I woke early this morning and saw that it was going to be a gorgeous sunrise....so I went for a walk with my camera.

Lovely colours of all the different grasses...it is a really colourful campground.

So many birds....

Our toilet....the campsite is very basic...no electricity and no showers...but very quiet (except for the birds).

Pete and his morning cuppa...

The walks in the Bungle Bungle Range are divided into the Northern and Southern ends of the range. We returned to the South first where you find the famous beehive domes and Cathedral Gorge.

A walk amongst the domes...

Isn't it just the most incredible place ?!

We followed a meandering uneven, sandy creek bed amongst the towering beehive domes and honeycomb rocks to the iconic natural amphitheatre, Cathedral Gorge. Breathtaking !

See me?

Looking up...

After enjoying the southern end of the range we then set off to the northern region. We stopped at Kungkalanayi Lookout on the way where we had a 360 degree view including the western escarpment of the Bungle Bungle Range.

The northern end....quite different...

The start of the walk to the Echidna Chasm is along a dry creek bed lined with Livistona palms. Between 11am and 1pm depending on the time of year Echidna "glow" when the sun is overhead.

Part of the Escarpment Trail....beautiful woodlands and spinifex hummocks.

This evening Pete and I climbed up a hill very near our campground to watch the sun set.

The range with the sun shining on it...

The mountains really did glow....

Yet another stunning sunset...

 

On the road again...on our way to Purnululu National Park and the Bungle Bungle Range. Was a very pleasant drive until the 53km dirt road into the National Park.

Our first view of the Bungle Bungles. AMAZING!

 Holly Leaf Grevillea .....quite common in the Park...it is so pretty.

And there was an abundance of this Earleaf Acacia....

We only stopped for a short while on our way to the campground...looking forward to tomorrow!

The grey banding is a coating of cyanobacteria, which has grown on areas where moisture accumulates. The orange bands are due to the colour of oxidised iron compounds, which have dried out too quickly for cyanobacteria to grow. The ones are made of sandstone deposited about 360 million years ago.

 

                        Goodbye Cockburn Range and El Questro Station ...on our way to Kununurra

Pumping the tires up.....

The road into Kununurra where we stopped to pick up some food and petrol.

We arrived at Lake Argyle Resort and Caravan Park at lunch time. Great lake view from the infinity pool.

The view of Lake Argyle from the bus that was taking us to our boat for a sunset cruise.

The dam...

The dam was built with rocks from this quarry which is close by....the dam was finished earlier than expected and another positive was that it blends in with the landscape.

Sunshine on the rocky hills....really blue, calm water...

We spotted a few fresh water crocodiles on the banks of the lake.

The lake looked enormous and we were only seeing a fraction of it. The area of the land that Lake Argyle covers is larger than that of Switzerland.

As the water became calmer and the sun was lower in the sky we could really appreciate the reflections.

Our guides gave us bread to feed the fish...they are mostly catfish but are now called Silver Cobbler.  Why Silver Cobbler?...apparently it sells better with that name.

I took heaps of photos ....it was beautiful in every direction.

Spot the Wallaroo...

One of those things you don't forget...a swim in Lake Argyle. Most people used a noodle so that they could have a beer or wine. What about the crocodiles? Apparently they don't venture into deep water.

An awesome sunset

And on the opposite horizon, the moon rose.

What a wonderful experience it was.

The bus delivered us safely to the campground. Pete and I headed to the restaurant for dinner.