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Code red closures - Northern Country

On days of Code Red Fire Danger Rating all parks identified as 'high bushfire risk' will be closed for public safety.

Those sites that have been assessed to have a low level of risk or actions have been taken to reduce the bushfire risk will remain open on Code Red days.

See below for a complete list of open and closed parks within the Bureau of Meteorology's Northern Country forecast district.

 

Parks closed

All state forest in the area

Kooyoora State Park
Barmah National Park Lower Goulburn National Park
Bendigo Regional Park Murray River Reserves
Cobram Regional Park Seven Creeks Wildlife Reserve
Echuca Regional Park Tocumwal Regional Park
Gemmil Swamp Nature Conservation Reserve Warby Ovens National Park
Greater Bendigo National Park Whroo Historic Area
Gunbower National Park Yarrawonga Regional Park
Heathcote-Graytown National Park  

  

Parks open

Days Mill Historic Area Lower Ovens Wildlife Area
Gaynor Swamp Wildlife Reserve Runnymede Nature Conservation Reserve
Reef Hills State Park Terrick Terrick National Park

 

List accurate as of December 2010

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