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Australia burns - in photos
85 ImagesMultiple bushfires across NSW and VIC continue to burn.
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Volunteer Firefighter Anika Craney at the burnt out remains of her home in Verona, Cobargo in NSW.Credit:Kiran Ridley
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Smoke from the fire burning at Edron Bay Chip Mill, owned by Allied Natural Wood Exports in Eden.Credit:KIRAN RIDLEY/SMH
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Bob Killop, Captain of the Adaminaby RFS, briefing media with the current state of the Shannon Flat Fire late on Friday. Credit:James Brickwood
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A forest fire between Tooma and Tumbarumba, NSW on the 10th January recording the merging of two fires either side of the VIC and NSW border creating a mega fire.Credit:Eddie Jim
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People stranded in Mallacoota are evacuated on to the HMAS Choules.Credit:Justin McManus
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People stranded in Mallacoota are evacuated on to the HMAS Choules.Credit:Justin McManus
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HMAS Adelaide, in Twofold Bay in Eden on January 8, 2020. Credit:KIRAN RIDLEY
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People stranded in Mallacoota are evacuated on to the HMAS Choules.Credit:Justin McManus
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Stranded people in Mallacoota are evacuated onto the HMAS Choules. for ipadCredit:Justin McManus
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A NPWS firefighting Landcruiser lies burnt on Tallowa Dam Rd in Kangaroo Valley. It crashed after hitting a fallen tree on saturday when the Currowan fire impacted the area while the crew sheltered in a nearby dam for 3 hours before their rescue. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Maree Fletcher, a resident of Lake Conjolo lost her home during the NYE Bushfires. Credit:James Brickwood
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Licensed asbestos contractors access a property in Conjola Park for traces of the poison after the recent NYE Bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Marty Allaway's Conjola Park home was destroyed by the NYE Bushfires. His home was built only three years ago. Credit:James Brickwood
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Families with small children and babies are evacuated from Mallacoota on Sunday. Credit:Justin McManus
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Wingello RFS Captain Mark Wilson (left) embraces his friend Hannah Morris (centre) in front of her home that his brigade saved from the fires on Saturday the 4th of January.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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The remains of a house on Railway Parade destroyed in the fires on Saturday the 4th of January.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Destruction from the Currowan fire on Tallowa Dam Rd in Kangaroo Valley. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Destruction from the Currowan fire on Tallowa Dam Rd in Kangaroo Valley. The region was hit hard after a southerly change moved through last night. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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People stranded in Mallacoota after the bushfires that ravaged the town on December 30 are evacuated by army personnel to the HMAS Choules.Credit:Justin McManus
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A wombat seen on Tallowa Dam Rd in Kangaroo Valley.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Birds that perished in the fires washed up on Tip Beach just outside Mallacoota.Credit:Justin McManus
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Brian Blakeman stayed with his wife at his farm in Wairewa in East Gippsland as fire ripped through on Saturday and saved their house. The surrounding buildings were destroyed. Credit:Chris Hopkins
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The Rugendykes in Cobargo, a town on the NSW south coast have lost their house and all their possessions. They have fostered over 400 children. Credit:James Brickwood
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Blood red sky in Mallacoota with the south westerly change sparking up fire activity in the area. Credit:Justin Mcmanus
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Destruction from the Currowan fire on Tallowa Dam Rd in Kangaroo Valley. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Gippsland fires - Giovanni Kiliman saved his Sarsfield home but lost his shed.Credit:Joe Armao
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Families with small children and babies are evacuated b air from the Mallacoota Airport.Credit:Justin Mcmanus
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St Mary's church on a smokey morning in Bairnsdale, Victoria.Credit:Joe Armao
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Families with small children and babies are evacuated by air from Mallacoota Airport on Sunday. Credit:Justin McManus
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A family evacuating Mallacoota on a Chinook Helicopter.Credit:Justin McManus
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Day turns to a blood red sky in Mallacoota with the South Westerly change sparking up fire activity in the area. Credit:Justin McManus
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Mallacoota with the South Westerly change sparking up fire activity in the area. Credit:Justin McManus
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Dense smoke west of Nowra as the southerly moves through close to 7.30pm on Saturday.Credit:Nick Moir
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Hosing down tents and caravans in the Caravan Park, Mallacoota.Credit:Justin McManus
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Josie Kerr and Ellie wait in Mallacoota on Saturday.Credit:Justin McManus
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Kia and Deniz Kirschbaum with kids Samira, Kian and Nuri at Mallacoota. Credit:Justin McManus
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A parent assures children and friends that everything is ok and that the fire is not coming towards the town, Mallacoota on Saturday. Credit:Justin McManus
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Residents comfort each other on Runniford Road in Nelligen where several homes and out buildings were destroyed or damaged in the fire near Batemans Bay.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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NSW RFS fire fighters work through the night to prevent a flare up from crossing the Kings Highway in between Nelligen and Batemans Bay. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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RFS crews and firefighters from ACT getting ready to defend property at Adaminaby late Saturday afternoon.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Adaminaby at 4.30pm on Saturday.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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ACT Rural Fire Service responding to the Adaminaby Complex bushfire as the sky turns dark on Yaouk Road north of Adaminaby.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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The Adaminaby Big Trout in darkness at 6:25pm after smoke from the Adaminaby Complex bushfire and other nearby bushfires cover the sky in Adaminaby on Saturday.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Thick smoke blankets the town of Bodalla during the day on Saturday. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Seaplanes load water in the Moruya River to tackle fires on the north of Moruya, NSW.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Dead cow on the bottom of a dried out, burnt stream to the south west of Cobargo.Credit:James Brickwood
