Hello and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of holidaymakers have been fleeing coastal areas of New South Wales, after being warned it is not safe for them to stay in bushfire hit parts of eastern australia. There are trafficjams on major roads, although the evacuation is hampered by a lack of fuel. The authorities are urging tourists and residents to leave while they can. Saturday is forecast to be another punishing day in south eastern australia with more hot, dry and windy weather. A tourist leave zone has been declared for a 180 kilometre stretch of the New South Wales coast from batemans bay to wonboyn. Almost 1,300 homes have been destroyed in the state since the fire crisis began. Phil mercer is in sydney. Hes got the latest. Weve seen pictures of the lines of cars as people try to get out. Thats right, thousands of people are heeding the official warning to leave those parts of the New South Wales south coast while they can. The authorities are extremely nervous about conditions f