Thousands of kilos of sweet potato and carrots have been dropped from a helicopter for Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby colonies across NSW.
It's been a long night for firefighters in New South Wales, where three bushfires merged to create a massive blaze in the Snowy Mountains.
The 233000-hectare Green Valley fire merged with the nearby East Ournie Creek blaze and the huge 312000-hectare Dunns Road fire on Friday evening.
Meanwhile, residents in Victoria’s northeast are welcoming a reprieve after favourable conditions eased their bushfire crisis.
Follow our live, rolling coverage for updates throughout the day.
A firefighter has died while battling bushfires in Victoria’s alpine region.
The Forest Fire Management Victoria firefighter from Parks Victoria was killed while battling a blaze in the Omeo area on Saturday, Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp confirmed.
The Sydney Opera House sails have lit up in tribute to the NSW Rural Fire Service.
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service began Operation Rock Wallaby today to help feed thousands of impacted wildlife.
The operation dropped thousands of kilograms of food across NSW to help feed the brush-tailed Rock-wallaby colonies in the state.
The bushfires across Australia have left an estimated 1.25 billion animals dead according to the WWF.
The rock wallaby was identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature as being particularly at-risk due to the destruction of its habitat.
A GoFundMe launched by comedian Magda Szubanski and Will Connolly (aka Eggboy) has reached over $121.5K.
The campaign was to raise money to help bushfire victims long term with trauma and mental health support.
According to the page, both Ms Szubanski and Mr Connolly were concerned that a lot of money was going into short term help but money was also needed more long term.
" We will co-ordinate with foundations and charities such as Beyond Blue to make sure this "care chest" goes to the best places, where it is most needed.
"Let people know that long after the fires have burnt out, we will still be here to support those who have suffered.
Since launching six days ago with an aim of raising $30,000, the duo have raise more than four times their initial goal.
The campaign is still ongoing and has over 1.7K donors and has been shared 8.8 thousand times.
Emergency Victoria has just issued a warning for Mount Buffalo.
The warning is being issued for Brookside, Buckland, Mount Buffalo and Buckland Junction.
According to Vic Emergency a bushfire south of Goldie Spur is out of control. It has been burning for a number of days but has changed to a north easterly direction and is moving down hill into the valley.
"Leaving now is the safest options, before conditions become too dangerous."
Vic Emergency advises residents to travel to homes of friends and family that is away from the area and should leave using Buckland Valley Road, heading towards Porepunkah.
The chief officer of the SA Country Fire Service has said it is safe for tourists and residents to travel to and from Kangaroo Island.
The restrictions were lifted on friday but chief officer Mark Jones issues a statement today saying there was still some confusion.
"Under my powers as chief officer, I temporarily enacted restrictions on the island to ensure the priority of emergency services. The restrictions were removed on Friday and people are able to travel to and from the island."
The news comes after Prime Minister Scott Morrison pleaded with Australians to not scrap upcoming holiday plans at the island.
“Even here on Kangaroo Island, where a third of the island has obviously been decimated – two-thirds of it is open and ready for business.
“It’s important to keep the local economies vibrant at these times.”
However conditions on the island are expected to worsen as early as Monday according to defence chiefs.
The Army is sending two Chinook helicopters to Kangaroo island this weekend ahead of "expected difficult conditions" on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thirty New Zealand Army engineers have already been deployed with equipment to Kangaroo Island to work with Australian Army personnel providing assistance.
Stuffed Koalas are being placed around New York City in an effort to drive donations to Australia.
The New York office of ad agency Cummins&Partners have been placing the Koalas on the city's trees and lampposts to encourage donations to a GoFundMe page.
So far the GoFundMe has raised $2,778 for WIRES.
A dedicated Instagram for the effort called Koalas of NYC has gained closed to 1000 followers since launching a day ago.
“Our agency has Australian roots and more than half of our team are Australian, so we are taking action and helping our furry friends back home, all the way from NYC," said Diane Villavieja who oversees operations at the agency.
Ms Villavieja told adweek that the agency had placed 100 koalas around the city in locations including Times Square, Washington Square Park and Columbus Circle.
The NSW RFS has declared the South Coast has safe after new assessments.
Deputy Commissioner of the NSW RFS, Rob Rogers also tweeted out his support of the region urging Australians to support the areas that have been doing it tough.
RFS has reported an increase in fires in the Snowy Mountains region, specifically at the Adaminaby fire complex and Dunns Road.
Both areas have been upgraded to watch and act levels.
It urges people in the areas between Yaouk in the north and Lake Eucumbene in the south to monitor conditions.
New South Wales-based animal charity WIRES has confirmed that it will allocate funding and support to all states and territories affected by the crisis.
CEO of Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) Leanne Taylor confirmed that the $14 million raised would be spread around the country.
"While NSW has been hit the hardest with an estimated 800 million of the 1 billion animals affected to date and approximately 5 million hectares of land burnt, a National Emergency requires a national response and WIRES will act to provide assistance to all wildlife in line with our mission," she said.
Ms Taylor thanked the volunteers for all their hard work and to the communities who had assisted.
"To all individuals, local communities and everyone else who has assisted in some way whether it be by reporting an injured animal, getting an animal into immediate care, sending supplies, offering water or a cool and safe resting place, we thank you."
In Sydney today there was a workshop to build possum boxes for the thousands of impacted animals.
Heath Felton, one of the organisers of the workshop, said that the idea started out as a joke with his sister who works at WIRES.
"I asked her what can I do and she said I could build possum boxes. I asked her how many and she said a thousand," said Mr Felton.
Over the course of 5 days 800 boxes have been built by Mr Felton and his team of 300 volunteers.
"The response has been unbelievable. It's inner-city people that may not be direct affected by the fires but are engaged and want to be involved."
Emergency services have deployed multiple water rescue crews as torrential rain and flash flooding smashes one Aussie city.
A monsoonal low “more dangerous than a cyclone” is on the move and threatening another deluge for towns that have been smashed with almost 1m of rain in only days.
A supercell storm which is forecast to bring “giant-sized” hail and heavy rain is set to batter one Aussie state.