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December 31, 2019: Iconic ... kangaroo as it passes by a burning house in the town of Conjola in NSW. Picture: Matthew Abbott
1/88December 31, 2019: Iconic ... kangaroo as it passes by a burning house in the town of Conjola in NSW. Picture: Matthew Abbott
December 19, 2019: Fire brigades come under threat along Bells Line of Road in Bilpin. Picture: Jeremy Piper
2/88December 19, 2019: Fire brigades come under threat along Bells Line of Road in Bilpin. Picture: Jeremy Piper
December 31, 2019: Gippsland Fires A mother took this photo of Finn Burns. Her two primary school aged sons are in the boat with her. They're out on the Mallacoota lake trying to stay safe from fire, it doesn't look like it but it's daytime. Picture: ABC Gippsland
3/88December 31, 2019: Gippsland Fires A mother took this photo of Finn Burns. Her two primary school aged sons are in the boat with her. They're out on the Mallacoota lake trying to stay safe from fire, it doesn't look like it but it's daytime. Picture: ABC Gippsland
Navomber 12, 2019: Sharnie Moren and her 18 months old daughter Charlotte look on as thick smoke rises from bushfires near Nana Glen, near Coffs Harbour. There are more than 50 fires burning around the state, with about half of those uncontained. Picture: Dan Peled/AAP
4/88Navomber 12, 2019: Sharnie Moren and her 18 months old daughter Charlotte look on as thick smoke rises from bushfires near Nana Glen, near Coffs Harbour. There are more than 50 fires burning around the state, with about half of those uncontained. Picture: Dan Peled/AAP
December 21, 2019: Terrified horses huddle together as fire approaches the Bilpin Fruit Bowl property. Picture: Jeremy Piper
5/88December 21, 2019: Terrified horses huddle together as fire approaches the Bilpin Fruit Bowl property. Picture: Jeremy Piper
November 12, 2019: An out of control bushfire jumps Wine Country Drive and smashes head on into the village of North Rothbury, north of Cessnock. Picture: Peter Lorimer
6/88November 12, 2019: An out of control bushfire jumps Wine Country Drive and smashes head on into the village of North Rothbury, north of Cessnock. Picture: Peter Lorimer
January 10, 2020: Kangaroo Island fire. A Koala looking back towards Kingscote on the Playford Hwy. Picture: Brad Fleet
7/88January 10, 2020: Kangaroo Island fire. A Koala looking back towards Kingscote on the Playford Hwy. Picture: Brad Fleet
December 21, 2019: NSW Rural Fire Service crews fight the Gospers Mountain Fire as it impacts a structure at Bilpin, Saturday, December 21, 2019. Conditions are expected to worsen across much of NSW as temperatures tip 40C. Picture: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
8/88December 21, 2019: NSW Rural Fire Service crews fight the Gospers Mountain Fire as it impacts a structure at Bilpin, Saturday, December 21, 2019. Conditions are expected to worsen across much of NSW as temperatures tip 40C. Picture: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
January 7, 2020: Adelaide wildlife rescuer Simon Adamczyk is seen with koala rescued at a burning forest near near Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. A convoy of Army vehicles, transporting up to 100 Army Reservists and self-sustainment supplies, have arrived on Kangaroo Island as part of Operation Bushfire Assist at the request of the South Australian Government. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP
9/88January 7, 2020: Adelaide wildlife rescuer Simon Adamczyk is seen with koala rescued at a burning forest near near Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. A convoy of Army vehicles, transporting up to 100 Army Reservists and self-sustainment supplies, have arrived on Kangaroo Island as part of Operation Bushfire Assist at the request of the South Australian Government. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP
January 13, 2020: Kangaroo Island fire ... Lieutenant Kynan Lang visits the site on Playford Hwy where his uncle Dick Land and cousin Clayton Lang were killed in the bushfire on the 3rd January. Picture: Brad Fleet
