Places to go on high risk days

As part of your bushfire and heatwave planning you should think ahead about where you could go during extreme heat and on High, Extreme and Catastrophic fire danger rating days.

Remember to check emergency warnings before you travel, and never to travel into a region with a Catastrophic fire danger rating in place.

Here are some ideas of things you could do:

Cinemas

  • Pivitonian, Geelong
  • Reading Cinema, Waurn Ponds
  • Village Cinema, Geelong
  • Colac Cinema, Colac

Community Houses

  • Torquay Community House
  • Grovedale Community House, Geelong

Libraries

  • Surf Coast Library, Torquay
  • Geelong Library, Waurn Ponds and Geelong
  • Colac Community Library and Learning Centre, Colac

Swimming pools

  • LeisureLink, Waurn Ponds
  • Kardinia Aquatic Centre, South Geelong

Shopping Centres

  • Westfield, Geelong
  • Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre
  • Torquay, Gilbert Street, Surf City and Bell Street

Other places

  • Australian National Surfing Museum,
  • Torquay Geelong Bowing Lanes,
  • Belmont Rollerway, Newtown
  • Geelong RSL, Belmont
  • Colac Otway Performing Arts and Cultural Centre, Colac
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