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wood fires at Arapiles |
21-May-2014 At 5:26:54 PM |
kieranl
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On 21/05/2014 Climboholic wrote:
>On 18/05/2014 Fiona wrote:
>>At Arapiles this weekend, a major University group was using their Uni
>>Ute to gather firewood from the park. But I'm not complaining about that.
>>A group in the lower gums campground broke down some small dead trees
>>next to their tents and lit a fire. But I'm not complaining about that
>>either.
>>I am however annoyed that we had to go and put out a campfire that was
>>left unattended on Saturday night and which re-ignited. Nothing that
>a
>>bucket of water didn't fix, but that is not the point.
>>A reminder that the gums campground is still tinder dry, and will go
>up
>>if given the opportunity. Put your fires out!
>>
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>I'd be more concerned about the first two points than the last. A campfire
>in a proper fireplace isn't going to spontaneously start a bushfire because
>it's left alone. If the fire danger is that high then you shouldn't have
>a campfire to start with and if an ember does land in a tree and catch,
>there would be nothing you could do about it .
>
>If you're going around pouring water on people's campfires when they aren't
>watching, then I think you'll find they are the ones who are annoyed.
Got to pull you up on that one because it's a classic example of the muddled thinking people have on this.
It's illegal to leave a camp-fire unattended, whether it's in a proper fireplace or not. There's a good reason for this - it doesn't take much of a gust of wind to blow raise some sparks and blow them a few metres into grass. And the pines is noted for being a fairly breezy place, especially in the colder months when fires are permitted.
People exercise poor judgement about fires all the time and I cannot see why you would be excusing them. If you leave a fire burning unattended a soggy fireplace is a low price to pay. |
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