Following the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail and the path of Western Australia’s great engineering feat – the CY O’Connor Water Pipeline – you’ll reach Merredin in just over three hours. Make your first stop at the Central Wheatbelt Visitor Centre for current wildflower information and maps of self-drive trails. Not only does this wildflower-friendly town boast a plethora of wildflowers in nature reserves - keeps a close eye on its road verges as well. Immerse yourself in the town’s rich history, admiring its colonial and 1920s heritage architecture, or head up to Merredin Peak Reserve for a woodland walk and picnic beside the dam. Discover more local history and nature at Tamma Parkland – a natural bushland featuring a 1.2 kilometre natural history interpretive walk trail filled with delicate orchids in spring. Finish your first full day in the outback venturing south to the vast granite outcrops of Totadgin Dam Reserve. It’s just a 14-kilometre drive from Merredin and includes historic Hunt’s Well ‘Mini Wave Rock’ and a diverse range of flora from Verticordias, cricket ball Hakeas and Acacias, to orchids, everlastings and eucalypt woodlands. Stay in town, or experience real country life at a Wheatbelt farm stay.