Editing Munga-Thirri National Park (section)

==Tourism==
Visitors are encouraged to visit from April to October to avoid extreme daytime temperatures and to travel within a two-vehicle party with long distance communications equipment.<ref name="xqnp"/> A [[4WD]] vehicle is needed to travel through the park.<ref name="asd">{{cite web |url=http://nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/munga-thirri/about.html |title=About Simpson Desert |date=30 January 2013 |publisher=Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing |access-date=7 September 2014 }}</ref> There are no roads in the park.  The main track is called the QAA Line. Winter mornings can be freezing, while summer temperatures can be as hot as 50°.<ref name="naq"/> Camping is permitted within 500&nbsp;m of the QAA Line. Vehicles are not permitted to leave the main track.

Park rangers who are based at Birdsville occasionally close the park when flooded rivers pose a risk to tourists.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/16/2516891.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723200248/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/16/2516891.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 July 2012 |title=Flooding keeps outback national park closed |author=Chrissy Arthur |access-date=18 July 2010 |date=16 March 2009 |work=[[ABC News Online]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] }}</ref> Increasing tourist numbers have been depleting wood supplies to the point that native fauna could be affected. This has led to authorities encouraging the use of gas camp [[stove]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200507/1418934.htm?queensland |title=Ranger issues warning about Simpson Desert wood supplies |access-date=18 July 2010 |date=21 July 2005 |work=[[ABC Queensland]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] }}</ref>