MORRISONS CFA captain Nigel Parkinson fears it is only a matter of time before out of control grass and weed at the Dollys Creek Road campsite causes a major fire.
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Mr Parkinson said an area up to 5km long alongside the Moorabool River was a fire trap waiting to happen, and fears a fire like the one that tore through areas near Lexton last December could occur.
"We're not the only place that needs work, that's for sure, but we've got the Moorabool River and it's down a 70-metre deep gully," he said.
"It's always been thick bush and it's become infested in blackberry, gorse and long grass but it's only been opened up for camping in the past few years.
"At the CFA we're just on tenterhooks for a fire over Christmas time."
The Moorabool River runs north to south, which means a northerly wind could fan a flame right along the river bank to the south.
Mr Parkinson said the issue was worse now as many campers leave behind some rubbish and it's often a place where campfires are left unattended.
"Three or four times we've had to go out and extinguish fires, it's just lucky we haven't had a day where they have taken off," he said.
"If a fire starts, it's just one road in and out. There's no way you'd attempt to get in front of it, we'd have to rely heavily on the helicopters."
Mr Parkinson said he had fears for residents and the nearby pine plantation, which he said would just have to be let go to burn itself out.
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"Without the campers we never had the issue, but now they're there, it needs to be looked after. We had one lot of campers who were there for six weeks not long back."
The site is managed by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), with Mr Morrison saying while they had responded quickly to requests, the area regularly mowed only covered a small portion of the entire camping site.
DELWP's deputy chief fire officer, Grampians Region, Tony English said DELWP regularly mows identified recreational sites along the Moorabool River used for camping, which are prioritised for slashing over other areas along the river.
He said DELWP will continue to monitor the most popular camping sites and mow these sites according to the vegetation growth.
"DELWP has undertaken a first mowing cut on the one camping site that attracts the most use and will monitor and cut this site again before Christmas," he said.
"Damp conditions mean much of the grass along the riverbank is still growing and yet to cure. Cutting these sites too early will only lead to further growth, which will remain during fire season.
"The potential risk of fire carrying through these grasses remains low as they are green and growing."