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November 09, 2018 13:03:36
Two lovebirds who carved their names in the rock atop of Queensland's Mt. Ngungun are being scorned on social media, and face the possibility of mbadive fines or jail time if caught.
Damian "Wildman" Duffy drew attention to the "environmental vandalism" on a Facebook page, Wildman Adventures, on Wednesday morning.
Since then it has been viewed more than 370,000 times.
He came across a rock with a carving of the names Rach and Tys in a love heart with an arrow through it, as well as a recent date.
"It's bloody disgusting, it's just a horrible mark on the landscape," he told ABC News.
"You go up there to experience the natural beauty and someone who has gone to the battlefield.
He said it was not the only vandalism he spotted at the mountain peak.
"Everywhere you look at there is a bit of graffiti." The problem is one of them. follows, and suddenly the place is covered with that rubbish, "he said.
"It might sound like a bit of overkill, but if people can not respect these places they ruin them for everyone else."
Mr Duffy, who runs the national parks in central Australia, said it was not an incident isolated to Mt Ngungun.
"The graffiti and just sheer lack of respect I see, it 's doing your blood boil and we' re always picking up rubbish, it 's pretty shocking the lack of respect people have for nature.
"No matter where you are in nature, it's literally no need for you to go to the natural landscape, carve your name into a tree or a rock, it achieves nothing."
"But it's literally habitat destruction, it's environment vandalism and there's no use for it."
Mt Ngungun, north of Brisbane, is one of the five mountains that make up the Glbadhouse Mountains.
They are considered a special meeting place for Kabi Kabi people, who gathered there for ceremonies and trading.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife (QPWS) spokesperson said it takes vandalism of protected areas very seriously.
"It is disappointing that some people fail to see that their actions can have a natural area," the spokesman said.
In a national park or protected area, it is an offense under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 to take, keep or interfere with a cultural or natural resource in a protected area.
The maximum penalty for this offense is $ 391,650 or two years' imprisonment.
"The spokesman said," QPWS will take a zero-tolerance approach to anyone who permanently or destroys our protected landscape.
Anyone who has this QPWS on QGOV (13 74 68).
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