Lake Argyle & The Bungle Bungles

Lake Argyle Spillway....this is where we set up camp for the night.

Rick fishing..... chasing some Black Brim

Before long....Black Brim (Also known as sooty grunter) for lunch. Very good eating fresh!!

Another one but a bit smaller 

And another

Very fast flowing and noisy, did'nt have the best night sleep
because it was such a roar of water.

Another small one...it was actually pretty scary fishing off these rocks, one slip and in you go....there was no saving you if you fell into the water.

Silver Cobler

 

Our camp setup.....the spillway not far away!

Mist rising of the water early in the morning. Looked very specy!

Fishing first thing in the morning...can't believe I was up this early taking this photo :)

Fresh water croc sunning himself

This is right near the dam wall of Lake Argyle....it was so beautiful.

And this is the dam wall. Most effective dam wall in the world
because it is such a small wall for holding such a large amount of water.

A Bower Birds nest

Historic Durrack Homestead....this has been moved from the basin of Lake Argyle before they flooded the dam.
It is now located on higher ground and is a tourist attraction in memory of the Durrack Family, Pioneers of this region.

Stop dreaming Rick, one day we might own a homestead too....

We took a 2 and a half hour scenic flight from Kununurra over Lake Argyle, Bungle Bungles and Argyle Diamond mine.
This is Kununurra.



Lake Kununurra and Kununurra



Huge Irrigation scheme around Kununurra and these are some sandlewood plantations.
They grow all sorts of crops and vegies up here, its like being in the Riverina or back on the Darling Downs.

This is the over flow spillway of Lake Argyle, we camped right on the bend in the centre
of the photo

  



That is where we camped and caught all the Black Brim



 

Spill way again



Lake Argyle from the air, Approximatly 65kms long and about 45kms wide



The Dam Wall





An old Diamond mine.




Apparently these ridges were made by the earths techtonic plates shifting




Bungle Bungles





Argyle Diamond Mine. They extract about 10kgs of diamonds out of the mine each day.

Captain Rick and his Leutenant 

Where they sell all the smelly sandalwood oils and stuff. Rick was just so thrilled to be here!!!

This is the Hoochary at Kununurra where they make rum the real old way.

Rick was in his element here.



Bought a few bottles. Not a bad drop at all.