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wood fires at Arapiles 21-May-2014 At 3:34:11 PM Climboholic

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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!
>

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.