By learning to tread softly while visiting the Golden Outback, we can minimise damage to the natural environment. You can help by using visitor facilities provided and by keeping to existing tracks.
Consider these additional ways to help care for the Golden Outback:
- When visiting national parks and nature reserves, remember to leave your pets at home and don't disturb any animals, plants, Aboriginal relics or landscape features.
- Please dispose of your rubbish properly.
- During the warmer months, make sure you obtain fire danger information and only light fires when permitted and in the designated areas. Advice is available from the local visitor centre or the DEC ranger/office.
- Water is provided at some visitor sites but always carry adequate drinking water to conserve this precious resource.
- Vehicles must keep to formed tracks and avoid driving on unsealed roads in wet conditions.
Leave no Trace
The below seven principles of Leave No Trace is recommended as a guide to minimise the impact of your visits to the natural and cultural heritage areas of Australia. Leave No Trace depends more on attitude and awareness than on rules and regulations.
1. Plan Ahead and Prepare
2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
3. Dispose of Waste Properly
4. Leave What You Find
5. Minimise Campfire Impacts
6. Respect Wildlife
7. Be Considerate of Your Hosts and Other Visitors
Useful links
www.lnt.org.au
www.naturebase.net
