There are five large fires spreading west of Alice Springs, which have already burnt through an estimated 100,000 hectares.
About 20 per cent of the Tjoritja (West MacDonnell) National Park has been burnt and neighbouring cattle stations are now battling blazes including Narweitooma, Glen Helen and Amburla.
Fire researcher Dr Rohan Fisher said the damage caused by the fires was of national significance.
"The West MacDonnell ranges is really important country for biodiversity and for tourism, and this scale of fire moving through that type of country is tragic," he said.
"If this was happening in a national park near Sydney there'd be fire bombers in the air and wall-to-wall media coverage, yet these fires hardly get a mention."
Dr Fisher said the last major fire in the region was in 2019.
"We're seeing an increase in frequency of these very large fire events in country that really can't sustain frequent fires," he said.
He said in 2011, fires burnt more than 400,000 hectares of desert country in Central Australia and he feared 2023 could be on track to repeat that fire season.
Cattle stations fighting hard
Narwietooma Station manager William Brown spoke to ABC Rural on Monday and said his team were working hard.
"We've got plenty of people and machinery on the move at the moment to get some fire breaks in before [the fire] moves out of the West MacDonnell ranges and into our good grazing country," Mr Brown said.
He said Central Australia had enjoyed two good seasons in a row of above average rainfall and the amount of dry grass in the region was an obvious fire hazard.
"Over the next 12 months I think fire is going to be a normal sight in this area," he said.
In a statement from NT Parks and Wildlife, it said all sections of the famous Larapinta Trial would be closed for the rest of this month.
"Where possible, active fire mitigation will be implemented by Parks and Wildlife, and we are also looking to take advantage of natural fire breaks and burn scars from last year to assist in pulling up the fires," it said.
In a statement from NT Fire and Rescue Service, it said the southern bushfire season had been extended until the end of April and it was expecting "increased fire danger throughout Central Australia over the coming weeks".
