"By the end of November, 1.9m hectares had been burnt in NSW alone, including 800,000 hectares in national parks – 10% of the state’s total national park area. Twenty per cent of the Blue Mountains world heritage area has been affected by fire."

This includes rainforest that has never burned before - ever.

Those are some amazing and frightening statistics. The amount of wildlife lost must also be staggering, along, of course, with its habitat.