Well today we really took the boat for a good spin, 110 kms, it was a return trip up the upper Ord to the Argyle Lake dam wall, 55 kms each way, I thought it was only approx 30 kms all up, what a surprise for me.
The trip started with going into Kununarra, fueling up, checking drinks and food and we were off.
It was a very surprising, intense trip, firstly we both thought that it would be between big rock walls most of the way, that wasn't the case, it was very picturesque with a mix of undulating and rocky bluff country.
The tricky bit was navigating our way, watching for rocks, logs and shallow areas covered by heavy weed.
As we got closer to the dam some of the areas narrowed and were like small rapids, the river often split in two sections with trees in the middle, choosing the right one was real guess work, they were often not much wider than the boat.
As we were going up we met a dragon boat race which was on that we didn't know about, they were paddling 55 kms and most of the paddlers were 50 years and up.
On the way we saw some lovely birds, one wading type I have never seen before, the locals call it the jesus bird, there was a wide range of other types and beautiful water lilies as well, no crocodiles this time though.
Pretty long day, the boat went well.
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