Car Rental Kununurra

Kununurra is a very long way from just about everywhere. If you take the short route from Perth, via the Great Northern Highway, it is 3184 km and if you take the long route it is 3336 km. It is also 1057 km from Broome (the nearest major town in Western Australia) and 1057 km from Darwin. And if you want to drive from Sydney it is about 4300 km.

In spite of all this apparent isolation Kununurra (the word means ‘big water’ in the language of the local Aborigines) is an interesting, modern town which came into existence in the early 1960s as a construction centre for the Ord River Scheme. This modernity is something of a mixed blessing. Even today the residential houses, most of which are made out fibro and surrounded by those hastily constructed gardens that are so common in places where people are not planning to stay too long, have a temporary feel about them. The abundance of wild, tropical plants and the obvious casualness of the community gives it a very transient feel.

The lake was formed after the completion of the Diversion Dam in Kununurra. It harbours a large variety of flora and fauna, contains wetland areas and provides a water frontage to the town and many small farms and tourist developments. It is also used extensively for sailing, rowing and skiing, support several tour boat operations and is the landing field for float planes. During scenic cruises, visitors are taken into the Everglades Region of the Ord River, where tiny freshwater Crocodiles are evident. The great variety of brightly coloured bird life is another memorable attraction and upstream, you can feed rock wallabies. Swimming, fishing and lunching are further pleasures on this single day tour.

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