10/88January 13, 2020: Kangaroo Island fire ... Lieutenant Kynan Lang visits the site on Playford Hwy where his uncle Dick Land and cousin Clayton Lang were killed in the bushfire on the 3rd January. Picture: Brad Fleet
January 21, 2020: Balmoral burns in south western Sydney as bushfires destroy homes in the area. Picture: Sam Ruttyn
11/88January 21, 2020: Balmoral burns in south western Sydney as bushfires destroy homes in the area. Picture: Sam Ruttyn
December 31, 2019: Bushfire arrives into the township of Malua Bay NSW, just south of Batemans Bay. Locals seek refuge on the beach as the fire approaches. Picture: Alex Coppel
12/88December 31, 2019: Bushfire arrives into the township of Malua Bay NSW, just south of Batemans Bay. Locals seek refuge on the beach as the fire approaches. Picture: Alex Coppel
January 4, 2020: Mallacoota Wildlife Centre ... A victim of the fires, Guzzle the male koala who suffered burns to his nose face and paws, has burn cream applied to his burnt nose by wildlife carers. Picture: David Caird
13/88January 4, 2020: Mallacoota Wildlife Centre ... A victim of the fires, Guzzle the male koala who suffered burns to his nose face and paws, has burn cream applied to his burnt nose by wildlife carers. Picture: David Caird
January 2, 2020: RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons (L) pinning a medal on Harvey Keaton after his father Geoffrey Keaton was posthumously awarded with the Commissioner’s Commendation for Extraordinary Service and a Commendation for Bravery, at his funeral in Sydney. - Geoffrey Keaton, 32, and Andrew O'Dwyer, 36 died when a tree damaged their truck December 19, 2019 as they battled out-of-control blazes south of Sydney. Picture: New South Wales Rural Fire Service
14/88January 2, 2020: RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons (L) pinning a medal on Harvey Keaton after his father Geoffrey Keaton was posthumously awarded with the Commissioner’s Commendation for Extraordinary Service and a Commendation for Bravery, at his funeral in Sydney. - Geoffrey Keaton, 32, and Andrew O'Dwyer, 36 died when a tree damaged their truck December 19, 2019 as they battled out-of-control blazes south of Sydney. Picture: New South Wales Rural Fire Service
January 2, 2020: Mum Laura Langmead tries to put a breathing mask over her daughter Evie, 1, to help filter the smoke in Mallacoota. Picture: David Caird
15/88January 2, 2020: Mum Laura Langmead tries to put a breathing mask over her daughter Evie, 1, to help filter the smoke in Mallacoota. Picture: David Caird
January 3, 2020: Relieved evacuees enjoy a laugh as they leave Mallacoota for the HMAS Choules. Picture: David Caird
16/88January 3, 2020: Relieved evacuees enjoy a laugh as they leave Mallacoota for the HMAS Choules. Picture: David Caird
December 31, 2019: Fire tears through the main street of the Bega Valley town of Cobargo.
17/88December 31, 2019: Fire tears through the main street of the Bega Valley town of Cobargo.
December 31, 2019: Locals take shelter on the beach at Malua Bay NSW, just south of Batemans Bay. Picture: Alex Coppel
18/88December 31, 2019: Locals take shelter on the beach at Malua Bay NSW, just south of Batemans Bay. Picture: Alex Coppel
January 5, 2019: A distressed mum holds her daughter before boarding a Chinook helicopter evacuating the last residents out of Mallacoota Airport. Picture: David Caird
19/88January 5, 2019: A distressed mum holds her daughter before boarding a Chinook helicopter evacuating the last residents out of Mallacoota Airport. Picture: David Caird
Coolagolite beef farmer Steve Shipton battles dust storms to bury dead cows that were killed in bushfire that tore through his property on the South Coast of NSW on 31 December 2019. Picture: Sean Davey.
20/88Coolagolite beef farmer Steve Shipton battles dust storms to bury dead cows that were killed in bushfire that tore through his property on the South Coast of NSW on 31 December 2019. Picture: Sean Davey.
