Places to Go on High Risk Days

 As part of your bushfire and heatwave planning, you need to think about places you will go on Extreme or Catastrophic Fire Danger Days or heatwave alerts.

The following table contains some possible examples for places it may be appropriate to spend time on such days, depending on conditions. This is obviously not an exhaustive list, and individual opening hours apply. Please use the links provided to learn more about the activities available and the operating hours for each individual business. Not all of the places listed are in Colac Otway Shire.

It is important to consider what best fits your personal circumstances. Talking to friends and family about options for what to do during heatwaves or bushfires is the best way to be prepared. Planning to stay elsewhere may be the simplest and best option.

Please also note that this is not a list of Neighbourhood Safer Places. For information on Neighbourhood Safer Places, please visit the CFA website.

Specific Locations	Address	Website or Facebook page	Is there a cost involved?
Beaches
Apollo Bay main beach and foreshore area	Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay		No
Bowling
Colac Strikes & Spares Ten pin bowling	86 Murray St, Colac		Yes
Colac Bowling Club by the Lake Lawn Bowls	Cnr Moore & Armstrong streets, Colac	www.colacbowlingclub.com	Yes
Colac Central Bowling Club Lawn Bowls	115–119 Wilson St, Colac	www.colaccentralbc.com	Yes
Community Halls
Apollo Bay Community Hall (Senior's) Centre	6 Whelan Street, Apollo Bay	https://firereadyapollobay.org.au/
COPACC
COPACC	Corner of Rae and Gellibrand streets, Colac	www.copacc.com.au	No
Library
Colac Community Library and Learning Centre	173 Queen Street, Colac		No
Shopping Centres
Large regional centres, such as Geelong, Ballarat and Warrnambool, all have a range of substantial indoor shopping centres			No
Swimming Pool
Bluewater	118–134 Hearn Street, Colac	Bluewater website	Yes