Kununurra - Day 5

Kununurra

Monday  30 July

We have been keeping busy as there is much to do up here. On Monday we decided to take a drive up to Lake Argyle, a distance of 70km from Kununurra. We were keen to see the lake and the dam wall and of course check out some cruises. We also managed to view the reconstructed Durack homestead near the dam. Of course the homestead would have been underwater when the dam filled but the Government of the day put up money to have the main homestead dismantled and reconstructed later. The Duracks were the original pioneers of the area.

Durack reconstructed homestead - "Argyle Downs"

Homestead

Rob at Argyle dam wall

We managed to book a tour of the lake with Kimberley cruises which was scheduled to run one of their cruises from midday through to 6pm that night. There was a total of 12 people on our cruise including the driver/tourist guide so we had plenty of room to move around on a boat designed to carry 30 people. Also with 2x 250hp Honda motors on the back we moved at a pretty fast pace. The Lake is 70km long by about 40km wide and we cruised, or should I say flew, down to the souther edge of the lake where much of the birdlife is.

Our cruise boat "Silver Cobbler II"

One of many islands late afternoon

 

Just relaxing

 

Heading out

Rock Wallaby

Bird watching

We are moving!

A relaxing dip

Coffee and recovery for Rob

 

Tree growing in rock

Where is the horizon?

 

We viewed animals on the islands like Rock wallaby's, saw heaps of fresh water crocs, viewed the birdlife and fish in the lake, fossicked for zebra rock on one of the many small islands, had an opportunity to swim in the lake and viewed the beautiful sunset while enjoyed beer, champagne, wine with dips and biscuits. Simply stunning!

 

An Argyle sunset