Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia

Fantastic formations of the Hidden Valley National Park, Kununurra
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hidden_Valley_National_Park.jpg
Hansjoerg Morandell


Kununurra is a small town in the far north of Western Australia. It is on the eastern extremity of the Kimberley Region, just 37 km (23 mi) from the border of the Northern Territory. Kununurra has a population of about 4,000 people (2012 estimate).

Although a pastoral lease for the area along the Ord River dates to as early as 1887, the township of Kununurra was only established in the 1960s, primarily as part of the Ord River Project.

A section of the Ord River Valley was flooded with the construction of the Ord Diversion Dam to create Lake Kununurra. The lake is today used for recreational purposes by the people of Kununurra, although it also hosts 21 species of fish as well as freshwater crocodiles.

Kununurra is surrounded by attractive sights including Valentine Spring, Middle Springs and Black Rock Creek. There are also fishing spots in the surroundings.

View of Lake Kununurra
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Kununurra.JPG
Reise-Line

Visiting Kununurra

Kununurra Airport (KNX) receives regular flights from Broome (Airnorth, Skywest), Darwin (Airnorth) and Perth (Skywest, Qantas). There are buses from Broome, taking 14 hours to get there.

Places of Interest in Kununurra

Back to Discover Australia

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

About this website

Thanks for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye. My hobby is to research information about places, and share the information with people on this website. I started this website on 5 January 2003, and since then, have written about over 20,000 places, mostly in Malaysia and Singapore.

Please use the information on this page as guidance only. While I try my best to provide you information that is as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors. Also, as I might not be able to update some information on time, some of these pages may contain outdated information.