January 10, 2020: A pile of woodchips burn at the local timber mill in Eden, as fire crews braced for worsening conditions ahead of another hot and windy weather forecast. Picture: AAP/Sean Davey
21/88January 10, 2020: A pile of woodchips burn at the local timber mill in Eden, as fire crews braced for worsening conditions ahead of another hot and windy weather forecast. Picture: AAP/Sean Davey
January 9, 2020: Clydesdale Jake was burnt in bushfire in Verona, NSW on 31 December 2019. Owner Lisa Poulsen had to destroy two of her other horses the day prior, and is trying to nurse Jake back to health with another clydesdale Jordy. Picture: AAP/Sean Davey
22/88January 9, 2020: Clydesdale Jake was burnt in bushfire in Verona, NSW on 31 December 2019. Owner Lisa Poulsen had to destroy two of her other horses the day prior, and is trying to nurse Jake back to health with another clydesdale Jordy. Picture: AAP/Sean Davey
December 19, 2019: A house is lost to the fire on Hassall rd, Bruxton. Bushfire surrounds the town of Buxton in the Southern Highlands as Rural Fire Service work to protect as many homes as they can. Picture: Rohan Kelly
23/88December 19, 2019: A house is lost to the fire on Hassall rd, Bruxton. Bushfire surrounds the town of Buxton in the Southern Highlands as Rural Fire Service work to protect as many homes as they can. Picture: Rohan Kelly
January 5, 2020: Scenes along the Princes Hwy between Ulladulla and Nowra. Picture: John Grainger
24/88January 5, 2020: Scenes along the Princes Hwy between Ulladulla and Nowra. Picture: John Grainger
January 14, 2020: A kangaroo hops across a closed road looking for a feed near the Mallacoota township. Picture: David Caird
25/88January 14, 2020: A kangaroo hops across a closed road looking for a feed near the Mallacoota township. Picture: David Caird
January 3, 2020: Evacuations begin at Mallacoota. More than 1500 people were evacuated by the Australian Defence Force, making it Australia’s largest peacetime humanitarian rescue mission since Cyclone Tracy. The first Mallacoota evacuees landed at a Victorian port on January 4 after a near 20-hour voyage, before being shifted to evacuation centres. Picture: David Caird
26/88January 3, 2020: Evacuations begin at Mallacoota. More than 1500 people were evacuated by the Australian Defence Force, making it Australia’s largest peacetime humanitarian rescue mission since Cyclone Tracy. The first Mallacoota evacuees landed at a Victorian port on January 4 after a near 20-hour voyage, before being shifted to evacuation centres. Picture: David Caird
January 4, 2020: Police stand outside the Community Centre at 3.30pm in Mallacoota as bushfire closes in around the town. Picture: David Caird
27/88January 4, 2020: Police stand outside the Community Centre at 3.30pm in Mallacoota as bushfire closes in around the town. Picture: David Caird
December 3, 2019: RFS volunteers and NSW Fire and Rescue officers fight a bushfire encroaching properties near Termeil, between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla. Picture: AAP/Dean Lewins
28/88December 3, 2019: RFS volunteers and NSW Fire and Rescue officers fight a bushfire encroaching properties near Termeil, between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla. Picture: AAP/Dean Lewins
January 6, 2020: HMAS Adelaide arrives in Eden, as the local woodchip mill continues to burn in the background. Picture: Gary Ramage
29/88January 6, 2020: HMAS Adelaide arrives in Eden, as the local woodchip mill continues to burn in the background. Picture: Gary Ramage
January 5, 2020: Bawley Point RFS captain Dave Sharpe (red helmet) was overcome with emotion after his colleagues helped him extinguish a blaze surrounding his home. Picture: Gary Ramage
30/88January 5, 2020: Bawley Point RFS captain Dave Sharpe (red helmet) was overcome with emotion after his colleagues helped him extinguish a blaze surrounding his home. Picture: Gary Ramage
December 19, 2019: A home is lost to a bushfire on Hassall Rd in Buxton as the Green Wattle Creek Fire bears down on outh-western Sydney communities. Picture: AAP/Dean Lewins
31/88December 19, 2019: A home is lost to a bushfire on Hassall Rd in Buxton as the Green Wattle Creek Fire bears down on outh-western Sydney communities. Picture: AAP/Dean Lewins
December 31, 2019: Amy and Ben Spencer at the showgrounds in the southern NSW town of Bega after being evacuated from nearby sites affected by bushfires. Picture: AFP/Sean Davey
