By Fraser Barton and Keira Jenkins in Brisbane
Parents are being warned to prepare their children for heatwave conditions as students in Queensland return to school.
Parts of the state are set to swelter with temperatures across inland areas tipped to reach the low 40s and rise to the mid to high 30s in the southeast.
Areas likely to be impacted include Bowen, Birdsville, Bundaberg, Brisbane, Gladstone, Ipswich and Longreach.
Birdsville had reached over 32C at 6am (AEST) on Monday with Brisbane expected to swelter through temperatures eight degrees above average.
The state capital is set to peak at 37 degrees.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued an extreme heatwave warning for the northwestern pastoral district of South Australia, with temperatures expected in the low to mid-40s.
Severe to low-intensity heatwave conditions are expected across much of the rest of South Australia and into southern parts of the Northern Territory.
Parts of NSW are also expected to swelter in the coming days.
Areas in the north of the state, including Moree, could reach temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s.
WA has already been sizzling, with temperatures reaching almost 50C in some areas of the Pilbara at the weekend.
A few more days of high temperatures are forecast for the Piblara and northern Gascoyne regions, but the heatwave is expected to ease from Wednesday.
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