Lake Argyle -4325km -in the Bank.

Dearest Intrepid Reader,

We were up early in Katherine away by just after 7 as we had 520kms to travel to Lake Argyle today. We were all looking forward to moving into Western Australia. We prepared for our border crossing by not having any fruit travelling with us.

Just as we were about to ride out, guess who made a horrendously loud, announcement . Yes the one and only SatNav biatch.

Remember how I said it was early, everyone was sleeping.

Not now!

Look, I was quite irate, in my helmet, however, keeping this in check, I pressed the button to turn on our comms and kindly offered to assist the Moth with getting her under control. Well there was an unexpected terse response, so I let him have it with both barrels and suggested we did not need her or the associated stats in our life.

Luckily the index finger of his merino gloves had developed a tear and he was able to poke at enough buttons on the screen until she shut up. I played soothing music, until we rode into Victoria River Roadhouse.

This is a stunning place. We are now in the Kimberley and particularly after our start, this was just what the soul needed.

The escarpment is not done justice by the photos. The River Crossing is 194kms from Katherine and Red Valley Gorge is a sight to behold, as you cross the bridge over the river. The road travels along the river for a short while.

The river was named after Queen Victoria in 1939, by Captain J C Wickham when he arrived at the mouth of the river in HMS Beagle.

The Lovliness and I had a quick burst of speed this morning taking advantage of the 130km speed limit, before we leave the Northern Territory and return to only 110kms. Honestly the sound she makes and her fast response time when you pull back on that throttle is simply exhilarating.

Anyone would think she does have a turbo. She does not, but what she has we both simply enjoy!

After a quick fuel stop in Timber Creek we headed for the border. The Boab trees are huge and we also seen our first Jabiru, standing very still on the side of the road. Not one bit worried about our riding by.

They are a black necked stork and have an extremely strong beak that they use to hunt frogs, turtles, eels and fish in the wetlands.

Our fridge and esky were searched at the border. The lovely quarantine officer was quite taken by the Lovliness especially when I took the time to explain her name. She wanted a photo and was not perturbed about the increasing line up of caravans behind us.

Just 5km past the border we turned for a bueatiful ride through the Carr-Boyd Ranges, to Lake Argyle.

Lake Argyle also has amazing stats, and yet no one is yelling about them!!!

The Ord River Dam was completed in 1972 and completed over three dry seasons, by building an earth and rock filled dam wall.

63metres deep.

It is classified as an inland sea and when full holds 10.7 billion cubic metres of water. 21 more times than Sydney harbour.

John and Jenny found the dam wall this morning and the hydro electric plant.

Ord River Hydro Power Station is a hydroelectric power station operated by Pacific Blue. It has four turbines with a generating capacity of 30 megawatts of electricity.