Bushfire Places of Last Resort

Please be aware that Bushfire Places of Last Resort (also known as Neighbourhood Safer Places):

• Should only be used if your Bushfire Survival Plan fails and you have nowhere else to go.
• Are NOT Relief Centres - there are limited facilities and no support services are provided.
• Are NOT places to relocate to when leaving early.
• May not provide shelter from smoke and embers.

• SURVIVAL IS NOT GUARANTEED.

 Council has designated the following Bushfire Places of Last Resort:

Halls Gap* - Halls Gap Picnic Reserve, Grampians Road, Halls Gap, VIC

*Note - on 27 September 2023 the Halls Gap Bushfire Place of Last Resort changed from the Visitor Information Centre surrounds (cnr Heath St & Grampians Rd) to the above site.

St Arnaud - Lord Nelson Park Oval, Dunstan Street, St Arnaud, VIC.

Stawell - Cato Park, Victoria Street, (opposite Haitts Lane) Stawell, VIC 3380.

The above locations can be viewed on council's Community Map.

View Council's Neighbourhood Safer Places Plan(PDF, 588KB)