no smoking in nsw national parks

Submitted: Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 12:25

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NSW national parks are no smoking areas. (The following is from there web site)

From 1 May 2016 the smoking ban applies to all parks, with some exceptions.

It applies to picnic areas, campgrounds, accommodations, beaches, lookouts, walking tracks, and on national park roads. The ban doesn't apply to some commercial lease or licence areas, or to private residences located within a park. Visit the Office of Environment and Heritage website to see the No smoking in parks policy?.

Focus on community education, with on-the-spot fines issued only as a last resort.

NPWS wants to reduce fire risk and littering in our parks and reserves. The NSW government is also committed to helping to reduce smoking. With your help, we can keep our parks safe and healthy for generations to come.

Want to find out more? Please read our frequently asked questions (FAQs) about no smoking in NSW national parks.

Good on you NSW National parks

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Reply By: Jarse - Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 15:47

Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 15:47

I still see quite a few ciggy butts around national park campsites. So the message might not be getting across yet.

Having said that, cable ties are the new cigarette butts. In the sense that once people are packing up camp, they seem to cut the cable ties (used for tarps, tents, etc) and leave them on the ground instead of taking them away....

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Follow Up By: Shaker - Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 20:30

Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 20:30

Bread clips are very bad too!

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Reply By: Member - Peter&Lynore - Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 16:56

Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 16:56

Yes totally agree, sick of seeing cigarette buts on ground, yes zip ties are all over the place, always pick them up when I see them, do people think they just disappear once you leave them on the ground, If I left my empty stubbie bottles on the ground people would be yelling hay don't LITTER .

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Follow Up By: Shaker - Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 20:33

Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 20:33

I thought most people threw their stubbies into the fire & leave them there.
I would rather see glass containers banned than cigarettes. I don’t think that National Parks have any right to try and stop people smoking, it is a perfectly legal pastime. BTW I gave up smoking in 1980.

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Reply By: Member - Bigfish - Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 17:58

Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 17:58

Zippy ties...new generation tools for new generation tools. I thought they broke down after 3500 years?....

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Reply By: Member - Boobook - Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 18:33

Thursday, Oct 05, 2017 at 18:33

I see beer cans and bottles laying around - Ban them to.
Toilet paper strewn all over camp sites. Ban it.
Matches laying around camp fires. Ban them.
Baked Beans and Spaghetti tins. Outlawed.

Oh and old broken camp chairs. They should definitely be banned from Camping. National Parks are not the place for camp chairs.

No cooking on camp fires because charcoaled food is bad for you.
Anyway Camp fires should be banned. Smoke is bad for you and can cause fires.

Tents on the ground can destroy the native grasses.
Tent pegs can skewer worms. Banned.

No Bullbars, No 4wds.

The only activities should be bushwalking, and only if you have a residency permit proving that you live in Brunswick, Victoria or any other Greens electorate and you can prove that you voted correctly.

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