Early start as Google maps said it was nearly 7 hours drive to Lake Argyle. 7.45am start was really good and pretty sparse population. The road was a bit more interesting than we thought and Victoria River roadhouse was a beautiful area, but not much time to stop.
Timber Creek was also a nice stop with the Victoria River now quite wide.
On we went to WA border with only a brief stop for some lunch. At the border we had to dump all fruits and vegetables as well as the honey. Also a 90min change in time zone.
Then on to Lake Argyle, which I have always wanted to visit. The grey nomads had got there first however and all that was left for us was an unpowered reserve site, even though we arrived at 13.00 (14.30 NT time). Parked up and then went for quick swim in the pool (cleverly set up as infinity pool with view over lake).
As still early went down to the dam wall which was really interesting and saw a 2.5m freshwater crocodile.
Next day everyone up at 05.40 when the sun came up as now in WA and time zone change! As we were up so early we went for a walk to see the Ord River and then in the afternoon went down to swim in the Lake (we were pretty much the only people there, everyone else went to the pool which was packed). We took the kayak out, Robbie had to chuck in a line and lo and behold 3 little catfish later he was happy. Lovely in lake and really pretty. We were assured freshwater crocodiles are not a problem as they are so shy, they run away. Just as well as there are supposed to be 35,000 in Lake Argyle!
Five Take a Drive 