Lake Nallan was our first stop on the way to Karijini from Perth. It is 20km north of Cue, just off Great Northern Highway. It is a basic free camp site with no amenities but beautiful view of the lake. Being close to the road, it is popular too.
There were around 10-12 families camping there when we arrived around 6pm or so, but it is big enough to find a secluded place for yourself. While some of the nice places with the fire pits already erected by some previous campers were occupied, we drove further and found a place for ourselves (even if it meant that we had to prepare our own fire pit 😊).
There were a lot of road trains passing by in the evening and night, the sound being soothing and the lights adding nice feature to the night landscape.
We entertained ourselves with guitar songs and burning marshmallows in the fire.
In the morning the water in Lake Nallan started to turn pink which looked beautiful against the blue sky and red earth.
We have a long day ahead of us, with the first place to visit – Walga Rock! Off we go for an adventure!
Lake Nallan is located conveniently roughly half way to Karajini (if you take inland route), so it is a nice place to stop overnight. So, in April 2021 we stopped there again on the way back home from our Exmouth-Millstream-Chichester-Karijini trip. Even though it rained up north, Lake Nallan looked very dry. The lake was only half or even one third of what we saw the previous year in July).
Lake Nallan attracts a lot of birds in all seasons.
Black swans on the lake 
The colours of the sunset and sunrise by the lake were amazing to watch.
