Lake Argyle (2 nights)

Lake Argyle is the largest freshwater lake in Australia and is the result of a hydro scheme built in 1971 on the River Ord.  The power feeds the local network and supplies 80% of the power needed at the Argyle Diamond Mine.  There is loads of great birdlife, fish and thousands of freshwater crocodiles.  These crocs have skinny soft snouts that cannot deal with large chucks of meat, which is reassuring as we went swimming in the lake on the sunset cruise.  The cruise was great with guide Josh (a kiwi) telling us all about the lake and the wildlife.  We saw quite a few crocs, fed some big catfish and jumped off the back of the boat to be thrown a can of beer or passed a glass of wine, it’s a hard life!

Josh the Kiwi showing us the extent of the lake

Sunset on Lake Argyle

The resort here is great with the most amazing swimming pool, an infinity pool overlooking the lake, the water temperature is lower than the lake at this coldest time of the year but given the outside temp it is perfect for cooling off.  We are still getting used to the time zone change, you turn your clock back 1.5 hours when passing the NT-WA border, so waking at 5am, sunrise is about 5.30am which I am watching as I write this.  We are now 4 hours behind NZ.

The beautiful infinity pool at Lake Argyle

Two rat bags in the pool!