Caring for parks and forests
Parks and forests protect Queensland's wonderful natural diversity and scenery. Please help keep these places special by following the rules when visiting.
- Protect the wildlife. Remember, plants and animals are protected. Try not to trample plants when erecting your tent or walking.
- Be careful with fire. Preferably use a fuel stove for cooking. Use fireplaces, where provided, not an open fire. Put the fire out with water when you leave your campsite. Don't collect firewood in the park; bring your own clean, milled wood. Obey fire restrictions.
- Leave no rubbish. Take your rubbish when you leave. Don't bury rubbish.
- Be considerate. People visit parks and forests to enjoy the sounds of nature, not noisy radios or generators.
- Camp, walk and drive softly. Leave your campsite better than you found it. Stay on track.
- Use toilets. If toilets are not provided, bury human wastes well away from tracks and water bodies.
- Leave pets at home. Domestic animals are not permitted in national parks.
- Protect creeks and lakes. Don't use soap, toothpaste or detergent in freshwater lakes or creeks - they pollute the water. Apply sunscreen after your swim.
- Respect Indigenous culture. Rock art and other sites in parks and forests represent thousands of years of living culture with special significance to Indigenous people. These sites are easily damaged and are irreplaceable. Look at them, enjoy them, but please do not touch or damage these sites.
Last updated: 11 December 2006
