their responsibilities.’ camping licence that works in a similar way to the Proposed restrictions on camping with dogs received some recreational fishing licence.’ The poor behaviour of comments from concerned park inexperienced or ill-informed contrasted with other – campers was also a common comments on the bad theme particularly around fire – behaviour of uncontrolled dogs. and safety, and litter. some vicious, some just ‘Dogs, am finding campers are lighting annoying have been reported. Lots ‘I fires when it is an inappropriate of complaints of dogs allowed to time, with a higher risk fire day or roam free through various camp on sites.’ a day of fire ban is. As much as I would not like to see this happen, I find it really sad that slowly bit by ‘I feel there should be a blanket ban bit the to free camp with our on campfires from 1st December dogs is being outlawed. There are so until 28 February, this way there many people whose dog is a would be no confusion about when a member of their family and pose no campfire could be lit.’ threat to wildlife. The people I have seen are usually responsible dog is also a large contingent of owners who keep their dogs ’There people coming from metropolitan tethered or at the very least have areas who don’t understand the voice control over their pets. I have impacts of their visitation, at least camped with my dog for many making them visit an online site to years… surely we should be allocated obtain a licence may mean that somewhere along the proposed area they read the guide and understand to take our dogs.’
camping licence that works in a similar way to the recreational fishing licence.’ The poor behaviour of inexperienced or ill-informed campers was also a common theme – particularly around fire and safety, and litter. ‘I am finding campers are lighting fires when it is an inappropriate time, with a higher risk fire day or on a day of fire ban is. As much as I would not like to see this happen, I feel there should be a blanket ban on campfires from 1st December until 28 February, this way there would be no confusion about when a campfire could be lit.’ ’There is also a large contingent of people coming from metropolitan areas who don’t understand the impacts of their visitation, at least making them visit an online site to obtain a licence may mean that they read the guide and understand their responsibilities.’ Proposed restrictions on camping with dogs received some comments from concerned park – contrasted with other comments on the bad behaviour of uncontrolled dogs. ‘Dogs, some vicious, some just annoying have been reported. Lots of complaints of dogs allowed to roam free through various camp sites.’ ‘I find it really sad that slowly bit by bit the to free camp with our dogs is being outlawed. There are so many people whose dog is a member of their family and pose no threat to wildlife. The people I have seen are usually responsible dog owners who keep their dogs tethered or at the very least have voice control over their pets. I have camped with my dog for many years… surely we should be allocated somewhere along the proposed area to take our dogs.’
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