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Billiburning Rock is a fantastic free camping destination in the North Eastern Wheatbelt and one of the highlights along the Wheatbelt Way self-drive trail. Being 35km north of Beacon (the closest town), it is a bit out of the way and thus less popular than other rocks.

The rock itself is an impressive formation, featuring numerous granite boulders that provide plenty of opportunities for exploration. Climbing over and around the rocks is a fun way to stretch the legs and enjoy the landscape.

Camping at Billiburning Rock

Billiburning Reserve has 3 camping sites, located at the base of the Billiburning Rock. The first one (Gecko Grounds) is an open space, suitable for large vans and caravans. To get to the second (Echidna Expanse) and third ones (Kangaroo Corner), you would need to drive around the rock. Each camping area has plenty of room for 5-6 vehicles and caravans, and likely more. A well-maintained toilet is conveniently located between camp areas 1 and 2, while picnic tables, fire pits, and rubbish bins are scattered throughout the reserve.

We camped at Billiburning Rock twice (in 2021 ad 2026) and both times stopped at Echindna Expanse site (number 2).

Flora and fauna

Located within Billiburning Rock Nature Reserve, the area comes alive with wildflowers during spring, making it especially beautiful at that time of year.

It is a great spot to observe wildlife.

And of course, no camping experience is complete without a campfire cooked meal!

Millions of stars and the Milky Way is what you see in the outback at night.

Local attraction

On the way to Billiburning Rock you’ll come across a local attraction called Honey’s Corner. It is definitely worth stopping to explore and read the story of how and why it all began. It’s quite an amusing read 😊. Don’t forget to sign the visitors’ book.

Located just a couple of kilometres from Billiburning Rock when approaching from the south, Honey’s Corner is hard to miss. Even the super-friendly ranger from the Shire of Mount Marshall reminded us to stop and take a look.

In conclusion

We love camping at Billiburning Rock and have stayed twice already (you’ll notice different setups), most recently at the end of September in 2026. It’s a peaceful, scenic spot, away from the crowds, that keeps drawing us back. 😊

Located 33km north of Mingenew, Coalseam Conservation Park is best known for its stunning display of wildflowers, especially everlastings, which are best seen in August-September. Even though we missed the prime time of the wildflowers blooming by about 3 weeks, due to work and study commitments, we still enjoyed what was left of them. In fact, there is a certain beauty in the dried everlastings – maturity combined with beauty of gold.

Coalseam is also rich in history and geology. It is the site of the first mined coal deposit in Western Australia, and exposed bands of coal seams can still be seen. The coal there turned out to be of not high enough quality to mine profitably, so the mines was eventually closed and the reserve became Coalseam Conservation Park. The part of the reverse near Johnson Shaft was turned into Miner’s camp ground.

Camping at Coalseam Conservation Park

There are two campgrounds at Coalseam Conservation Park. We stayed at Miner’s camp which was very popular when we arrived on 25 of September, just at the beginning of school holidays. We were lucky to get one last out of 25 spots at around 4pm in the afternoon. Our lovely and friendly camphosts collected our money ($11 per adult, $3 per child – prices back in 2021), car registration and other necessary information. For those fees we enjoyed a spacious site to park our 4WD and caravan, beautiful views all around, clean drop toilet, company of the neighbours and communal fire every night. I would imagine this place looks absolutely stunning during the peak of wildflower season but it still looked very pretty even at the end of the season.

Miner’s Camp at Coalseam Conservation Park

Not just the wildflowers

With 3 days to stay at Coalseam, we had plenty of time to go for numerous walks around. Going for a walk is not only a relaxation, exercise and leisure, it is also an opportunity to explore the area and see the beauty and extraordinary around us…. like the beautiful tapestry of the spider web .

Kids found their own entertainments during our stay at Coalseam. One of the new fun games they discovered was building and shooting paper rockets. Some of the rockets flew as high as 60 meters up! What a thrill! Thank you, Daddy Brian for teaching the kids this fun activity.

Can you fly a paper rocket 60 meters high?

Kids also played with freesbie and….. a shoe! Can you spot a flying shoe? 🙂

Have you found where the shoe has gone? 🙂

The night skies in the outback are dark and full of stars. It is such a relaxing and rewarding experience to look at the Milky Way and spot occasional stars falling.

Night skies at Coalseam Conservation Park

Lookouts and walking trails in Coalseam

There are a few other things to see and places to visit apart from wildflowers in Coalseam Conservation park. 2km away from the Miner’s camp, there is Irwin River Lookout. An easy 500 meter loop walk to the cliff edge provides spectacular views over the Irwin River.

Below it (you would need to drive back and around to reach it) is River Bend, where you can view the banded layers in the cliff above. It is a nice picnic spot with bbq and toilets.

Seeing a snake is always a little bit terrifying but also exciting! After all, it is an opportunity to see it in their natural environment. We saw this Stimson’s python (also known as Children’s python) on our way to Irwin River Lookout, about 2km away from the Miner’s campground.

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