Hopes to save fishing huts on the shores of north Queensland's Halifax Bay have been dashed with the State Government ordering the removal of the historical structures by the end of the month.

Key points: Hundreds of people lobbied to stop the removal of 14 holiday shacks near Ingham

Hundreds of people lobbied to stop the removal of 14 holiday shacks near Ingham The Queensland Government says the huts need to go to support a national park and meet native title obligations

The Queensland Government says the huts need to go to support a national park and meet native title obligations Owners are reluctantly demolishing their huts ahead of the end-of-the-month deadline

In June, hundreds of people signed a petition to stop the removal of the 14 decades-old holiday shacks from in and around a national park near Ingham.

The petition didn't sway the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, which advised hut owners in early April that their permits had been cancelled and the structures were to be removed by September 30.

What was once a holiday destination for many is now a demolition site.

It's the end of an era for this fishing hut. ( ABC North Qld: Chloe Chomicki )

Hut owner and retiree Ralph Poppi and his family have finished tearing down his 80-year-old shack.

"I came down here on Monday hoping I could go easy. I came down to disconnect all the batteries and the power," Mr Poppi said.

"I brought my boat thinking I would get a couple more days' fishing but all the old fellas turned up, like, all my older brothers.

"They said, 'Let's just do it and get it done'.

"My brother drove out. He was devastated.

"It'll hurt the whole community."

Ralph Poppi after demolishing his Halifax Bay hut. ( ABC North Qld: Chloe Chomicki )

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Owners are frustrated with what they describe as the State Government's lack of understanding of their culture and the importance of the huts.

"I'm upset with [Environment Minister] Leeanne Enoch. She didn't come up here and experience it and understand the way we use this country and use the land," Mr Poppi said.

"We've been here for 80 years. As taxpayers, don't we get any right and as land users, don't we get any say?"

A spokesperson for the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy said in a statement that the removal of the huts was to preserve the values associated with the land.

"[This] … includes respecting the Nywaigi people's native title determination, granted by the Federal Court of Australia on April 20, 2018," the spokesperson said.

"The department acknowledges that hut owners have highlighted their strong historical and cultural association with the Halifax Bay area.

"However, hut owners have been provided with reasonable time to remove the huts in order to support the management of the existing and future national park and to meet native title obligations over state land."

Bailey Brown fishes at Halifax Bay. ( ABC North Qld: Chloe Chomicki )

Some members of the youngest generation of hut users say there is nothing else to do in the area.

Bailey Brown, 14, and younger brother Dallas, 12, have regularly visited their hut since early childhood.

Bailey Brown and Dallas Brown outside their fishing hut at Halifax Bay. ( Supplied: Jason Brown )

"This is where we grew up and where we come to enjoy ourselves," Bailey Brown said.

"It's a very special place for us and it's sad for us to see it go."

"It's sad because there is nothing really to do in Ingham," Dallas Brown said.

"I caught my first fish here and my first crab in a pot."

The boys said they were mindful of the amount of time kids were spending on technology, and that their favourite thing to do was go to the hut and disconnect.

"Coming down here is a way we can get out of having to use our phones, and communicate with our friends face to face," Bailey said.

"We come down here with our mates and we go fishing, boating and crabbing.

"They want us to get off screen time and get off the streets and then they are just locking up places like this."