Kevin Bird has two tipis and two yurts and, most importantly in his opinion, camp fires.

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"I think camp fires are one of the biggest growth areas where people want to go back to camping as it was when they were kids, " he said.

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"Members of the public should take care not to use camp fires, barbeques, (and not) carelessly discard cigarettes, glass bottles etc which can result in significant wildfires, " he said.

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Every trace of the presence of tigers - from camera-trap photographs to paw prints - is recorded and mapped along with any evidence of poachers such as spent cartridges or camp fires.

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But to the artist and the knowledgeable collector, it shows colourful schemes of plants and branches set among a series of kangaroo tracks, camp-fires and mountains.

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Smoke from cooking fires mixes with the midday heat and makes the camp at times feel like a smoldering inferno.

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The Pentagon has set up a plan to help provide shelter for evacuees and offered a battalion of 800 Marines from Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego, to help fight fires.

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Children are sent to camp to learn the Great Outdoors, or taught to fish or light fires by over-earnest fathers.

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