32/88December 31, 2019: Amy and Ben Spencer at the showgrounds in the southern NSW town of Bega after being evacuated from nearby sites affected by bushfires. Picture: AFP/Sean Davey
December 31, 2019: Children play at the showgrounds in Bega where they were camping out after being evacuated due to bushfires. Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on December 31, as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land. Picture: Sean Davey/AFP
33/88December 31, 2019: Children play at the showgrounds in Bega where they were camping out after being evacuated due to bushfires. Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on December 31, as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land. Picture: Sean Davey/AFP
December 31, 2019: The remains of burnt-out buildings on the main street of Cobargo after bushfires ravaged the town.. Picture: Sean Davey/AFP
34/88December 31, 2019: The remains of burnt-out buildings on the main street of Cobargo after bushfires ravaged the town.. Picture: Sean Davey/AFP
January 4, 2020: An orphaned joey hops around the Mallacoota Wildlife Centre where animals were being cared. Picture: David Caird
35/88January 4, 2020: An orphaned joey hops around the Mallacoota Wildlife Centre where animals were being cared. Picture: David Caird
January 1, 2020: Steve Shipton puts down an injured calf in his paddock after a bushfire in Coolagolite, NSW. Picture: Sean Davey/AAP
36/88January 1, 2020: Steve Shipton puts down an injured calf in his paddock after a bushfire in Coolagolite, NSW. Picture: Sean Davey/AAP
January 1, 2020: Steve Shipton (centre) is consoled by fellow farmers Bernie Smith (left) and Peter Mercieca in Coolagolite, as he takes stock of the damage to his property and livestock. Picture: Sean Davey/AFP
37/88January 1, 2020: Steve Shipton (centre) is consoled by fellow farmers Bernie Smith (left) and Peter Mercieca in Coolagolite, as he takes stock of the damage to his property and livestock. Picture: Sean Davey/AFP
January 1, 2020: Jessica Tregellas, 12, walks her dog past a burning large NBN cable spool on scorched property near Mallaccoota. Picture: David Caird
38/88January 1, 2020: Jessica Tregellas, 12, walks her dog past a burning large NBN cable spool on scorched property near Mallaccoota. Picture: David Caird
December 31, 2019: Firefighters hose down trees as they battle bushfires around the town of Nowra. Picture: Saeed Khan/AFP
39/88December 31, 2019: Firefighters hose down trees as they battle bushfires around the town of Nowra. Picture: Saeed Khan/AFP
January 2, 2020: Mark Ayliffe, captain of the Cobargo RFS station, NSW, receives a hug from Jenny Morrison. Picture: Sean Davey
40/88January 2, 2020: Mark Ayliffe, captain of the Cobargo RFS station, NSW, receives a hug from Jenny Morrison. Picture: Sean Davey
January 5, 2020: A lone kangaroo surveys the decimated landscape on Kangaroo Island after fires tore through bushland. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier
41/88January 5, 2020: A lone kangaroo surveys the decimated landscape on Kangaroo Island after fires tore through bushland. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier
January 5, 2020: The devastating toll to Australia’s wildlife was hard to photograph for many veteran news photographers. Live stock and native wildlife perished along the Playford Highway, West End, Kangaroo Island. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier
42/88January 5, 2020: The devastating toll to Australia’s wildlife was hard to photograph for many veteran news photographers. Live stock and native wildlife perished along the Playford Highway, West End, Kangaroo Island. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier
January 10, 2020: Dry Lightning strikes on the edge of the cool change along the Great Alpine road just outside Omeo. The fire is burning in thick alpine forest. Picture: Jason Edwards
43/88January 10, 2020: Dry Lightning strikes on the edge of the cool change along the Great Alpine road just outside Omeo. The fire is burning in thick alpine forest. Picture: Jason Edwards
December 21, 2019: Pictured are RFS fire crews working to save properties on Ivatt st in Cobar Park near Lithgow today as the Bushfires continue to burn near the Blue Mountains. Picture: Tim Hunter.
44/88December 21, 2019: Pictured are RFS fire crews working to save properties on Ivatt st in Cobar Park near Lithgow today as the Bushfires continue to burn near the Blue Mountains. Picture: Tim Hunter.
