Lake Argyle

Sunset over Lake Argyle

Swimming training in the middle of the lake

One of the other "swimmers" in the lake

Day 124

Al dropped me off in town and he went on a farm tour for a couple of hours. I found a panel beaters and got some maintenance done on my hair and had some quiet time. Al found the tour really interesting as he had been keen to see this area since it was first developed with the opening of the Ord River scheme in the early 70’s. The guide gave an insight into the past, present and future plans for the area and it must be an important area as he found out that KRUDD was making a visit the following day splash some money around for future expansion of the irrigation area. We headed out of town about 70km to Lake Argyle and although very busy we managed to get a nice camp spot in the CP. We were picked up at 2:45pm for our sunset tour of the dam. It was incredible to see this massive expanse of water which is 21 times bigger than Sydney Harbour and Australia’s largest freshwater lake. It is so large in fact that it’s hard to believe it is a lake with many islands and rocky outcrops dotted around the water. We spotted lots of wildlife and a few freshwater crocs, but only small at about 3 metres when the skipper said it was time for swimming!!!!??? Al decided that as he had a cold he wouldn’t go in but encouraged me to take a dip. It was out in the centre of the lake so I swam in the glorious afternoon with several other passengers and with no sight of any dark shapes swimming by. After watching another beautiful sunset we motored back to our camp.