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Panorama from the beach of Wye River 2 months after the Wye River Jamieson Track fire impacted on the small town on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. Lightning strikes started 2 bushfires in the Otway Ranges on 19 December 2015 which burned 2,500 hectares until it could be contained on 21 January 2016. Fanned by strong northerly winds the fire impacted heavily on Christmas Day destroying 98 houses in Wye River and 18 in Separation Creek.
Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
