BBQ designs - what is the best vandal proof design you have seen.

Hole in the ground. Easy to clean, cheap, vandal proof.... ;)

Anything built can be smashed...
Sad times we live in

no BBQ or fire places at all.
the BBQ are always dirty and damaged. I don't believe you could come up with a BBQ that was vandal proof and functional. Signs banning fires should be mandatory so they stop cutting down the surrounding scrub. Put the money into tables and chairs, decent toilets, water tank and maintenance.
Don't worry about National Parks we don't do them anymore, but state forests and freebies - yes please.

I never use the supplied BBQ's. We just use a folding griller.
The most practical fireplaces seem to be the concrete ring which contains the fire area well. It is also bash resistant.

Phil I

Thats wat i love about my off road box trailer, in some ways much better than a tent mountedcamp trailer. Just empty it and drive a kilometre out of camp and you have an unlimited wood supply. Michael

I like the round fire places about 1.4m in diameter with a steel rim 150 high, 6mm thick with a concrete base. A pivioting pole about 600 high with a billy hook on one swing arm & a 350mm square hot plate on another.
This design allows for a larger group fire with the steel rim stopping logs from rolling out & the concrete base easy to clean up the ash. The pivoting BBQ pole is about as vandel proof as a hot plate can be if properly secured. Smaller fire places only end up with people piling the wood on top & buckling the steel.
Cheers Craig............

I dont think i've seen much better than the one Crackles has decribed, i take my own gas bbq for cooking- easier, cleaner and more controlled cooking (plus you dont burn ya hands if fire is too hot). i mist say i can't remember the last time i saw a fireplace vandalised or toilets or gates vandalised. where i go ( blue mountains, barrington tops ets) it takes alot of effort to get there and the facilities aren't like 10 minutes from the main road and suburbia. The toilets are rather well looked after (as much as a pit toiled can be). its all about respect- i want the facilities to still be there and in good nick for when i come back.

I'm not sure why people would be bashing timber over the fireplaces.. i cant say i have, its not that hard to break small bits of timber and just leave the bigger bits sticking out and burn them down. and I dont see why wood should be provided, if that had to happen i can't imagine how many parks would be downscaled by NPWS because they dont have the resources. its not hard to drive down the road 500m and fill the back of the wagon/ute/trailer up. and i have seen a few times people leave half full bags of timer they have bought and brought in and left for the next person, can't say i have even been desperate for wood

sorry if a ramble on

steve