Kununurra

The RCSWA student house is located in a quiet street in Lakeside, a residential area close to the office, town centre and natural bushland. The house is a modern four-bedroom house, light and spacious with air conditioning in all rooms and wireless internet access. The main living area is an open-plan design with kitchen, lounge and dining. The garden is small, maintained by a gardener and has a BBQ for outdoor cooking.

At the RCSWA residence there is a garage for two cars and ample parking outside the house. Kununurra has a limited taxi service.

The strength of the RCSWA program in Kununurra is the opportunity it gives to see a large number of patients. Students are encouraged to see patients every day and are sometimes the first person to assess them.

In town, the students are placed in general practice at The Wunan Health and Well-being Centre, and Kununurra District Hospital which provides emergency, inpatient, obstetric and primary health care services. Health care services including local District Medical Officers and Regional Visiting Specialists also provide health care services to remote Indigenous communities such as Warmun and Kalumburu, in addition to neighbouring towns including Halls Creek and Wyndham.

The Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service (OVAHS and local AMS) provides final year General Practice experience i.e., RGPP placements.

Specialists regularly visiting Kununurra cover the following disciplines: adult cardiology, audiology, dermatology, ENT, gastroenterology, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, paediatrics, paediatric cardiology, psychiatry, renal and respiratory.

Primary health services on offer in Kununurra include aged care, ante and post-natal services, child health clinic, diabetic clinic, dietician, immunisation clinics, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, speech pathology, women's health clinics and palliative care. Psychiatric support is provided by North West Mental Health Team, OVAHS social support service, Boab Health Services and Kinway Relationship Counselling Education & Training Services.

RCSWA students can access the local leisure centre, a multi-purpose, community recreation facility, with a 25-metre swimming pool set in tropical surroundings. Lake Argyle and Lake Kununurra offer facilities for boating and kayaking, and the rivers are great for fishing for the legendary barramundi. Water holes and some rivers (minus the saltwater crocodiles) are also popular to swim in when the water is flowing. Most Kununurra residents participate in sport, with a wide range of activities including football, tennis, squash, netball, archery, pistol shooting, dragon boat racing, yoga, pilates and hiking.

Festivals and events are held throughout the year in Kununurra, including the Lake Argyle Swim, the Kimberley Moon Experience/Festival, the Writers' Festival and the local agricultural show, horse races and rodeos.

To find out more about Kununurra, you can visit the following links:

• Visit Kununurra 
• Miriwoong Country