Last day in WA

IVANHOE CROSSING just a few km's out of town crosses the lower Ord River below the Diversion dam and is the back way to Wyndham. This gives you bit of an idea of the speed of the river, just upstream from where the car is was a saltwater crocodile sun baking.

Trivia - the new homes in the area are made of corrugated iron as they are cooler, there are no gutters as they don't cope in the wet season. They also don't have any  letter boxes as it is too hot in the wet season, 50 degrees to go out and check your mail and for the poor postie. Older homes were double brick and just retained the heat.

DIVERSION DAM showing a portion of the water being released. There are so many areas up here that must look spectacular in the wet season with water in this area alone being at least 10 metres higher.

ZEBRA ROCK unique to this area and mined around Lake Argyle, just a youngster at 600 million years old!

Tomorrow we cross the border into the Northern Territory, we have really enjoyed the last four months in WA, just don't know where the time has gone.