December 5, 2019: Local South Coast Photographer Josh Burkinshaw captures the Bushfire in his local community.
45/88December 5, 2019: Local South Coast Photographer Josh Burkinshaw captures the Bushfire in his local community.
December 19, 2019: Fire threatens homes along Bells Line of Road in Bilpin as the continues through the Blue Mountains. Picture: Jeremy Piper
46/88December 19, 2019: Fire threatens homes along Bells Line of Road in Bilpin as the continues through the Blue Mountains. Picture: Jeremy Piper
December 19, 2019: Fire threatens homes along Bells Line of Road in Bilpin as the continues through the Blue Mountains. Picture: Jeremy Piper
47/88December 19, 2019: Fire threatens homes along Bells Line of Road in Bilpin as the continues through the Blue Mountains. Picture: Jeremy Piper
December 21, 2019: The fire approaches the property of the Bilpin Fruit Bowl. Picture: Jeremy Piper
48/88December 21, 2019: The fire approaches the property of the Bilpin Fruit Bowl. Picture: Jeremy Piper
January 3, 2020: Gippsland Fires ... CFA fire chief Steve Warrington at a destroyed house in Buchan houses in the fires. Picture: David Crosling
49/88January 3, 2020: Gippsland Fires ... CFA fire chief Steve Warrington at a destroyed house in Buchan houses in the fires. Picture: David Crosling
December 30, 2019: A chopper fights the fire outside Bruthen. Gippsland on high alert as multiple fires burn in the area. Picture: David Crosling
50/88December 30, 2019: A chopper fights the fire outside Bruthen. Gippsland on high alert as multiple fires burn in the area. Picture: David Crosling
January 2, 2019: Gippsland bushfires ... The main street of Orbost is covered in thick smoke. Picture: David Crosling
51/88January 2, 2019: Gippsland bushfires ... The main street of Orbost is covered in thick smoke. Picture: David Crosling
December 22, 2019: Strathalbyn Brigade volunteers (l-r) Luke Sanders 37, Rodd Brickmann 47, Ross Melville 18 and Chris Gates 48. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
52/88December 22, 2019: Strathalbyn Brigade volunteers (l-r) Luke Sanders 37, Rodd Brickmann 47, Ross Melville 18 and Chris Gates 48. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
December 23, 2019: Barossa Helicopters for a fly over the Cudlee Creek / Adelaide Hills bushfire zone. Vineyards near Charleston. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
53/88December 23, 2019: Barossa Helicopters for a fly over the Cudlee Creek / Adelaide Hills bushfire zone. Vineyards near Charleston. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
December 23, 2019: Barossa Helicopters for a fly over the Cudlee Creek / Adelaide Hills bushfire zone. Blackened hills near Cudlee Creek. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
54/88December 23, 2019: Barossa Helicopters for a fly over the Cudlee Creek / Adelaide Hills bushfire zone. Blackened hills near Cudlee Creek. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
December 20, 2019: Near Woodside, photographer Trish Watkinson tries in vain to give some water to a badly burned sheep. Picture: Dean Martin
55/88December 20, 2019: Near Woodside, photographer Trish Watkinson tries in vain to give some water to a badly burned sheep. Picture: Dean Martin
December 31, 2019: A helicopter fighting a bushfire near Bairnsdale in Victoria's East Gippsland region. - Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on December 31, as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land. Picture: Supplied
56/88December 31, 2019: A helicopter fighting a bushfire near Bairnsdale in Victoria's East Gippsland region. - Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on December 31, as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land. Picture: Supplied
December 21, 2019: The fire approaches the property of the Bilpin Fruit Bowl. Picture: Jeremy Piper
57/88December 21, 2019: The fire approaches the property of the Bilpin Fruit Bowl. Picture: Jeremy Piper
