Learmonth - Exmouth Airport, also known as RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) Learmonth, is used both as a civil airport, and as a base for the RAAF. It is located on the North West of the country in an area known as the North West Cape, its close by to the town of Exmouth, and the Cape Range National Park. Hiring a car at Learmonth - Exmouth Airport gives visitors the freedom to travel not only to the immediate area of Exmouth and see the town and everything it has to offer, but also further out to the Cape Range National Park.
Exmouth is the closest town to the Learmonth - Exmouth, or RAAF Learmonth Airport, and is a great place to visit. The Exmouth Visitors Centre is known for its annual whale shark festival, which takes place each year in May. The town of Exmouth also offers a whole host of tours including scuba diving, whale watching, quad biking, bush walking and snorkelling. In the town itself, on Maidstone Crescent is the Ross St Shopping Mall, which has a great selection of stores for all of you shopaholics. For the more adventurous, you could always hire a car at Learmonth-Exmouth Airport and drive the ridge of a gorge at Charles Knife Gorge.
To the west of the Learmonth-Exmouth Airport lies the Cape Range National Park, which covers the tip of the North West Cape Peninsula. The Ningaloo Reef lies just off the coast of the national park, making it one of the only places where you can visit the Range and the Reef at the same time. The Cape Range National Park also has plenty to offer such as Yardie Creek, and a number of old radio towers dating back to the Second World War. Hiring a car at Learmonth-Exmouth Airport allows you to travel west and visit the National Park on a day trip with ease.
