Bushfire reveals new sections of an ancient aquaculture system built by Indigenous people in south-west Victoria thousands of years ago.
"We've had relatively cool burns — certainly nothing like the damage and the devastation over in the eastern parts of Australia.Firefighters worked around rocky, volcanic country Firefighters have been managing fire in and around the Budj Bim National Park since the initial blaze that started a few days before Christmas Day.
Forest Fire Management Victoria far south-west district manager Mark Mellington said firefighters had to work with the area's rocky terrain, a result of its relatively recent volcanic past."But typically in the volcanic, rocky country it's quite impractical to use that sort of machinery and with a lot of work and engagement we had done with Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners, we'd established that there was a significant risk to cultural heritage values in us using machinery." "[We knew] if we did have fires in that landscape, we would have to use lower-impact control techniques." Mr Rose praised the way firefighters tackled the blaze, avoiding bringing heavy machinery onto the site. "We certainly acknowledge the wonderful work that they have done in protecting the lava flow and the cultural features on here," he said. Crews managed to keep the first, smaller fire contained during a particularly hot, windy day on December 30, but a lightning strike that accompanied a cool change that swept through that evening sparked a more intense fire in the national park that eclipsed the initial one. Mr Mellington said over the weeks the crews worked on the fire they used aircraft to drop both large quantities of water picked up from Lake Condah and fire retardant.
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