December 31, 2019: Bushfire arrives into the township of Malua Bay NSW, just south of Batemans Bay. NYE locals seek refuge on the beach. Picture: Alex Coppel
58/88December 31, 2019: Bushfire arrives into the township of Malua Bay NSW, just south of Batemans Bay. NYE locals seek refuge on the beach. Picture: Alex Coppel
January 5, 2020: Mallacoota fires ... Last of the remaining evacuees airlifted out of Mallacoota Airport by ADF chinook helicopters. A baby in mum's arms cries as they approach the noise and heat from the turbine engines of the running Chinook helicopter bound for Sale. Picture: David Caird
59/88January 5, 2020: Mallacoota fires ... Last of the remaining evacuees airlifted out of Mallacoota Airport by ADF chinook helicopters. A baby in mum's arms cries as they approach the noise and heat from the turbine engines of the running Chinook helicopter bound for Sale. Picture: David Caird
December 21, 2019: Pictured are RFS fire crews working to save properties on Ivatt st in Cobar Park near Lithgow today as the Bushfires continue to burn near the Blue Mountains. Picture: Tim Hunter
60/88December 21, 2019: Pictured are RFS fire crews working to save properties on Ivatt st in Cobar Park near Lithgow today as the Bushfires continue to burn near the Blue Mountains. Picture: Tim Hunter
January 1, 2020: Two weeks on from the Cudlee Creek fire those affected face what is ahead of them in 2020 as they begin to rebuild. Terry Reardon and Joan Gibbs stayed and defended their Fox Creek Rd property although the entire area around was burnt killing hundreds of native animals. A juvenile Kangaroo was caught in a fence trying too escape. Picture: Brad Fleet
61/88January 1, 2020: Two weeks on from the Cudlee Creek fire those affected face what is ahead of them in 2020 as they begin to rebuild. Terry Reardon and Joan Gibbs stayed and defended their Fox Creek Rd property although the entire area around was burnt killing hundreds of native animals. A juvenile Kangaroo was caught in a fence trying too escape. Picture: Brad Fleet
December 22, 2019: The Tutti Fruitti in Bilpin is destroyed by fire. Picture: Jeremy Piper
62/88December 22, 2019: The Tutti Fruitti in Bilpin is destroyed by fire. Picture: Jeremy Piper
December 21, 2019: A property along Bells Lines of Road in Bilpin overrun by fire. Picture: David Swift
63/88December 21, 2019: A property along Bells Lines of Road in Bilpin overrun by fire. Picture: David Swift
January 3, 2020: People pictured at Ulladulla wharf today who are being evacuated from Lake Conjola after serious bushfires cut the region off. Pippa Miller, 35, pictured waiting anxiously to meet her best friend's children at the wharf and take them to safety in Ulladulla. Pippa's home in Lake Conjola was also destroyed by the fire. Picture: David Swift.
64/88January 3, 2020: People pictured at Ulladulla wharf today who are being evacuated from Lake Conjola after serious bushfires cut the region off. Pippa Miller, 35, pictured waiting anxiously to meet her best friend's children at the wharf and take them to safety in Ulladulla. Pippa's home in Lake Conjola was also destroyed by the fire. Picture: David Swift.
January 3, 2020: People pictured at Ulladulla wharf today who are being evacuated from Lake Conjola after serious bushfires cut the region off. Pippa Miller, 35, pictured waiting anxiously to meet her best friend's children at the wharf and take them to safety in Ulladulla. Pippa's home in Lake Conjola was also destroyed by the fire. Picture: David Swift.
65/88January 3, 2020: People pictured at Ulladulla wharf today who are being evacuated from Lake Conjola after serious bushfires cut the region off. Pippa Miller, 35, pictured waiting anxiously to meet her best friend's children at the wharf and take them to safety in Ulladulla. Pippa's home in Lake Conjola was also destroyed by the fire. Picture: David Swift.
