I did search, but couldn't find anything specific to portable fire pits in National Parks.
We are planning an twelve week trip along the SA Coastline, mainly whale and bird watching, and are planning to camp for week or so at Mount Remarkable, Coffin Bay and like Nat Parks along the SA Coast. Because we usually camp in free camping sites or State Parks etc, we have become accustomed to using our fire pit (we have a Snowpeak) almost every night, because we can...
But I suspect that NP's would prohibit the use of portable fire-pits unless the fire pit was itself set-up within a NP provided fire ring.
Portable fire-pits leave no trace behind, no fire-scars or even sterilised earth, no dislodged stones and the small amount of ash we create we bag and throw into our rubbish to carry out with us. Of course, we wouldn't use it on fire-ban days or do anything patently stupid: Im talking about small, discreet fires or maybe even using heat beads if open flames or using firewood is a problem.
In the Victorian High Country for example, my experience with the Rangers there was that the although legality of portable fire pits was "questionable", if used sensibly they had no problem with them, in fact the Rangers I spoke to were quite supportive of there use because they left no scars, used much less wood etc.
Anybody with experience with other NP's "attitude" to using portable fire-pits, especially in SA?
