We ended the day at House Creek Rest Area, a free campsite on the road to Karijini with a pit toilet, rubbish bins, some picnic tables and not much more. Don’t be fooled by the tranquil photo that we took the next morning: the campsite comes with complimentary pesky flies and ants that will drive you insane.
Especially the flies.
You will definitely know that you are in the outback because of these flies!
This will not be the last time I mention the flies!
Probably not a big deal to locals, but we definitely were not used to them.
And by “them” I mean “the flies!”
Anyway, they seemed much more aggressive in the evening. The next morning, we were greeted with the chirping of loads of friendly birds which we all enjoyed a lot more than the flies(!).
In fairness to the House Creek Rest Area – the toddler was fine, it was the adults who were fed up. And we would have had a better time if we had been more prepared. Head nets, definitely head nets!
And, wow, the stars were amazing! Not much light pollution way out there!
This article is packed with helpful information and I appreciate it. We too, take a lot of time researching before we go on our adventure, but this is way more than that. I took away things that I never thought of which I will certainly incorporate on next planning. You have taken me on an trip to Australia New Zealand that inspires me to visit. I love the photography you’ve inserted along, and chuckled on your captions. I can’t wait to read the next one.
Thank you for taking time to read such a long article, just so you know there is a part 2 of this because this is just week 1 of our trip! 🙂 I am happy to have given you some helpful tips and some entertainment along the way!
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Such a helpful review – thank you! I cant seem to find week 2 however?
Hi Jo! Thanks for reaching out and apologies for the extreme delay! We’ve been a bit de-railed by COVID and have moved countries, so we’re a bit behind.
For the Week Two post, we are slowly migrating our blog from another platform and haven’t put it together yet. However, happy to share with you those older posts. Not as polished, but still great info. It was actually in three parts, here are the links to Part Two and Part Three of the original posts (which cover Week Two).
Let us know if you have any questions on the posts (email: contact@mapballadventures.com) and we really hope you are able to visit the area! We loved the east coast of Australia and were planning on going back before Covid hit. We hope to in the coming years, as the world is returning to normal.