[Janelle Ward]

Hubby and I recently returned from a three-month road trip across the bottom of Australia and up the west coast as far as Exmouth. We chose to travel in winter even though it was a bit cool (think frozen water bottles at night) in our camper trailer. But … insects were not a problem – unlike the experience of a couple who posted the photo below.

A post from travel bloggers Chloe Peters and Harrison Davis went viral with disturbing footage of a massive fly swarm giving them grief on the beach at Coral Bay, a tourist hotspot 1100km north of Perth.

The couple told news.com.au they were used to their fair share of flies in the Sunshine State, but what they have encountered in WA had been “next level”.

“They were a little bit hectic at Exmouth (an hour and a half north), but manageable, but we went to Coral Bay for a day trip and it was just next level – it was insane the amount of flies,” Ms Peters said.

Mr Davis said the pair had crossed the Simpson Desert and the Northern Territory, but what they saw in WA’s north was a first.

“That’s the worst we’ve personally ever encountered – it was like someone flicked a switch, and they came out of the works,” he said.

Have you ever encountered flies in that quantity? Is it just part of summer in some parts of Australia?

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