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

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*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.

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Stawell
- Cato Park, Victoria Street, (opposite Haitts Lane) Stawell, VIC 3380.
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The above locations can be viewed on council's Community Map.

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