The annual Falls Festival in Lorne, Victoria, has been cancelled due to extreme weather conditions expected on Monday, making it risky for people to stay
Revellers at the annual four-day Falls Festival on Victoria's Great Ocean Road have been told to pack up and leave, with the event cancelled due to extreme weather conditions.
About 9,000 festivalgoers will have until 9am on Monday to leave the Lorne site - with time to sober up - before predicted extreme weather kicks off in the Otways and the surrounding region which poses a risk to health and patron safety, organisers say.But the predicted extreme weather conditions in the Otways and the surrounding region poses too great a risk to health and patron safety, organisers say.
Party-goers are urged not to go back to Lorne or other coastal towns as the same extreme weather conditions are in place, while the Otways faces an extreme fire risk.Full ticket refunds - including booking and payment processing fees - will be processed from Monday back to the original purchaser's credit card.Other Falls Festivals will still go ahead in Byron Bay, NSW, South Australia and Freemantle, Western Australia and Tasmania.
“To ensure everyone has a safe environment to enjoy the Falls Festival, there’ll be a high police presence on-site for the duration of the event,” Senior Sergeant Brenda Orr said.The bushfire risk remains high in Victoria, with residents in the state’s far east told to flee their homes amid worsening conditions.
An emergency warning is in place for Bonang, Cabanandra, Deddick Valley, Dellicknora, Tubbut and Amboyne, in the state's East Gippsland region, with people urged to leave immediately"Leaving now is the safest option before conditions become too dangerous," the alert first issued on Saturday night said.Stay up to date with SBS NEWS
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