Popular waterholes and half of the Larapinta Trail in Tjoritja (West MacDonnell) National Park in Central Australia remain closed as a bushfire continues to burn.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleSix of the 12 sections of Central Australia's prized 230-kilometre Larapinta Trail, near Alice Springs, have been closed due to a bushfire in Tjoritja National Park.Six of 12 sections of the Larapinta Trail are closedNorthern Territory Parks and Wildlife district manager Phil Cowan said the fire has been burning for more than two weeks.
Mr Cowan said the fire was believed to have started on nearby pastoral leases and spread to the national park."We've got section six to 11 still closed on the Larapinta Trail and Ormiston Gorge remains closed," Mr Cowan said."So no camping or day visitors are able to get into Ellery until we reopen."Water-bombing capacity
Mr Cowan, who has seen the efficacy of water bombing in other states, said there was no capacity for that firefighting method in Alice Springs. "There is in the Northern Territory, but not in Alice Springs ... It's very expensive to get resources down from Katherine and Darwin to be able to do that," he said.He said water bombing was more effective on smaller contained fires rather than on a wildfire front.Assessments are underway"In those valleys with all the last two years of rain we've had over summer has really fuelled that grass growth and that's what's burning at the moment," he said.
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