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| Following in the footsteps of Augustus Gregory, outside Timber Creek NT |
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| The kids with one foot in the NT and one foot in WA! |
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| Made it!! |
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| The most amazing pool in the world, Lake Argyle |
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| Hopefully the kids know how lucky they are to experience this so young!! |
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| What IS over the other side of this wall? |
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| Butter wouldn't melt ... |
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| Lake Argyle at sunset from the pool |
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| David in the pool at sunset - just spectacular. It was even better in real life! |
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| Ben contemplates ... on the edge of the world. |
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| The girls enjoying each other!! |
DAY 37 – TIMBER CREEK TO LAKE ARGYLE Monday, 8th August
Left Timber Creek and went out to see the Gregory Tree which is just off the highway but on 3kms of unsealed corrugated road so we unhitched the caravan and drove in to see the Boab trees. These are amazing – they just started to appear out of nowhere. Augustus Gregory inscribed the 2nd July 1853 into the tree during his expedition there. Because his boat was partially destroyed at Timber Creek, he spent 9 months at the camp site, milling timber to patch up his boat. He and his team built vegetable gardens and pens for the sheep. The tenacity of these explorers just stuns me – as I do what they did, but on sealed roads, with cars with air-conditioning, and caravan parks with electricity and hot water and flushing toilets. Admittedly, I do have four children …. so we are probably equal in terms of degree of difficulty, now that I think about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After that we drove straight to the border where a very nice, but very efficient, Quarantine Officer took our remaining apple, all our potatoes, sweet potato, onion, honey and, most importantly, Tess’s constant companion since Central Australia – Edwina, her pet Camel Melon. You would think that some bright spark would have set up a WA fruit and veg stall just down the road, but alas, no. So we have arrived here at Lake Argyle with only canned vegetables (thank God I bought some of those) and no honey for my crumpets – sacrilege!!
When we arrived at Lake Argyle “Resort” checked out the “store” where they sell vegetables, one by one, and charge like a wounded bull. Anyway, we decided to check out the pool because it was just so hot. I could not believe it when I saw it! The most stunning pool I have ever seen in my life! It was an infinity pool looking out over the lake and gorges. Just superb. The pictures, I am sure, will not do it justice, but it was just unbelievable. Even I had to get in!! Got the most beautiful pictures at sunset too.
Of course the hour and a half time difference really messed me around so I was falling asleep by 8pm. Which is further complicated by the fact that you are then awake at 5am because that is sunrise. It does mean that by 9am you are ready for lunch!!
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