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Mt Arapiles Campground Host program 20-Jan-2012 At 5:16:04 PM Will_P

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And don't even get me started on the random fireplace starters. Okay, there aren't that many of the proper fireplaces, and some of the best spots in The Pines are a fair way from one, and on any decent weekend arrival, you might miss out. So there are some well-established 'unofficial' fire pits, areas that will never be revegetated, and are now considered established. But the people who set up camp, then start a fire on a previously undamaged piece of ground, these people just blow my mind. On Melbourne Cup weekend 2011, a big family group set up a couple of metres from me (which pissed me off anyway, but hey, it was busy), then proceeded to make a ring of rocks on a grassy, vegetated patch of ground, pour some kinda accelerant on locally-collected kindling, and have a fire with damp wood with the kids chasing each other around it. They left the next day, and no one can camp on that spot for years. Is it stupidity, or just selfishness? And yes, I know, I should've tried to educate them, but there is just no way I could've hidden my contempt and would likely have made a bad situation worse, which is why I like this whole campground host concept.