December 19, 2019: Fire threatens homes along Bells Line of Road in Bilpin as the continues through the Blue Mountains. Picture: Jeremy Piper
66/88December 19, 2019: Fire threatens homes along Bells Line of Road in Bilpin as the continues through the Blue Mountains. Picture: Jeremy Piper
December 6, 2019: Lance White helping to put out a blaze close to his friends Richard Abra's place on Braddocks Rd, Orangeville. Picture: Adam Yip
67/88December 6, 2019: Lance White helping to put out a blaze close to his friends Richard Abra's place on Braddocks Rd, Orangeville. Picture: Adam Yip
December 21, 2019: RFS fire fighters from Glenbrook, Lapstone enjoying surprise rain in Yanderra. Picture: Adam Yip
68/88December 21, 2019: RFS fire fighters from Glenbrook, Lapstone enjoying surprise rain in Yanderra. Picture: Adam Yip
December 26, 2019: Adelaide Koala Rescue has over 40 koalas in care at the moment as a result of the bushfires and recent heatwave. Jane Brister, Director of Adelaide Koala Rescue with 'Cupid' who was burnt in the Cudlee Creek bushfire. She is pictured a makeshift rescue centre in Paradise. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
69/88December 26, 2019: Adelaide Koala Rescue has over 40 koalas in care at the moment as a result of the bushfires and recent heatwave. Jane Brister, Director of Adelaide Koala Rescue with 'Cupid' who was burnt in the Cudlee Creek bushfire. She is pictured a makeshift rescue centre in Paradise. Picture: Tricia Watkinson
January 6, 2020: Billy Shaw returns to his burnt out Wairewa home in fire ravaged East Gippsland. Picture: Mark Stewart
70/88January 6, 2020: Billy Shaw returns to his burnt out Wairewa home in fire ravaged East Gippsland. Picture: Mark Stewart
January 5, 2020: Tamara Hallinan with daughter Iluka, 8 (and Daisy their labrador) at Eden Wharf at Snug Cove. Tamara, Iluka and other people spent last night on tug boats moored at Eden Wharf. Picture: Sean Davey
71/88January 5, 2020: Tamara Hallinan with daughter Iluka, 8 (and Daisy their labrador) at Eden Wharf at Snug Cove. Tamara, Iluka and other people spent last night on tug boats moored at Eden Wharf. Picture: Sean Davey
December 21, 2019: Balmoral burns in south western Sydney as bushfires destroy homes in the area. Picture: Sam Ruttyn
72/88December 21, 2019: Balmoral burns in south western Sydney as bushfires destroy homes in the area. Picture: Sam Ruttyn
January 2, 2020: Cattle that have survived the fire at Cudgewa are rounded up. Picture: Tony Gough
73/88January 2, 2020: Cattle that have survived the fire at Cudgewa are rounded up. Picture: Tony Gough
January 3, 2020: Mallacoota Fires evacuation ... Evacuees and their animals arrive and prepare to head out to the waiting ships. Children watch wide-eyed as instructions from ADF personal. Picture: David Caird
74/88January 3, 2020: Mallacoota Fires evacuation ... Evacuees and their animals arrive and prepare to head out to the waiting ships. Children watch wide-eyed as instructions from ADF personal. Picture: David Caird
November 25, 2019: RFS volunteers and NSW Fire and Rescue officers protect a home on Wheelbarrow Ridge Road being impacted by the Gospers Mountain fire near Colo Heights south west of Sydney, Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Picture: Dean Lewins/AAP
75/88November 25, 2019: RFS volunteers and NSW Fire and Rescue officers protect a home on Wheelbarrow Ridge Road being impacted by the Gospers Mountain fire near Colo Heights south west of Sydney, Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Picture: Dean Lewins/AAP
January 7, 2020: A dead Koala is seen after bushfires swept through on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. A convoy of Army vehicles, transporting up to 100 Army Reservists and self-sustainment supplies, have arrived on Kangaroo Island as part of Operation Bushfire Assist at the request of the South Australian Government. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP
76/88January 7, 2020: A dead Koala is seen after bushfires swept through on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. A convoy of Army vehicles, transporting up to 100 Army Reservists and self-sustainment supplies, have arrived on Kangaroo Island as part of Operation Bushfire Assist at the request of the South Australian Government. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP
January 4, 2020: Fire crews did everything they could to save this homes in Batlow NSW, Residents flee to a field in Batlow NSW. Picture: Daniel Shaw & Timothy Dean
77/88January 4, 2020: Fire crews did everything they could to save this homes in Batlow NSW, Residents flee to a field in Batlow NSW. Picture: Daniel Shaw & Timothy Dean
December 30, 2019: An emergency services vehicle just outside of Bruthen as fires approach. Gippsland on high alert as multiple fires burn in the area. Picture: David Crosling
78/88December 30, 2019: An emergency services vehicle just outside of Bruthen as fires approach. Gippsland on high alert as multiple fires burn in the area. Picture: David Crosling
December 31, 2019: Embers from bushfires are fanned by strong winds in the area around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019. - Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on December 31, as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land. Picture: Saeed Khan/AFP
79/88December 31, 2019: Embers from bushfires are fanned by strong winds in the area around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019. - Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on December 31, as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land. Picture: Saeed Khan/AFP
December 31, 2019: Bushfire arrives into the township of Malua Bay NSW, just south of Batemans Bay. NYE locals seek refuge on the beach. Picture: Alex Coppel.
