If you drive an EV and live in an apartment, there's a good chance you don't have a charger on your bay yet, or you're waiting on approval for one. That usually means relying on a portable charging cable, a cable for public chargers, or both.
Those cables are heavy, they pick up grime from the car park floor, and they take up boot space. Add adaptors, a tyre inflator, cleaning gear and everything else that travels with the car, and the boot quietly turns into a storage cupboard.
A charging cable can be expensive to replace, so it's worth storing properly:
The same space problem applies to everything that goes with the car: roof racks and bike racks, a tyre inflator, spare adaptors, car cleaning gear, and kids' car seats between trips. None of it needs to be inside the apartment, and none of it needs to ride around in the boot.
A lockable unit in your own bay gives it all a home. The Kookaburra holds 2.3m³, roughly the volume of a three-seater couch, so there's room for cables and car gear alongside camping kit, golf clubs or boxes.
It depends on your car and your bay, so check before you order rather than after.
The Kookaburra stands on adjustable legs over the front of your car, with the storage compartment above the bonnet. Three things to look at:
Include your charge port and any charger in the photos you send with the online compatibility check. Fit is confirmed before you order, and if you're close to the minimum clearance our team can verify measurements on-site. Our car park ceiling height guide explains how to measure.
If you're also applying to install a charger, treat it as a separate request from any storage in your bay. Chargers involve electrical work and often wiring through common property, so they tend to go through a different process.
Rules and practice vary between states. Strata Plus's storage advice is a useful plain-English overview of using car spaces for storage, and the NSW government's strata living guidance covers what's allowed in car spaces there. In Victoria, this tribunal decision on consent for a storage unit shows how owners corporations weigh these requests, and in WA there's a best-practice guideline for approving common property installations. In Queensland, start with your building's by-laws and your strata manager.
For the storage side, being freestanding keeps things simple. The Kookaburra needs no drilling or permanent fixing. Your strata manager will usually want its dimensions, 500kg weight rating, where it will sit in the bay and how it's installed. We provide an approval request form, and our body corporate approval guide walks through the process.
Rent on one of two plans: $25 a week on a 12-month minimum term with a one-off $149 delivery and installation fee, or $29 a week on a 6-month term with a one-off $199 fee. At the end of your term you can keep it, or give 14 days' notice and we'll collect it. See the rental plans.
Buy outright for $1,749, with delivery and installation quoted separately for your location. A bought unit comes with a 5-year structural warranty and Lifetime Parts Cover on the original lock mechanism and gas struts. See the Kookaburra.
Installation takes about two hours either way.
Yes. It's lockable storage in your own bay, which suits cables, adaptors and car gear. The Kookaburra's closed panels help shield items from dust and dirt, but it isn't sold as waterproof, so keep connectors capped or bagged.
That depends where your charge port and any wall charger sit. Include both in the photos for your compatibility check so fit can be confirmed before you order.
The Kookaburra suits many sedans, hatchbacks, SUVs, 4WDs and utes, electric or not. You need at least 2.1m of clearance to the lowest point overhead, and fit depends on your bonnet height. Compatibility is confirmed before you order.
Most apartment and townhouse buildings require body corporate approval. Check your by-laws and ask your strata manager. The Kookaburra is freestanding with no drilling, and we provide an approval form to support your application.
It has a three-point locking system and closed steel panels to help deter unauthorised access. Security also depends on how it's locked and the car park around it.