At ‘vast, remote’ Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, unwritten rules for tourists may soon become real restrictions

‘We want to share our country with the world. We’re just asking people to protect it,’ says Bronwyn Dodd, chair of the Arabana Aboriginal Corporation. Photograph: Antony Baxter/Alamy

When Bronwyn Dodd looks out across Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, an expanse covering almost 1,000 sq km in the middle of a national park, she thinks of home.

It’s a place both sacred and dangerous, she says, which is why there’s a plan to stop people walking on the lake bed without permission.