R&B 2017: 27th June. Lake Argyle.

The variety of caravans on the road is awesome, after all there are approximately 20,000 of us on the road at any time.....but......this takes the 'cake'

Where on earth do they sleep???

Well I found out later.......in their black tinted window vehicle.

We did the right thing today, we spent the heat of the day on the water. 10.10am we caught the bus to the lake for the midday cruise

It was not a full load so we were easily able to move around.

Lake Argyle is the largest man made lake, holds 18 time the amount of water that is in Sydney harbour. There is only 1 small dam that holds huge body of water it's only 335 metres long and was built of local material. The water supplies the towns around and is the sauce of irrigation for cropping, especially Sandlewood which fetches huge prices.. The Argyle Diamond mine is very near by which produces the Pink Diamond. Our cruise director said she hasn't found a boyfriend yet that can afford them!

The Ord River is the supply for the dam, and it has never used its 'spillway', there are some natural spillways also but none have ever been used. It only took 2 years to fill when it was expected to take 7 years.

We saw fresh water crocodiles, (some 'Stickodiles'.......things that look like the real crocodile) wallaby, a variety of wild life, and Pelican.

There were fishing boats, sail boats and naturally we only covered such a small area of the lake.

The 2 girls bother look about 21! Were qualified captains, they have wonderful patter as well as information and even BBQed fish caught in the lake for our wonderful lunch.

We had stopped for lunch, some even went for a swim

Poisonous melons

The lake is so picturesque

Yes were were actually there

We had to drop some passengers off at the dam to catch their boat on the opposite side to go down the Ord river to Kununurra. This gave us opportunity to see the 4 turbine power station at the base of the dam. If that water flow were to stop the river to Kununurra would be dry in 5 hours. Oh it's all so amazing and hard to comprehend.