-1-86500-732-8 |pages=112 & 113}}

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 Surf Life Saving Australia but are listed on their website with information on the beach conditions and dangers.{{cite web |url=https://beachsafe.org.au/beach/wa/esperance/howick/alexander-bay-3 |title=Alexander Bay (3) |author= |date= |website=beachsafe.org.au |publisher=Surf Life Saving Australia |access-date=1 January 2025 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://beachsafe.org.au/beach/wa/esperance/howick/membinup |title=Membinup |author= |date= |website=beachsafe.org.au |publisher=Surf Life Saving Australia |access-date=1 January 2025 |quote=}}