Criticism of fire-fighting operations and the management of state and national parks has been levelled at authorities as a result of the Bunyip State Park fire.
The fire at Bunyip is one of many in Gippsland and up in the High Country that is still burning.
Labertouche North property owner Mark McGuffie, whose property abounds the Bunyip State Park, was one landholder critical of a "lack of management" of the park.
Mr McGuffie suffered property loss in the Black Saturday fires in February 2009 and had been critical of park management then.
He said nothing had changed since that time.
"I have 200 hectares of pasture, and a boundary with the State Park, kilometres in length," he said.
"In the 25 years I have owned the farm, the fire access track that runs the full length of my boundary has been blocked by fallen trees and purposefully-dug channels to stop vehicular access."
Mr McGuffie said he had the highest regard for the Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers, but not its hierarchy.
"There were six fire trucks just 2.5 kilometres away at a neighbour's property, but they were instructed not to attend my place," he said.
CFA chief officer Steve Warrington defended the authority and its volunteers.
"I make no apology for the strategic decisions that we make on the overall picture, particularly in relation to the safety of people — that includes community members, houses and firefighters," Mr Warrington said.
"We will make decisions not to send trucks into certain areas on the grounds of safety; trees can fall any time after a fire front has passed and we’ve already had one truck damaged.
"We will make decisions on asset protection, which can mean we’ve instructed crews to attack a fire from a certain position in more suitable conditions.
"Fire intensity can mean we hold water to attack in a more effective manner in a way that is safer for our crews."
Mr McGuffie said the only thing that saved his property on Sunday was a wind change and the Bunyip River.
He was angry with what he said was the continual ignorance of the state government and authorities.
But the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) said more than 57 planned burns covering 2110 hectares had been conducted across the State in 2018-19.
DELWP senior media advisor Michael Pollock said mechanical treatments had also accounted for more than 5241 hectares of treatments for a total area treated of more than 7351ha.
Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio said planned burns were a critical part of Victoria's bushfire management program, however were not something they relied on entirely.
"Public safety has to be our number one priority and we do not want to see a repeat of the Lancefield planned burn in 2015 where a badly planned burn in poor conditions led to disaster," Ms D'Ambrosio said.
"Where weather conditions make planned burning too dangerous, other fire mitigation strategies are used, such as fuel break slashing, track/culvert maintenance and removing obstacles and hazardous trees."
After advice from the Inspector General Emergency Management, Forest Fire Management Vic used a risk-reduction target to focus fuel management strategies on areas that would have the greatest impact.
A Government spokesperson said FFMVIC implemented a number of bushfire prevention measures in Bunyip State Park over the past 10 years, including planned burns in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Recent opportunities for scheduled planned burns in the Bunyip area had been limited due to ongoing dry conditions.
Works carried out included about 45km of fuel break slashed in Bunyip State Park, including some earlier this year, and improvements to around 5km of dangerous roads through mulching vegetation and removed obstacles and hazardous trees.
The works also improved about 24km of tracks and two strategic fire access roads.
