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wood fires at Arapiles 16-Jun-2011 At 1:18:18 PM fingernailsarepretty

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wow, that took a long time to catch up on.

i hope the forum contributors who are against a shorter campfire season will put as much effort into their counter-proposals as they have into their chockstone posts. it would be great if all voices could be heard by the relevant body so that if/when there is a policy change people can be satisfied that all sides of the argument were heard before a decision was made.

as an outlet for voicing opinion, I'd like to say that over the queen's birthday my party of three were continually dismayed to see whole dead trees, as well as limbs and anything deemed 'dead' removed from the fenced off area near the toilet block at the bottom of the pines. This happened consistently over the four days we were there. The particular party removing the wood also took to chopping it first thing in the morning, during the day, and at intervals throughout the night. The main offenders were visiting from interstate and overseas.

i am not against being able to have fires at the mount but something needs to be done about the collection of firewood from around the park.

in general, people need to continue to be considerate of how their actions affect those around them. we all enjoy the plants, birds and animals that create a refuge amongst the wheatfields. i also enjoy having the toilet block shielded from view by the fenced off revegetation area. and in addition to the noise of the wood being removed from the revegetation area, we were also kept awake and then woken up by the loud, echoing sound of an axe for four days.

perhaps we should have approached the keepers of the continuous, large, ill-gotten campfire to explain to them our concerns and to see if a compromise could have been reached.

a continuous campfire at the mount appears to be a growing trend, and I support any efforts to ensure that these fires are not fuelled by wood from within the State Park.