1/51The main street of Geeveston under heavy smoke early on Sunday morning. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Best pictures from the fire front
Here are some of the best images captured from the fire front since Tasmania’s bushfire crisis began.
2/51Waterbombing helicopter seen from Rileys Creek Rd, Geeveston. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
3/51Craig Woolford from Margate Fire Brigade on Rileys Creek Rd, Geeveston. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
4/51Tasmania Fire Service personnel putting out a spot fire threatening a home on Donnellys Rd, Geeveston. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
5/51Aerial photos of Tasmania’s south-west after being ravaged by bush fires in January. Picture: DAIN CAIRNS/PAR AVION
6/51Aerial photo of Tasmania’s south-west after being ravaged by bushfires in January. Picture: DAIN CAIRNS/PAR AVION
7/51Bryan Denny with the boat load of supplies he delivered to Dover to help those who are remaining around bushfire affected areas in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
8/51The bushfire-ravaged Tasmanian tourist attraction, the Tahune Airwalk. Picture: AAP/Tasmania Fire Service.
9/51A water bimber helicopter is dwarfed by huge plumes of smoke at Glen Huon. Picture: NICK MONK
10/51Brad Somers 4th officer from Kingston Fire Brigade, left, issues instructions on Donnellys Road, Geeveston. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
11/51A resident watches from the deck of his shack as firefighters conducting a controlled burn along a ridge line at Miena. Picture: HEATH HOLDEN
12/51Firefighters conduct a controlled burn along a ridge line at Miena, Picture: HEATH HOLDEN
13/51Jacobsons Rd Judbury looking south towards Southwood and Lonnavale. Picture: RICHARD NICHOLS
14/51Fire fighters prepare for the threat at Geeveston. Picture: CHRIS KIDD
15/51Kermandie River Road resident Melanie Kikoudis keeps out a wary eye as an uncontrolled fire heads towards Geeveston. Picture: CHRIS KIDD
16/51TFS Volunteer Campbell Gane at Geeveston. Picture: CHRIS KIDD
17/51A Tasmania Fire Service crew conducts back burns and create fire breaks in preparation for the unfavourable weather conditions in Miena. Picture: HEATH HOLDEN/Getty Images
18/51A helicopter at work in Miena in Tasmania’s Central Plateau. Picture: HEATH HOLDEN/Getty Images
19/51A helicopter at work in Miena in Tasmania’s Central Plateau. Picture: HEATH HOLDEN/Getty Images
20/51A helicopter at work in Miena in Tasmania’s Central Plateau. Picture: HEATH HOLDEN/Getty Images
21/51Firefighters manage areas after a back burn operation in Miena. Picture: HEATH HOLDEN
22/51Firefighters from Sustainable Timber, Department of Parks and Wildlife and New Zealand work on a spotfire on Arve Road just out of Geeveston. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
23/51The C130 Hercules takes off at Hobart International Airport. Picture: Tristan Lyness photography
24/51Bushfire sun near Castle Forbes Bay. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
25/51Southport fire brigade battle a blaze outside Geeveston.
26/51Firefighters opposite the Kermandie Hotel in Port Huon. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
27/51Firefighting crews at Tahune Airwalk. Picture: WARREN FREY/TFS
28/51Firefighting crews at Tahune Airwalk. Picture: WARREN FREY/TFS
29/51Geeveston volunteer firefighters Tomm Shepperd, left and Nathan Dowling extinguish a spot fire west of Geeveston. Picture: CHRIS KIDD
30/51Geeveston residents Donald Gordan, left, Robert Drake, Anthony Burgess and Ayden Burgess get ready to defend their home. Picture: CHRIS KIDD
31/51Luke Mellers from the Hobart Fire Brigade RAT Team pumps water out of the Huon River to fight a fire spreading into the Huon Pine Walk. in the Tahune area. Picture: WARREN FREY/TFS
32/51Tom Andrews, from Huonville volunteers, watches flames run up a tree in the Tahune area. Picture: WARREN FREY/TFS
33/51Tom Andrews, from Huonville volunteers, watches flames run up a tree in the Tahune area. Picture: WARREN FREY/TFS
34/51Kingston volunteer Stuart Conway and Huonville volunteer Tom Andrews take a break after halting the firein the Tahune area. Picture: WARREN FREY/TFS
35/51Huonville volunteer Tom Andrews fights a fire within the rainforest near the Tahune area. Picture: WARREN FREY/TFS
36/51Miena evacuee staying at The Castle Hotel, Haydn Booth, 69. Picture: PATRICK GEE
37/51Volunteer firefighter, Matt Hartley ,of Bridport, working in the area of a controlled back burn at Miena. Picture: HEATH HOLDEN
38/51Firefighters face a wall of fire at Miena. Picture: ALEX ELDRIGE
39/51Spotfire on Arve Road just out of Geeveston. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
40/51Dylan Murphy from Kingston Fire Brigade leads TFS firefighters as they put in a controlled fire break behind a home on Donnellys Road Geeveston. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
41/51TFS crews conduct a controlled burn on Arve Road only 2 km from Geeveston. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
42/51David “Chunky” Reynolds defends his home by sparying down his roof at Arve Road, Geeveston. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
43/51Simon Pilkington returns from checking one of the fire fronts at the top of Donnelly’s Road, Geeveston. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
44/51Judbury resident and notable artist Anton Holzner stays to defend his property together with 250 of his artworks. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
45/51Remote area fire fighter Luke Mellers (hand on chin) listens to morning briefing at Geeveston fire station. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
46/51TFS firefighters put in a controlled fire break behind a home on Donnellys Road Geeveston. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
47/51Tasmania Fire Service personnel put out a spot fire threatening a home on Donnelleys Road, Geeveston. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
48/51A barn engulfed in flames on Donnelleys Road, Geeveston, Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
49/51Aerial view of Gordon River area near Reeds Peak (bushwalkers will know Lake Rhona which is nearby) after the Gell River bushfire had passed through. Picture: PAR AVION
50/51Smoke from fires in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area rises behind Federation Peak. Picture: MARK HOLDSWORTH
51/51Smoke from the Central Highlands fires blows across farmland near Bothwell. Picture: PATRICK GEE
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