Lake Argyle & Kununurra, WA

Off the next morning to the Western Australia border- exciting as a new chapter of the trip begins! After passing through quarantine (where we had to hand over our honey- we had already eaten all our fruit & veg) we took the turn off to Lake Argyle. This is one of our favourite stops so far. What a magical spot. The Lake Argyle Resort was also one our favourite campgrounds - highly recommended. They have an infinity pool that looks over the Lake and a lot of people come just to see the pool, but the rest of the park is also fantastic. The staff are really friendly and the owner and his family are always chatting to everyone which creates a great atmosphere. There is a beer garden area that had a great singer/songwriter/guitarist playing for a couple of hours. Caitlin was in one of her extrovert outrageous moods so she hit the dance floor on her own so she got a few songs played just for her. One of my favourite things is to sit in the warm air, with a cool drink in hand, listening to some good live music- paradise! We loved it here. The pool lights up with multi-coloured lights at night too so if you every get a chance to visit the Kimberleys, try to visit Lake Argyle. They have cruises on the lake but we did our own thing and drove over the dam wall to have a look around. It was quite an engineering feat to create the dam in the early 70’s. It is now the largest man- made lake in Australia (during the wet season).  We also popped in to the Argyle Homestead which was home to the Durack family who were pioneer farmers through out a lot of Australia and especially the Kimberley. It was interesting to see the home and the girls enjoyed seeing all the old memorabilia. Lake Argyle was a fun stop and we are glad we took the detour. Next it’s off to Kununurra and El Questro Wilderness Park.

Needs no caption- this is one great swimming pool (but freezing cold). Not bad for a caravan park!

 

Listening to great live music at Lake Argyle Resort

We planned to head to Kununurra for a brief stop so we could fill up with diesel, restock the food with fruit and veg after quarantine and so I could work for an hour or two (internet coverage is rare in this neck of the woods) . It turned out to be slightly longer due to troubles with our auxiliary battery in the car. We had noticed it had been playing up and not recharging itself while driving- leading to the fridge not keeping cool enough- essential while camping in the middle of nowhere- can’t have warm milk and warm beer! Anyway through the power of Google we found the guys at Kununurra 4WD & Spares as they were the ARB distrubutors. ARB put in our dual battery system only a few months ago. They were very helpful and after a lot of detective work, managed to fix the problem (just a loose connection) and we were back on the road. For a while there, it looked like it might be more serious and I was getting out the NRMA card to see what we were covered for as we thought we may be stuck in Kununurra for a while. Thankfully, all sorted and on our way to El Questro. A few hours later than planned but better than a few days!