The flight back to Darwin was better than the flight to Sydney but not by much. On the way back to Litchfield to collect the caravan we did a shop at Coolalinga. First stop on the way to Kununurra was Timber Creek, then Keep River National Park, then Lake Argyle. Along the way we passed through some very pleasant scenery, much more interesting than the Stuart Highway. Imposing red cliffs and rivers and nice looking pastoral country. Keep River NP is very scenic with a gepology similar to the Bungle Bungles with beehive type rock stacks, gorges, grasslands etc. We spent 3 nights here and made valiant attempts to locate Gouldian finches. Not to be found though. Up at dawn and staking out waterholes recommended to us by the ranger. Did some very picturesque walks. On one of these walks we ran into our daughter in law's uncle and his partner, Ken and Mandy. Amazing coincidence as we could have missed each other by minutes.
Lake Argyle CP turned out to be a real gem. Spacious, clean, well run with a restaurant and a great pool as well as sweeping lawns and views of the lake. We did the lunch time cruise on the lake and it was well worth it. Delicious lunch, lots of information and very relaxing. Lake Argyle has a surface area of 1,000 kms, 900 kms of shoreline and is 18 times larger than Sydney harbour. The figures on the vast quantities of water were mind blowing particularly in the wet season.. Now in Kununurra and heading for Wyndham tomorrow for a last ditch attempt to see Gouldians
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