Aerial firefighting is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires. The types of aircraft used include fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Smokejumpers and rappellers are also classified as aerial firefighters, delivered to the fire by parachute from a variety of fixed-wing aircraft, or rappelling from helicopters.
The name bunyip comes from the Wemba-Wemba language of southeastern Australia. It is normally translated today as devil or evil spirit. During the early settlement of Australia by Europeans, the idea that the bunyip was an actual unknown animal that had yet to be discovered became common. large number of bunyip sightings by settlers were recorded during the 1840s and 1850s, especially in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Various written stories of bunyips were made by Europeans in the early and mid-19th century.
Bunyip is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 82 km southeast of the Melbourne City Centre. Its local government area is the Shire of Cardinia and its major road connection is via the Princes Highway.At the 2011 Census, Bunyip had a population of 2,232.The town is named after a mythical creature, known as the Bunyip or Bunyeep, which according to legend lived in and around swampy areas. Mention of it is often found in Australian and Aboriginal mythology.he township of Bunyip grew slowly in its early years, but by the turn of the century there were more businesses than houses, and these served the people in the surrounding agricultural districts as well as the local township.