Port Kennedy, the sound and the highway
Built on the dunes
Port Kennedy sits on Becher Point, where wetlands formed in the hollows between dunes running parallel to the coast. Many are protected in the Port Kennedy Scientific Park, and Lake Walyungup is on the suburb's east side. This close to the sound, sea air is part of daily life for a car.
Ennis Avenue
Ennis Avenue is National Highway 1 and a controlled access road. South of Rockingham it has only four intersections, and Port Kennedy Drive is one. Warnbro station, opened in December 2007, is at the Safety Bay Road intersection.
Mandurah Road south
South of Stakehill Road, Highway 1 carries on as Mandurah Road, a dual carriageway into Mandurah.
WA's licence rule
A repair business serving Port Kennedy needs a WA repair business licence, and its mechanics hold a repairer's certificate. Consumer Protection WA has a licence search online.
What living by the coast means for the car
Salt and sand work slowly on the underside, the brake lines and anything electrical near the ground. A rust check at each service catches it early. Heat matters too: Perth has 26 days above 35 degrees in an average year, and that's when tired batteries and cooling systems give out.
Car batteries in Perth and radiator and cooling work are the pages to read before summer.
Our suggestion
We'd have the next service done before the hot months, with the battery tested and the underside checked for salt. If the car spends its weekends at the beach, we'd mention that too, so the mechanic knows what to look for.