Lake Argyle, Artificial reservoir in the Kimberley region, Western Australia

Lake Argyle is an artificial reservoir in northeastern Western Australia, stretching across a vast area of the Kimberley region. Its shoreline features varied landscapes with scattered vegetation, rocky formations, and expansive open water.

The water body was created by damming the Ord River, a project completed in 1971 that transformed the region. This engineering work was designed to enable irrigation for agricultural development in the area.

The lake takes its name from Argyle Downs, the Durack family homestead built in 1895 and moved uphill before the 1971 flooding. That homestead, now the Durack Homestead Museum, displays family history, Aboriginal artefacts and droving equipment, with family graves in the garden. Patrick Durack had driven over 7,000 cattle and 200 horses from Queensland to the Kimberley in a three-year trek.

You can reach this body of water from the nearby town of Kununurra, which offers various options for exploration. Boat tours, scenic flights, and kayak trips are available for visitors depending on how you want to experience the water.

The zebra stone, a microcrystalline sandstone with zebra-like stripes, occurs worldwide only on the Miriuwung Gajerrong peninsula on the lake's eastern shore. A gallery south of Kununurra works and sells objects made from it. The lake also holds an estimated 25,000 freshwater crocodiles.