80/88December 31, 2019: Bushfire arrives into the township of Malua Bay NSW, just south of Batemans Bay. NYE locals seek refuge on the beach. Picture: Alex Coppel.
December 30, 2019: A chopper fights the fire outside Bruthen. Gippsland on high alert as multiple fires burn in the area. Picture: David Crosling
81/88December 30, 2019: A chopper fights the fire outside Bruthen. Gippsland on high alert as multiple fires burn in the area. Picture: David Crosling
January 2, 2020: Smoke billowing from a fire burning at East Gippsland, Victoria. More than 800,000 hectares of bushland has been burnt in the area. Picture: Dale Appleton for DELWP Gippsland
82/88January 2, 2020: Smoke billowing from a fire burning at East Gippsland, Victoria. More than 800,000 hectares of bushland has been burnt in the area. Picture: Dale Appleton for DELWP Gippsland
December 5, 2019: Bawley Point Fire. Firefighters worked desperately to save homes as the large fire approached Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage
83/88December 5, 2019: Bawley Point Fire. Firefighters worked desperately to save homes as the large fire approached Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage
December 28, 2019: Gareth Desmond checks out the inside of an old red gum which had burnt inside, and was being assessed to see if it could be saved. Along with Luke Adamson, they are part of a group called Tree Crew, and they are often on the frontline of fire fighting, chopping down trees and clearing the way for trucks to get through when the fires are blazing. Near Mount Pleasant. Picture: Dean Martin/AAP
84/88December 28, 2019: Gareth Desmond checks out the inside of an old red gum which had burnt inside, and was being assessed to see if it could be saved. Along with Luke Adamson, they are part of a group called Tree Crew, and they are often on the frontline of fire fighting, chopping down trees and clearing the way for trucks to get through when the fires are blazing. Near Mount Pleasant. Picture: Dean Martin/AAP
December 4, 2019: RFS and Forestryfire fighters carry out property protection on remote properties on the NSW south coast. Callie and Jake Prosser chose to stay in Turmeil and defend their property during the Currowan bushfires. Fire crept dangerously close to their property, as RFS and Forestry crews worked to protect their home. Picture: Gary Ramage
85/88December 4, 2019: RFS and Forestryfire fighters carry out property protection on remote properties on the NSW south coast. Callie and Jake Prosser chose to stay in Turmeil and defend their property during the Currowan bushfires. Fire crept dangerously close to their property, as RFS and Forestry crews worked to protect their home. Picture: Gary Ramage
November 8, 2019: Bushfires burn out of control at Port Macquarie on the NSW mid north coast. Picture: Nathan Edwards.
86/88November 8, 2019: Bushfires burn out of control at Port Macquarie on the NSW mid north coast. Picture: Nathan Edwards.
January 3, 2020: Mallacoota Fires evacuation. Children looking shellshocked as they wait to board the landing boats to head out to the waiting ships. Picture: David Caird
87/88January 3, 2020: Mallacoota Fires evacuation. Children looking shellshocked as they wait to board the landing boats to head out to the waiting ships. Picture: David Caird
January 2, 2020: Mark Ayliffe at the Cobargo RFS station, NSW. Mark is the Cobargo RFS captain. Picture: Sean Davey.
88/88January 2, 2020: Mark Ayliffe at the Cobargo RFS station, NSW. Mark is the Cobargo RFS captain. Picture: Sean Davey.
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