The fires are still burning ... Kangaroo Island is aflame

Bushfires in my State of New South Wales, Australia.

We have had continuous bushfires in my State and Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland since Mid October, 2019. Our governments both Federal and State have only now (New Years) named it a National disaster. 

Our Prime Minister and our NSW Emergency minister thought it would be ok to holiday overseas while our country burned. our state minister is still absent holidaying in the UK and our PM only returned because he was getting bad press. 

We have a mountainous range that runs the full length of the East Coast from Victoria through New South Wales to Queensland and all along it is in flames. 

The bush fires have generated their own weather system with lightning strikes adding to the destruction.