An unlikely team of heroes with names such as Vincent Van Goat and Selena Goatmez have emerged as the saviours of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which was threatened in LA’s wildfires.

Several hundred goats were recruited earlier this year to graze on the grass around the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which sits on a hill overlooking the Simi Valley.

Their efforts were not in vain.

“We were told by one of the firefighters that they believe that fire break made their job easier,” said Melissa Giller, a library spokeswoman.

A small aircraft crashed into a residence in a Southern California city, leaving one person dead.

Three people inside the home, including an infant, made it to safety, officials said.

"A single-engine Cirrus SR22 crashed under unknown circumstances into a house on West 115th Street in Upland," FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor confirmed. Upland is about 40 kilometres west of San Bernardino.

Deep in the Cape York wilderness, rock art believed to have been painted by some of the first people to arrive in Australia tens of thousands of years ago is waiting to be rediscovered.

A $1.34 million grant from the Australian Research Council will see an expert team of scientists spend the next five years reassessing the catalogued examples of what is known as Quinkan art.

They will also work with local communities to rediscover sites which have been lost to them through displacement by European settlement.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described his government as “remarkably underappreciated” during a tribute dinner to mark the end of his 25 years in politics.

Around 1,000 people attended the event celebrating his career including former Prime Minister John Howard, Peter Dutton and Scott Morrison.

Mr Abbott told the crowd he felt his government had helped the country to be its best.

Extreme fire warnings have been issued for parts of Queensland as 28 blazes burn across the state and firefighters prepare for big winds to sweep through tinder dry areas.

The fire danger will peak in the Darling Downs and Granite Belt on Friday afternoon with temperatures across the southeast expected to soar toward 40C.

Forecasters say extreme warnings are in place from the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast, inland to Toowoomba and then out towards Dalby, Miles and Goondiwindi.

 A woman has been shot in the face through her front door in Morayfield.

Police say a gang of six people arrived at the 52-year-old’s home on Hargrave Street in the Moreton Bay suburb on 10pm Wednesday.

She has been taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and is in a stable condition.

A neighbour says, “Since I’ve been here, there have been three stabbings and two shootings in the area in the last few years.

 A woman has been shot in the face through her front door in Morayfield.

Police say a gang of six people arrived at the 52-year-old’s home on Hargrave Street in the Moreton Bay suburb on 10pm Wednesday.

She has been taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and is in a stable condition.

A neighbour says, “Since I’ve been here, there have been three stabbings and two shootings in the area in the last few years.

“It’s sad but we don’t know the circumstances of these things.”