Argyle Lake, Western Australia

Monday morning was an early start as the Resort at Lake Argyle wasn't taking bookings and we were advised to be there early to get a powered site. We were aided by the 1.5 hour time change as we crossed the Western Australia border shortly after we left Saddle Creek.

We didn't have any issues at the Western Australia Border Quarantine as the guard there was finishing night shift, and was happy to move people through quickly. We traveled the remaining hour to Lake Argyle arriving at 8AM Western Australia Time. We were first in line and got a couple of nice powered sites immediately. Our's was huge with room to park a couple of cars on. Site was quite shady with grass as well. Amenities were close by and clean. Cleaned twice a day in fact. Let's say 4 Stars! The caravan park is quite large but has a high turnover as people only stay for a couple of days.

We had a full day left as were fully setup by 9:30. We enjoyed a couple of swims in the lovely infinity pool. Much warmer than our last visit is 2011 when it was the coldest swimming pool on our trip. Unfortunately the warm temperatures meant it was much busier as well. The girls got quite a bit of laundry done while Stephen and I did some odds and ends and a bit of computer work. We organized for a boat hire on Lake Argyle for the following day as well.

Tuesday morning we were up early for the boat hire. We set sail about 8:30 and had arranged for a half day rental. The boat was pretty good with a 40 Horse Power Honda motor so we were able to see quite a bit of the lake. That being said it the lake is so huge that we only covered a very small section of it. The colours were outstanding again and the scope of the lake is truly amazing. We managed to spot about 4 freshwater crocodiles during our trip and lots of bird life. We enjoyed a swim and a picnic lunch on board before returning the boat at around 12:30. Was a very enjoyable way to explore a bit of the lake at a reasonable cost. We had done the Sunset Tour on our first trip so didn't think we needed to do the tour route again this time.

We had a relaxing afternoon except for a bit of an ant invasion on the Jeep. Luckily Sandra looked out the window of the van in the late afternoon to see the Jeep crawling with small ants. They were dropping onto the car roof from dead palm fronds. We attacked them with full force with our surface spray(s). We then gave the car a wash and resprayed most of the exterior again. We must have been successful as no live ants the next morning and it looked like an Ant Armageddon had occurred! Needless to say we'll be a bit more careful where we park in the future.  We enjoyed a few more swims in the very busy pool in the afternoon as well.

Wednesday morning we got up early to get some photos at the pool. We were lucky enough to be the only people there when it opened at 7:30 and got some lovely photos. A magical place and view!