WARNING - Dalhousie Springs

This happened last year and is happening again this year. We are finding people who have been swimming in Dalhousie Springs and then travelling east across the Simpson are arriving in Birdsville covered in nasty, itchy bites and requiring visits to the Clinic for relief and medication. Probably happens when they leave Dalhousie and go north or south too! If you are susceptible to bites - be careful. This is not caused by myriads of mosquitos or sandflies but appears to be lice in the water. Make sure you have calamine lotion and maybe some anti-histamine if you insist in swimming.
Not trying to take anything away from the beauty of Dalhousie at all - just wanting to make the visit more comfortable.