2008–09 Australian bushfire season
The Australian bushfire season ran from late December 2008 to April/May 2009. Above average rainfalls in December, particularly in Victoria, delayed the start of the season, but by January 2009, conditions throughout South eastern Australia worsened with the onset of one of the region's worst heat waves.
Source: Wikipedia — 2008–09 Australian bushfire season (CC BY-SA 4.0)