Fires to floods: Wild weather hits Australia's east-coast

After a week of being threatened by bushfires, residents living in Gippsland in Victoria's east have been warned to remain vigilant for flash flooding following heavy rainfall.

Farms have been seen partially underwater in the town of Maffra.

Paddocks have also been inundated with water after more than 150 millimetres of rain fell within a 24 hour period in the Gippsland region.

Residents have been told to move to higher ground in some areas of Victoria's east.

Cattle have been forced to move to their highest access point to stay dry.

Wild winds and thunderstroms also lashed parts of Victoria on October 4, keeping emergency services on their toes.

Bushfires were also threatening homes and lives in Gippsland on October 3.

Parts of NSW were also in danger from bushfires after extreme heat was recorded.

Pictured here is the smoke from a fire near Bermagui in the Bega Valley.

Three homes were lost and a person was rushed to hospital after a blaze near Bermagui in the Bega Valley.

It's the same area that was devastated by the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires.

Bushfires are burning across Queensland as the state experiences extreme heat for the month of September.

Water bombing planes were called in to assist with the fight against fires that sprung up yesterday.

The Queensland Fire and Emergency Service said support from above "played an important part in bringing bushfires under control," in a Facebook post.

The post also said that observing bushfires from above helps "paint a timely picture of fire behaviour," to help firefighters plan their response.

Temperatures are expected to ease in the state tonight, before another scorcher tomorrow.

The smoke from pre-bushfire season hazard reduction burns around Sydney severely degraded the air quality in some regions.

Here, 9honey reporter Chloe-Lee Longhetti is confronted with smoke so thick in Menai it was unsafe to drive to work.

Residents have been urged to keep their doors and windows closed and limit outdoor activity during the burns.

The burns were delayed because of rain and so the smoke is expected to linger for days.

Here's the city's early morning lights highlight the smoke casting a ghostly pall over the CBD.

Nature has put on a stunning display as tourists make the annual pilgrimage through outback Queensland for the upcoming Birdsville Races.

The landscape has been peppered with paper daisies and bluebells as well as flashes of purple parakeelya and the iconic wattle of the desert.

The outback landscape is known for its rugged terrain and iconic wildlife.

However recent rainfall has resulted in the display of pink, purple and white desert wildflowers.

Birdsville Race Club vice president Gary Brook said the display made the journey to the upcoming event "remarkable".

"The unexpected rain has gifted us with a breathtaking display of wildflowers that will add an extra layer of scenery that can only be experienced in the outback," he said.

A fire on the bank of Lake Argyle in Western Australia has created a captivating image.

"The fire at Lake Argyle is one of several active fires that are burning across the Kimberley this week, which is normal activity for this time of year," Weatherzone said.

Lake Argyle is Australia's second largest man-made freshwater reservoir.

"Following the region's wettest wet season in nine years, the lake is currently holding around 9775 gigalitres of water behind the Ord River Dam," Weatherzone said.

"This is just over 90 per cent of the dam's capacity and a 34 percent increase on the same time last year."

The satellite images show a large plume of smoke blowing to the west of Lake Argyle.

Wild winds have ripped the roof off of the Lancelin Sands Hotel in Lancelin, Western Australia.

The town recorded the strongest wind gusts in the state at 126 km/h.