We may be a little runt of a state in land size compared to the other mainland states but there are still 227,000 sq kilometres of Vic land,thats 141 thousand sq miles and so much is bush...green cat loving tree huggers have kept it so.

last estimate below on fatalities.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-fear-300-dead-in-the-ashes-20090210-83i4.html