A FAMILY camping trip has resulted in a court date for a Sunraysia man, after he lit a fire on a day of total fire ban.

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Christos Ioannidis, 60, pleaded guilty to the offence before the Mildura Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, and was convicted and fined.

On March 29 the Mallee had been declared under a total fire ban due to hot temperatures and winds which p...