Where we live is important and directly impacts our quality of life. Place is as much about the people that live there as it is about the land and buildings. 

In reviewing the Strategic Community Plan the Shire intends to apply the principles of both place-focused and place-based approaches to engage communities, paying attention to local needs and wants, and leverage the passion and expertise of local people. The Shire hopes better understanding of the local context will be most effective in identifying and achieving outcomes for a community.

Wyndham 

Wyndham is Western Australia's most northern town and the second largest town in the Shire. It is a small town with a population of just 1000, but Wyndham was once a bustling town, with the arrival of news of gold discoveries at Halls Creek.

The Wyndham Port was first established at the base of the Bastion in the 1880's and today provides for the state ship service, the import of fuel, ammonium nitrate and general freight and the export of iron ore, nickel and live cattle. It is also a popular stop over for cruise ships.

Wyndham, like Kununurra, is surrounded by cliff and gorge country and has five rivers flowing into the Cambridge Gulf. The Cambridge Gulf is a massive waterway providing access to recreational mariners and commercial fishing operators with entry points into five rivers, being the Pentecost, Forrest, King, Durack and Ord Rivers as well as numerous creeks.​

Kununurra

​Kununurra was developed in the early 1960s to service the construction of the Ord Irrigation Scheme. The town has seen the transformation of ancient river plains into one of Australia’s most diverse and productive agricultural areas. Harnessing the mighty Ord River opened up the area to horticulture, agriculture, aquaculture and eco-tourism.

From its beginnings as a service town for workers, Kununurra has grown to a population of about 5000 people and is home to most of the Shire’s residents and town services.​