A herd of sheep was loaded onto a dinghy in Newdegate as a fox also sought higher ground. Photo: Regan Grant
ABC rural news editor Brett Worthington fills us in on how farmers in New South Wales are getting on after days of temperatures in the high 30's... the hottest day up to 47 degrees.
Fires have ravaged tens of thousands of hectares and vets are checking sheep which maybe too traumatised to eat, or have internal injuries, so will need to be put down.
There are floods in Western Australia as well and one farmer had to ferry his sheep, 15 at a time, to safety.
