Thread: campfire etiquette

Originally Posted by Chucaro

There are low life bastards every were, remember this fire and graffiti-damaged rock art site in the Blue Mountains National Park on 2012 and the Blue Mountains NP!
If they do this what we can expect about campfire manners

I just don't understand how some people must think (though I doubt that "think" is the right word).

Originally Posted by Sleepy

In fact campfires themselves can create a bloody mess. I have seen campsites looking like the surface of the moon with a new pile of charcoal every few metres.

Hate seeing campfire ash everywhere. I was taught, lift the turf off and place out of the way, dig a pit for the fire.

When finished, dump the dirt back into the hole, tamp it down and replace the turf. Should like like no one has been there.

Geez, that's a bugger mick, looked like a nice axe.
Really gives me the irrits when people don't have any respect for other peoples property, it's just not on.

Just attempting to read between the lines here, but it sounds like this was someone the OP knows who got a bit tipsy and did something silly?

Certainly annoying and irresponsible.
I was shocked recently to see a magazine article in which the writer actually recommended burning rubbish in campfires. I had to reread it to make sure I'd read it correctly.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Certainly annoying and irresponsible.
I was shocked recently to see a magazine article in which the writer actually recommended burning rubbish in campfires. I had to reread it to make sure I'd read it correctly.

why not?, some locations would make it hard to carry bags of rubbish, why not burn the stuff you can?.

Originally Posted by Yorkie

why not?, some locations would make it hard to carry bags of rubbish, why not burn the stuff you can?.

How hard is it to carry your rubbish out Yorkie? Unless you're taking other peoples' rubbish out, you can't have more rubbish than kit you carried in.
Back to the point of the post...poor form Mick, very poor form.

maybe i should have been clearer, on extended trips when hygiene would be an issue.