There was one surprising reason the bushfires of Ash Wednesday, 1983, were the worst in more than four decades. The focus of research around the phenomenon changed as a consequence.
"It alerted people to the fact that this behaviour could both be understood, could happen and could be predicted," Dr Mills said.
"I think one of the biggest things that changed from Ash Wednesday to now is the communication and the way that we've now got technology to do real-time communication on what's going on," she said."One of the biggest things is probably not necessarily on our side in terms of weather forecasting, but with the Country Fire Service, just how quickly they can get to ignitions these days [for example, with firefighting aircraft].
But even with all the advancements and understanding, Dr Peace said managing bushfires was getting harder, thanks to climate change.
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