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Operations Manager Ken Hall (red bib) talks to his team in the Operations room at the Eurobodalla Operations Fire Control Centre, Moruya.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Bushfires. Photo shows people lining up to use the public telephone in Narooma as power and telecommunications remained down. Photographed Wednesday 1st December 2020. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 200101Credit:James Brickwood
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Community meeting at the Jindabyne Memorial Hall with forecasts of dangerous bushfire conditions threatening the Snowy Mountains region.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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NSW RFS fire fighters work through the night to prevent a flare up from crossing the Kings Highway in between Nelligen and Batemans Bay. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Community meeting at the Jindabyne Memorial Hall with forecasts of dangerous bushfire conditions threatening the Snowy Mountains region.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires. Mogo resident Michael Zeigler spots fires outside his property as his father's, Karl Zeigler, 92, house burns next door. At the time of taking this photo, he wasn't sure where his father was.Credit:James Brickwood
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Barbara Rugendyke with her daughter Sarah. They lost their house and all their possessions. The Rugendyke's have fostered over 400 children. Credit:James Brickwood
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Residents Anna Dunne (left) and her husband Ron Dunne (right) inspect their destroyed home on the outskirts of Nelligen where several homes and out buildings were destroyed or damaged in the fire near Batemans Bay. 1st January, 2020. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Brooklyn RSF talk to people as they go through the streets assessing the damage to buildings along Yowani in North Rosedale. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Karl Niehus unearths Water Dragon eggs from the ruins of his mother's business in Mogo's main street that was destroyed by the fire that swept through the town yesterday. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Resident Peregrine Philip sits on the back verandah of his home where the fire came up the back door on Runniford Road in Nelligen where several homes and out buildings were destroyed or damaged in the fire near Batemans Bay. 1st January, 2020. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Dead livestock on a property south west of Cobargo. Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Barbara and Dave's son with the family cat which he found under their neighbour's house. Credit:James Brickwood
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Destruction in Cobargo.Credit:James Brickwood
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A deceased horse on a property on the outskirts of Cobargo, a town on the NSW south coast that has been devastated by bushfires earlier on today. Credit:James Brickwood
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Remnants of buildings from the bushfires in Cobargo, a town on the NSW south coast.Credit:James Brickwood
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Bushfires. Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires. Mogo resident Michael Zeigler spots fires outside his property as his father's, Karl Zeigler, 92, house burns next door. At the time of taking this photo, he wasn't sure where his father was. Credit:James Brickwood
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Bushfires. Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires. Mogo resident Michael Zeigler spots fires outside his property as his father's, Karl Zeigler, 92, house burns next door. At the time of taking this photo, he wasn't sure where his father was. Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires. Mogo resident Michael Zeigler and his wife Nadine spots fires outside his property as his father's, Karl Zeigler, 92, house burns next door. Prior to this point, they weren't sure where Michael's dad was. They just learnt that his father was safe and at an evacuation point.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires earlier. Grant, managed to save his property along the Princess Highway. After saving his place, he moved onto his elderly neighbours place to save it. It became too late and he was engulfed in flames. He drove back towards his place, which neighbours a dam, but amongst the blinding smoke, ran off the road into a tree. He then left the car and jumped into his dam for safety. His car was destroyed.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires earlier. Mogo resident Les outside his property shortly after fires engulfed his street.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires earlier. Grant, managed to save his property along the Princess Highway. After saving his place, he moved onto his elderly neighbours place to save it. It became too late and he was engulfed in flames. He drove back towards his place, which neighbours a dam, but amongst the blinding smoke, ran off the road into a tree. He then left the car and jumped into his dam for safety. His car was destroyed.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires earlier on today. A Mogo resident outside her neighbours properties after fires engulfed the town. The tree behind her fell where we were all standing 20 seconds prior.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mogo on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Bushfires. Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Tomakin on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Holiday makers at Currarong in Jervis Bay with huge plumes from the northern flank of the Currowan fire which is heading towards Nowra and Jervis Bay. Credit:Nick Moir
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Tomakin on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Tomakin on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Tomakin on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires.Credit:James Brickwood
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Bushfires hit properties at Yatte Yattah, north of Milton, NSW.Credit:Matthew Abbott
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Fire at Little Forest, north west of Milton on the NSW south coast. Credit:James Brickwood
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Currarong turns to night as the Currowan fire northern flank moves east at Nowra.Credit:Nick Moir
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Currarong turns to night as the Currowan fire northern flank moves east at Nowra.Credit:Nick Moir
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Holiday makers at Currarong in Jervis Bay with huge plumes from the northern flank of the Currowan fire which is heading towards Nowra and Jervis Bay. Credit:Nick Moir
