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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

The dramatic change the ‘wet’ brings to Lake Argyle – in pictures

A composite shot of Lake Argyle from the same location. The left shot, taken in October 2020, is incredibly dry and stoney; the right shot, taken in February 2023, is lush, green and filled with water.
A comparison of Lake Argyle’s spillway between October 2020 (left) when the lake was at 28% (3,041GL) and February 2023 (right) at 100% capacity (10,763GL). Composite: Benjamin Broadwith

In the yearly boom and bust rainfall cycles of the Kimberley region, Lake Argyle takes on two different forms.

The man-made lake, located 75km south of Kununurra on the Ord River in Western Australia, is around 18 times the size of Sydney harbour and is Australia’s second-largest dam after Lake Gordon in Tasmania.

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