Kwinana's biggest fan

Before I started working in Rockingham I knew very little about the area. One of the best things about doing a cadetship down here is getting to know the area as well as the people. One of the area's I've come to enjoy spending a lot of time in is the Town of Kwinana, which I'm happy to report is soon to become the City of Kwinana.

My front page about Kwinana becoming a city

Made up of suburbs like Bertram, Medina, Calista, Parmelia, Leda and Wellard, as well as the well known industrial strip, Kwinana is growing like you wouldn't believe and before this job I basically hadn't even been to Kwinana before.

I'd driven though on the way to Mandurah but never actually made the turn off down Thomas Road and into the suburbs.

But what I've found while I've been visiting Kwinana is really surprising and really enlightening.

A beautiful tree in Parmelia

The bushland around Kwinana is absolutely beautiful. I love driving the long winding roads through the once-rural areas like Wellard and Bertram. If you get high enough up in the hills in Parmelia you can see right out to the Darling scarp and when weather rolls in it's spectacular.

Storm clouds over Bertram

I've had a fair bit to do with Kwinana council now having covered their meetings since I began here and although I'm the first to admit I don't have much to compare them to I've so far been impressed.

Mayor Carol Adams is deeply passionate about the area and her enthusiasm is palpable. The councillors are all equally as enthusiastic and are all keen to see Kwinana succeed and move forward.

What I'm longwindedly trying to say is that it's not often you go to an area that you've never lived in or don't currently live in and feel such a connection with it.

Filled with people who generally want to see the area succeed, I'm excited to see what Kwinana achieves in the coming years and look forward to covering it.