Lake Argyle (Western Australia) Lake Argyle is a vast body of water created, in the early 1970s, by damming the Ord River upstream of Kununurra. Its pinkish red cliffs glow as they drop into the deep sea of blue below, but there's something sterile and eerie about this landscape - unnaturally devoid of life except for the ceaseless throbbing of the frantically busy caravan park on its shores. The latter is testimony to great foresight and marketing and is an oasis for the ho

Setting off in the Campervan feeling invincible After a lifetime of camping and exploring Australia’s coastal fringes we thought it time to use our retirement years to explore The Outback. So we purchased a brand new VW Campervan, completely fitted out with a bed, basic kitchen and poptop roof to allow indoor headroom. To that we added a retractable awning plus the optional addition of a shadecloth side wall, when the the weather dictated. What a setup it was after 30 years o