Resident Allan Day said the grass had blown as high as the roof of his house, leaving him to rake through up to 20 feet of grass to get from his car to his back door.

“The lake dried out in the beginning of the year,” he said.

Mr Day believed the state of the dry grass was a catastrophe waiting to happen.

“The grass has been growing and adding to an already critical fire situation.

“If we get a spark out here if would just ignite – it will be an inferno.

“We’ve considered moving out for the fire period.”

High temperatures and winds have caused particular concern in the past week.

Mr Day said residents had tried to raise their concerns with a number of organisations regarding the issue.

“No one wants to be responsible,” he said.

Horsham Rural City technical services director John Martin said while fairy grass at Clear Lake was not a council issue, council was aware of the problem.

"I've heard Parks Victoria and the department have now been out to Clear Lake and met with the resident, so it's good to see the agencies working together and doing something about the issue," he said.

Mr Martin said fairy grass was a council issue at other areas, but because Clear Lake was not council owned, it was up to Parks and the department.

Parks Victoria area chief ranger Zoe Wilkinson recognise fairy grass can become a nuisance and problem at this time of year, particularly for the residents of Clear Lake.

“We know residents are concerned about fire risk, and we want to emphasise fairy grass is considered as part of the overall fire planning process, which is led by the department and supported by Parks Victoria.”

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Wimmera district fire and land manager Russell Manning said the grass was a complex issue.

“The fire risk associated with fairy grass is when its seed heads accumulate around built structures like houses,” he said.

“Traditional fire management options like burning or slashing in the lake beds encourages it to grow more, so we need to take a longer term view by allowing other species to out-compete it.

“This may take two or three years to happen."

Ms Wilkinson said there were ways to control the spread of the grass.

“In other sites we have had good results by allowing stronger native species to gradually out-compete the fairy grass,” she said.

Ms Wilkinson said she visited Clear Lake on Thursday.

She said the recent severe northerly winds had caused the grass seed heads to build up around properties on the south side of Clear Lake.

“Parks Victoria and the department will provide assistance to the affected  residents with cleaning up, bagging and removing fairy grass where it has built up excessively,” she said.

“We are currently getting a crew together and are aiming to contact affected residents in the next week to offer assistance.

“We want to continue to work with the community to keep our diverse parks and reserves healthy so they remain fantastic places to visit, and continue their important role in conserving our environment.”