While the boys were on their river trip, I visited the relocated Durack Homestead. This is the original house built in the valley that the dam now fills. The house was dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt above the dam. They have a great display of the pioneering days of this famous family.

It’s just near the camping ground here, which sits near the dam wall with a spectacular view across Lake Argyle. Is this Horizon Pool to die for, or what?

I sent this photo to our architect and asked if our pool would look like this when it’s finally built. He said it would – when the landscaping is finished.

John and the boys decided to paddle down the Ord River from below the dam wall at Lake Argyle. This is promoted as a two day paddle in the tourist blurb, but they plan to do it in 6-7 hours. That’s a Jacoby thing. We had an early start and drove up to the dam wall – about 70km. Being up there early made for the perfect light to see the enormous Lake Argyle.

Built to create an irrigation area in the Ord River Valley, Lake Argyle is 2000 sq. kilometres – Australia’s largest man-made lake. Apart from the farming it supports, there is also a huge recreation industry based around water sports, and the ever growing tourism industry.
I dropped the boys just near the small hydro electricity plant at the dam wall.

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