We had to leave the van park at 7.45am for the 50min drive to Lake Argyle, southeast of Kununurra. We needed to be at the Lake argyle Tourist Park by 9am. We were there in plenty of time and had a look around at some of the maps and things in the office area. We then got on the bus which took as the short drive to the boat ramp and got on the boat called the ‘Kimberley Durack’. The boat was much more roomy than the smaller ones we had gone on at the Daintree. It was actually a catamaran and it had a toilet on board and also a servery area for tea and coffee and homemade morning tea biscuits and slice. There were eskies filled with soft drinks and juices also for the kids to have whenever they liked – the kids loved that idea!
The boat could actually go quite fast too. We sometimes travelled slowly and looked at things on the shoreline, and we sometimes travelled quite fast to cover the long distances.
On returning back to the tourist park and to our car, we drove the short distance to the Durack Homestead museum. The Duracks had been a pioneering family in this area of Australia and their homestead was on the grassy plains which were going to be covered in water once Lake Argyle started filling. It was thought they would have a couple of years to move before the lake got that big, but it filled up quicker than expected. A group of people were able to move the house (a stone house) but not any other buildings from the homestead. It was perfectly restored in a different location near the lake as a museum and testimony to this family. It was interesting to look through.
We then drove back to Kununurra and our van (which was hot!), put on the aircon, and rested a while before a swim and then an early dinner. The younger girls were still trying to adjust to the new time zone, so were very tired by evening.