One of the Town’s major attractions, "Bart" was built locally in 1985. Thousands of tourists visit the ram annually which is located in the Wetlands Park.
Wagin's Puntapin Rock which is 5 minutes east of Wagin and looks amazing at night and is a comfortable climb.
The largest Anatomically correct man made Merino Ram in the known Universe.
Westjets are a regular visitor to Wagin's airstrip and visitors are welcome to attend.
Please note: no telephones will be available at the practice during the closed period and extended periods may apply to email.
REVIEW OF COUNCILLOR REPRESENTATION The state government’s local government reform program requires all councils to review the number of councillors. For smaller communities this may result in a reduced number of councillors. Please read the Discussion Paper and make your views known by making a written submission – either on the form attached to the Discussion Paper or in any other written submission. Please do this no later than 4.30pm Thursday 16 February 2023.
ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL ELECTORS MEETING The 2021/22 Shire of Wagin Annual Report is now available. Please view the report at https://www.wagin.wa.gov.au/documents/11856/annual-report-2021-2022 The annual general meeting of electors will be held 6.30pm Tuesday 7 February 2023. An agenda and notice will be issued in January.
Council has approved the following proposed changes to Fees and Charges with effect from 1 February 2023. The public is invited to provide a written submission on any of the following with a request made that the submission be specific and reference the relevant item and reference number, indicating support or objection
The Shire of Wagin administration office and the public library and gallery will close for Christmas annual leave at 4.30pm Friday 23 December 2022 and re-open 8.30am Tuesday 3 January 2023.
The 2022/23 mosquito control programme will commence late Sunday afternoon 30 October and will continue until April 2023. This involves the use of a diluted fogging agent and is distributed from a vehicle circulating the town area. The insecticide used for this purpose has been used in past years and is approved by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), a federal government authority. A material data safety sheet is available at the shire administration or can be viewed here.
The Shire website will be offline between 11pm Thursday 27 October until 1am Friday 28 October and 1pm Saturday 29 October until 7pm Saturday 29 October for scheduled server maintenance. Please consider this service interruption in the coming days if that will affect you. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
CAN WAGIN WIN THE MELBOURNE CUP? The 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup visited Wagin in August thanks to spirited lobbying from the shire’s community development staff. The visiting team for the Victorian Racing Club visited the school, the historical village and hosted an evening event where locals could have happy snaps with THE Cup. This was a lot of fun and an education about the Cup and what it takes to win it. As one of just 24 communities to host the Cup on this national tour, Wagin is also allocated a horse in the event via the barrier draw – and if that horse wins, so does our community, with $50,000 going to support the volunteer St John Ambulance sub-centre. Look for the horse running from barrier 4 because that’s us! Good luck Wagin.
Please help us find better housing solutions for workers in the Southern Wheatbelt by answering a few quick questions. The Shire of Wagin is participating in a study with the Wheatbelt Development Commission to analyse housing demand for key workers in the wheatbelt region.. The study seeks to understand housing stock needs currently and into the future. To help us understand housing needs, we would like input from the business community, farming enterprise, key workers and other interested community members.
COUNCIL MEETING 25 OCTOBER The next ordinary meeting of Council will be at 7pm next Tuesday 25 October.
TENDER SWIMMING POOL MANAGEMENT The Shire of Wagin invites tenders from suitably qualified persons to manage and operate the Wagin Memorial Swimming Pool. Please refer to the Public notice for more details (see below). Copies of the tender documents are available from the Shire administration 2 Arthur Rd Wagin.
The Shire of Wagin invites members of the public to review a revised Disability Access and Inclusion Plan and make comment. You can see the plan here. Please email your comments to shire@wagin.wa.gov.au or contact Ms. Donna George at the shire office (tel. 9861 1177) by Monday 15 August.
Notice of intention to Impose Different
The Community Builders Program represents a grassroots leadership program that seeks to support local community builders within a defined cluster of communities to better understand and build their local and regional community and economy.
DFES are looking to complete the following works in the Shire of Wagin prior to the end of the financial year. Miller St - mulch under the powerline & 10 m buffer between assets and houses on Forrest Street.
The Shire of Wagin is inviting Community Groups and Organisations to submit their applications for contributions to projects from the Shire up to $10,000 in value (Shire Contribution) to be considered in the Community Budget Requests 2022/2023. Applications over $10,000 will only be considered as part of a 1/3 Council Contribution 2/3 Organisation Group/Grant Contribution basis. Application forms are available here Applications to be addressed to Manager of Finance, Jenny Goodbourn and close on Friday 13 May 2022.
4WDL is a Voluntary Regional Organisation of Councils (VROC) comprising the Shires of Wagin, West Arthur, Williams, Woodanilling, Dumbleyung and Lake Grace. The 4WDL Strategic Plan has identified Tourism as an industry sector offering potential economic expansion benefits and opportunities for the communities and businesses in each 4WDL Shire
Anglo American is undertaking some early stage exploration work in the shire of Wagin for approximately six weeks from mid Feb to mid March 2022.
Wagin Swimming club event - closes Pool for the day