Officials say the intense blazes mark the worst start to the fire season on record for the state of Queensland.
On Tuesday, 58 fires were also burning across about 100,000 hectares in neighbouring New South Wales.
About a dozen homes have been destroyed but officials have praised the "Herculean" efforts of firefighters.
More than 300 firefighters battled through the night on Monday to try and contain a major front on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
It threatened homes in the residential area of Peregian Beach, and has so far destroyed one property.
