Day 70 - Timber Creek to Lake Argyle

226 km from Timber Creek had us at Lake Argyle, on the Ord River – in Western Australia.  Just out from Timber Creek we drove along the banks of Victoria River.  It is a sizeable river and we took a couple of photographs from the Bradshaw Bridge.  This is a bridge to the Bradshaw Defence Establishment but we ordinary folk are not allowed to cross it, nor could we see what was on the other side.

We passed through some pretty ordinary grazing country, but the Brahman cattle seem to thrive in this environment and there were plenty of them around.  There were areas which contained some very large Boab trees.

There is a quarantine station as you cross the border into WA.  We were well prepared, had consumed most of the critical foodstuffs and had to forgo only a small parcel of fresh vegies.

Shortly after crossing the border we entered a series of rocky “mountains” which heralded our approach to the Ord River and Lake Argyle.  It is pretty spectacular country. Lake Argyle is huge and holds many, many times the volume of Sydney Harbour.

The Argyle Resort has some impressive attributes. Sadly fast internet is not one of them.  The site is on a small plateau and is surrounded by hills, which are interesting in their own right.  The resort has its famous “Infinity Pool”, which is exposed to the chasm in front of the plateau.  The water in the pool is very cold according to the kids in it.  We will spend tomorrow at Lake Argyle.

150614 Victoria River from Bradshaw Bridge

150614 A wild water buffalo, having just crossed the Savannah Highway

150614 A busy time on the Savannah Highway

150614 One of many Boab trees on the way

150614 Another sizeable Boab tree

150614 The Ord river downstream from Lake Argyle

150614 The air force practicing recovery in Lake Argyle

150614 Lake Argyle with the edge of the Infinity Pool on the RHS

150614 The air force practicing recovery in Lake Argyle

150614 The Infinity Pool at Lake Argyle Resort