Lake Argyle

This has been one of our favourite stops so far, so lots of pics!!

Lake Argyle is one of the Australia’s largest freshwater lakes and is quite stunning. The view from the Resort is amazing, with a beautiful infinity edge pool.

 

And we jagged probably the best campsite in the place, with a beautiful view out to one of the ridges.

 

The Sunset Cruise

This was one of highlights of the trip so far.

You don’t really get a gauge of the huge expanse that the lake covers until you get down on the water. From the resort you can see less than 1% of the Lake. We travelled about 12km and barely made a dint. At times you could not see the other side of the lake and it felt like you were in the open ocean and at other times we were nestled in between pretty little islands.

The kids loved jumping off the rocks and driving the boat.

We saw crocodiles and wallaroos (a cross between a kangaroo and a wallaby)

The best part, of course, was the sunset over the water. While the kids did bombs off the roof, we floated in the water having drinks and nibbles.

Watching the colours of the sunset, while floating in the water with my beer was an awesome experience.

 

The Lake Argyle Adventure Race

This event is held once a year at Lake Argyle is a combination of swimming, kayaking, cycling and running. It happened to be on the day we arrived and the kids soon found out about the Junior adventure challenge that they run in the afternoon after the event. They have never done anything like this but were keen to register and the locals were more than happy for them to compete and made them feel very welcome. It was such an awesome experience for them.

Cam had to do a 250m swim in the Lake (a distance he has never swum before), then run up the side of the ridge back to the campsite to collect his bike for a 2.5km ride, then finished with a 1km run which was combined with a few obstacles and finished with a slip and slide.

Matt had to do the same the 3 legs, but of a much shorter distance, and his swim was in the infinity pool, rather than the lake.

They both did such an awesome job – and loved it. They finished the day with a kids club with all the other kids from the event and had dinner and a few movies.

We have seen a a lot of fires during our trip so far, but the fires here were some of the biggest and closest. We watched the first night as the fires came toward us from a ridge not too far away before the wind changed direction and sent it away. They were not taking any chances and the following night back-burned the ridge on the road into camp. Definitely made for some spectacular night viewing between the fires and the full moon.

Lake Argyle was certainly a great welcome to Western Australia and we are looking forward to exploring the rest of the state over the next few months.