Australia bushfires: the battle rages on – pictures

A fixed-wing plane joins the firefighting effort
Photograph: Country Fire Authority/AAP

The bushfire approaches a property
Photograph: Country Fire Authority/AAP

A helicopter drops water across a burning swath of bushland in the Grampians
Photograph: Country Fire Authority/AAP

A smoke column rises high into the sky
Photograph: Country Fire Authority/AAP

A helicopter fills up to tackle fires burning throughout Victoria's Grampians region
Photograph: Country Fire Authority/AAP

A helicopter gives a sense of scale to the task facing firefighters
Photograph: Country Fire Authority/AAP

Smoke billows as firefighters tackle the bushfire
Photograph: Country Fire Authority/AAP