Fields of wheat dominate the landscape

Trayning
Typical wheatbelt township
Trayning is located 235 km north east of Perth in the heart of the wheatbelt. It has a population of a little over 500 people in the shire with approximately 180 people living in the township. The area experiences an average rainfall of 300 mm per annum which, with the average farm size of 2500 hectares, is enough to grow wheat and sheep as well as some oats, barley and lupins.

The town came into existence in the late 1880s with the movement of prospectors and fossickers through the area on their way to the goldfields. It was common to stop at the Trayning Well which was an important water source between Wyalkatchem and Mukinbudin. It is said that the word 'trayning' is a corruption of the Aboriginal words 'dur-iring' which, according to local folklore, meant 'snake in the grass by the campfire'.

The well was located 5 km north of the present townsite which was gazetted in February 1912.

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Attractions in the Area
There is little to interest the visitor in this quiet little wheatbelt town. In the surrounding area are some gnamma holes (ask in the town for directions), some unusually named granite outcrops including Billyacatting Hill (on the road to Mukinbudin) and Kodj­Kodjin which was originally known as Codgy­Codgy - surely one of the strangest and most amusing names ever given to a town in Australia.

	Hotels
	Trayning Hotel/Motel Railway Street Trayning WA 6488 Telephone: (08) 9683 1005 Facsimile: (08) 9683 1008
	Farm & Eco Holidays
	Emohruo Farm & Country Retreat P.O. Box 26 Yelbeni 6487 Trayning WA 6488 Telephone: (08) 9682 5013 or 1800 805 013 Facsimile: (08) 9682 5060
	Caravan Parks
	Trayning Caravan Park Sutherland Street Trayning WA 6488 Telephone: (08) 9683 1001
	Restaurants
	Trayning Hotel/Motel Railway Street Trayning WA 6488 Telephone: (08) 9683 1005 Facsimile: (08) 9683 1008