Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON 
It looked as though someone had set the Yarra River on fire this morning, but it was just the reflection of the sun that looked like an orange fireball in the early morning sky.
You could smell the smoke that enveloped Melbourne's CBD and suburbs long before first light, when it became apparent just how thick was the blanket of smoke from the bushfires in Gippsland.
The first shot posted here shows the sun rising through a thick sky that looks like beach sand, and you can see the distinctive shape of the Victorian Arts Centre on the right of the frame.
The second shot shows the reflection of the fiery sun in one of the office buildings on Flinders Street. Nomally at this time of the year, the building would reflect clear blue sky and white cloud, but today it caught my attention because it looked dark and threatening, like something out of Darth Vader territory.
There've been some great pictures from other photographers during this bushfire period. One shot from the actual firefront shows a property silhouetted in black against a blood-red sky. It looks so surreal it could be mistaken for a painting done in only two colours - black and vivid red.
And another shot (I'm not sure where it was taken) shows a chalk message scribbled on a blackboard, great evidence of Australian gallows humour. ``Sorry about the smoky atmosphere,'' says the message. ``The bloody cook's burning everything''.
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