Properties were threatened by a bushfire at Lake Macquarie on 1 November. The fire burnt out over  Two fires broke out in the Upper Hunter Region on 25 November. The first fire was burning in the Wollemi National Park and the second near Bunnan had burned out . Both were under control on 26 November. Two large fires resulted in large areas of bushland being burnt. The fires were burning uncontrollably on 19 November, one east of Tennant Creek and another on Yambah Station about north of Alice Springs. Both fires were monitored and some back burning was done in an effort to control the blazes. Seven houses were lost along with sheds and vehicles on 11 November in a fire that swept through of land at Tulka near Port Lincoln. Lightning strikes caused over 100 fires to ignite around the state on 20 November. Fires on the Eyre peninsula were the most difficult with one fire advancing to within of Port Lincoln. A number of residents evacuated their homes after of bush was lost despite the efforts of 120 fire-fighters and five waterbombers used to combat the blaze. The following day a further 31,591 lightning strikes initiated a further 300 fires, 600 volunteers worked overnight to extinguish the majority of fires. The Port Lincoln fire continued to burn consuming a total of of scrub. Several fires erupted in late November, including a major fire at Forcett, in which 11 firefighters were evacuated with injuries after a wind change. There were other fires, such as the one at Glenlusk on the outskirts of Hobart and another major fire at Poatina in the Central Lakes district. The fire at Forcett was rapidly brought under control, while the one at Glenlusk posed serious danger to houses and farms (and actually destroyed several vehicles and shacks). The fire at Poatina Road in the Central Lakes District was burning out of control two weeks later and was only brought under control in the middle of January. A huge blaze broke out near Casterton on 21 November and quickly burnt out over bushland. Fire crews employed back burns to create control lines around the fire, which was extinguished a few days later. A fire broke out on North Stradbroke Island, off Brisbane on 8 December. By 10 December several properties had been lost to the fire at Myora Springs. Several other fires were burning around the state including two west of Brisbane and another near Ipswich. On 16 December, a grass fire broke out east of the village of Murringo. The fire burnt over of grassland, of fencing and killed 500 sheep.