NSW bushfire crews are getting on top of more blazes but some residents remain without power or in evacuation centres on the south coast.
A total fire ban is in place on Wednesday for the southern slopes, one of three districts west of the Great Diving Range with "very high" fire danger forecast.
More showers are possible across parts of the south coast on Wednesday after up to 3mm fell in parts of the Shoalhaven and parts of the Bega Valley were sprinkled with 0.5mm on Tuesday.
Those scattered showers and cooler conditions have been used to good effect by fire crews, Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said on Tuesday.
Noting dangerous conditions were forecast for Friday, he hoped the fire grounds would be a little easier to manage after milder conditions.
The massive Gospers Mountain fire north of Sydney could be contained by Friday, Mr Elliott said.
"I think we have reached the peak," he concluded.
"The recovery will begin now."
Rubbish piling up
Boil water notices remain in many parts of the south coast while people around Batemans Bay have been warned to stay out of waterways due to pollution.
The local council for Batemans Bay acknowledged the rubbish was "piling up" across the Eurobodalla Shire.
"Trucks will collect as much as they can, when they can. More trucks will arrive to help as soon as possible," the council said.
It also urged visitors to stay away from the popular tourist spot until at least Saturday to safeguard resources for locals.
A free-to-use "fresh start trailer" with hot water showers, washing machines, dryers and a full kitchen will be opened in Shoalhaven on Wednesday.
But in Snowy Valley town of Tumbarumba, there is still no power or drinking water, and only limited telecommunications and food.
The bushfire relief centre in Cobargo - a town decimated by fire on New Year's Eve - has called on volunteers to help sort clothing and bedding.
Federal government-funded disaster relief payments are still available, while the Morrison government is due to announce a bushfire support package for businesses soon.
Steve Shipton (centre) is consoled by fellow farmers Bernie Smith (left) and Peter Mercieca in Coolagolite, NSW, Wednesday, 1 January, 2020. Source: AAP
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said those watching Tuesday's funeral for NSW volunteer firefighter Andrew O'Dwyer would have experienced a "snapshot of the trauma that so many people are going through".
Mr O'Dwyer, 36, was killed in mid-December when his NSW Rural Fire Service truck rolled while battling the Green Wattle Creek blaze southwest of Sydney.
"It's OK to say to people, 'you've survived but your house is gone', but how do you deal with the fact that you've lost everything?," Ms Berejiklian told the Seven Network on Wednesday.
"Trauma is trauma, no matter in what form it comes."
Some 119 fires were on Wednesday burning across NSW, with up to 50 uncontained.
Charlotte O'Dwyer, the young daughter of RFS volunteer Andrew O'Dwyer receives her father's helmet by RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons. Source: AAP
Two men, from Kiah and Lower Towamba, missing on the far south coast were located safe and well on Tuesday.
Twenty people, more than 6200 livestock and millions of wildlife animals have since July died while at least 1588 homes have been destroyed.
