Lake Argyle

We left Victoria River planning to do a walk somewhere - there were a couple of walking tracks shown on a map so we randomly chose one called Joe Creek.  Just to stretch our legs and see a bit of the escarpment country.  Well, this turned out to be one of the best walks ever (have I said that before?  Probably ..)  Anyway, it really was fantastic.  Very rocky, pretty steep for a while but it took us up from the valley to the escarpment wall through ancient palms, snappy gums and red rock.

Our efforts were well rewarded with some genuine Aboriginal rock art along the base of the escarpment.  Sitting there, we could only imagine what it must have been like for the people who called this place home all those years ago.  Great shelter, that's for sure.

 The palms were the ancient livistona ones like those in Palm Valley in Central Australia. They're incredibly straight and tall.  It was silent in here, a pretty special experience.

After that bit of exercise, it was time to continue towards the WA border.

Woohoo!!

They have strict quarantine laws preventing fruit, vegies, honey and plants being taken over the border, but we already knew that and hadn't stocked up.  We took the turnoff to Lake Argyle, intending to spend a night out there but the Resort where we camped was so lovely, we stayed two nights.

We're not keen on helicopters, but there were flights over Lake Argyle

and is illuminated at night

The "infinity" pool overlooks Lake Argyle

Not just a Kimberley moon, but a Kimberley FULL moon

Yes, this place is beautiful but we're also really looking forward to the next few weeks "out bush".

This morning (Sat 14th June) after having a look around the Durack homestead, we continued to Kununurra where we are now.  It's the centre of the Ord Irrigation Scheme and was built in about 1960.  Tomorrow we're off to the Bungle Bungles for 3 or 4 nights' camping and a few bush walks.  We'll return to Kununurra to stock up then plan to go up to Kalumburu, the Mitchell plateau, back to the Gibb River Road and lots of amazing things in between.  As off the beaten track as is possible (or sensible).  We're unlikely to have internet connection so will update whenever we can.