Soaring temperatures have created tinderbox conditions in the states of Victoria and New South Wales.
Smoke from wildfires incinerating Australia have painted the sky red, turned daytime into night and driven thousands of people to the beach for refuge.
Just hours before the chime of midnight would signal the New Year, some 120 bushfires were still stubbornly burning, eight of which are at an emergency level.
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