When it comes to being prepared for bushfire season, knowing your places of last resort is vital.
While getting out early is encouraged first and foremost, there are places available for Yarra Ranges residents to seek refuge in the case of a bushfire emergency.
On Tuesday 25. November’s Yarra Ranges Council Meeting, the motion to confirm 19 recommended places of last resort for the 25-26 fire season was carried unanimously.
Councillor Jim Child confirmed that if people choose not to leave early and end up at one of the designated places of last resort, they will be “on their own.”
The places of last resort are a mixture of public and private property and are listed as follows;
Belgrave Recreation Reserve Oval, on Reserve Road Belgrave 3160
Belgrave Belgrave Alexanders Carpark, on Terrys Ave, Belgrave 3160
Coldstream Halley Supple Reserve Oval, Bounded by South Gateway and North Gateway Coldstream 3770
Dixons Creek Dixons Recreation Reserve Oval, on Melba Highway (between Pinnacle Lane and Lorimers Lane) Dixons Creek 3775
Healesville Queens Park Bounded by Don Rd, Maroondah Hwy & Badger Creek Rd (entry off Don Road) Healesville 3777
Healesville RACV Country Club Underground Car Park, on Healesville-Kinglake Road (near corner Chum Creek Road) Healesville 3777
Lilydale Recreational Reserve area on Main Street (Maroondah Highway) opposite Hutchinson Street in Lilydale 3140
Lilydale Lake Park (Between Car Park, Playground and Rotunda), on Swansea Road in Lilydale 3140
Monbulk Recreational Reserve Oval on Moores Road (near McAllister Road) in Monbulk 3793
Mount Evelyn Yarra Hills Secondary School Oval, bounded by Old Hereford Road, Mikado Road and Burdap Drive (Reserve access Road) in Mount Evelyn 3796
Seville Recreational Reserve on the first oval on 20-28 Monbulk-Seville Road, in Seville 3139
Upwey Recreation Reserve Oval, on Alexander Ave (opposite Austral Ave) entry also via Chosen Ave in Upwey 3158
Upwey Dandenong Ranges Community Cultural Centre ‘Burrinja’ (Rear Car Park) Corner Glenfern Road and Matson Drive in Upwey 3158
Wandin North Reserve Oval on the Corner of Clegg Road and Warburton Highway in Wandin North 3139
Woori Yallock Recreation Reserve Oval on Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road opposite Nester Road in Woori Yallock 3139
Yarra Valley Racing Centre carpark area) on Armstrong Grove in Yarra Glen 3775
Yarra Junction Recreation Reserve Oval on Park Road off Warburton Highway in Yarra Junction 3797
Millgrove Recreation Reserve on Moore Crescent in Millgrove 3799
Warburton Recreation Reserve Oval at 3455 Warburton Highway in Warburton 3799
There are three Community Fire Refuge (CFR) locations within the Yarra Ranges municipality which will remain designated during the 2025/26 fire danger period.
The three CFR locations within the Yarra Ranges are; The Millwarra Primary School. East Warburton Campus on Woods Point Rd East Warburton, The Ferny Creek Primary School on School Rd in Ferny Creek, and the Wesburn/Millgrove CFA Fire Station on the Warburton Highway in Millgrove.
