Minimise your movements. It has been found that a camper's actions around the site can quickly lead to a maze of tracks forming. Carry a large water container to collect water for the night once, rather than making repeat visits. Leave camps better than you found them- by removing rubbish and dismantling unnecessary or unsafe fireplaces. Use a Fuel Stove Environmentally disastrous bushfires have started from walkers campfires.
Campfires can also lead to local environmental degradation around campsites.
Fuel stoves minimise the risk of fires escaping. Compared with campfires they are faster, a lot easier in wet weather, don't deplete firewood at campsites and don't leave lasting scars on the landscape. Use fuel stoves in Fuel Stove Areas. As stated before, the entire World Heritage Area has been declared a Fuel Stove Only Area. This has been done to reduce the bushfire risk and lessen environmental degradation at campsites.