Any signs in Simpson (Munga Thirri) No Fires Allowed

It plainly says open fires are prohibited. The signs may have been burnt for fuel... Hey, don't forget to book and pay your QLD NP camping fees beforehand either.

Didn't see any signs late April, and to be honest hadn't even realised the extent of that park after Peoppels.
Didn't see any signs re camping fees either, but then it is all done online.

We camped that last night on the QAA and had a fire, but could have been outside the park.
Thinking more on that, and looking at the map . . . we were going to camp about half way Poeppels to BV, but went a lot further, so 95% sure we camped east of the park boundary.

We took all our own wood for the crossing.

One has to wonder what is happening in Qld. This ridiculous book ahead camp ground system makes impromptu camping a thing of the past. You now need to plan your trip to the minute so that you arrive on the appointed day. It was obviously designed by some brain dead bureaucrat who knocks off work and goes home to watch "Big Bang" tv.

We stayed in one (pre-booked) campground, and in the course of a campfire with some of the campers discovered we were the only ones that had paid!!! The others said they were happy with the honesty box system, but when there is no phone coverage, they just free camp. Qld Nat Parks miss out. There are some where ppl have arrived to their pre-paid spot, found someone else there who was not going to shift, and so they had to go elsewhere. Of course there were no rangers there to oversee this innovative new system.

Same for fires. I think it is an Aussies birthright to have a fire, unless it poses a greater risk to others (such as high winds, or a bush or scrub fire). I have Qld off my list of places to travel as a result, preferring the much better camping spots and facilities in SA and NT, and NSW at present.

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