You can opt to stay an extra day in Meekatharra to explore the wildflowers and the Meeka Rangelands Discovery Trail, where interpretive signs reveal the region’s settlement history and Indigenous culture. Or make the three-and-a-half-hour drive south to Paynes Find via Cue, Lake Austin, Mount Magnet and more carpets of everlastings on the Great Northern Highway. Discover the legacy of the area's first gold mine leaseholder at Western Australia's only working gold battery, and view relics from the mining, pastoral and sandalwood industries at the town museum. It’s a one-and-a-half-hour drive south to reach the Wheatbelt town of Wubin, where you can join Rabbit Proof Fence Road to the east and explore the wildflower hotspots of Wubin Rocks, Jibberding Reserve and Goodlands Road. Wreath flowers, everlastings, blue cornflowers, wattles, grevilleas and orchids are the main attractions here. Stay overnight in Wubin or Dalwallinu.