The heat and fire in Melbourne forced the cancellation of the Moomba Parade. Those who attended the Grampians Music Festival could.
In four states, the long weekend saw record-high temperatures.
The Moomba Parade organisers stated that the difficult choice was made “to ensure the health and safety” of volunteers, employees, participants, and spectators. Nothing more is scheduled to happen.
The Country Fire Authority recommended Pitch Music and Arts goers depart early on Saturday morning because of bushfires, the festival reported on Instagram. The competition takes place from March 8–12 in Moyston. The temperature is expected to reach 38°C on Saturday and 39°C on Sunday.
The advertising advised delaying your arrival until Saturday.
Every day, there will be a tremendous celebration. pleasant evenings.
People are warned by the CFA to evacuate fire-prone places early, such as the Pitch Festival.
On Sunday, there is relatively low fire risk in the state.
Free shuttle vans took festivalgoers from Pitch to Ararat station on Saturdays. Authorities stated they were working with the police and that there were no flames.
The producers of the Pitch Festival have confirmed that festivities will start on Saturday at 6 p.m. and go on throughout the weekend. While they “work through the specifics” of refunds, ticket holders will be notified by the organisers as further information becomes available.
Individuals “are not remaining in their campsites in the heat of the day.” “Light entertainment under the shade” will start sooner than 6 p.m. There’s going to be yoga.
On Instagram, Pitch received inquiries from eight hundred people asking why the festival wasn’t postponed.
The wifi at the food booth required payment in order for customers to access information.
a journalist, “I had to go around and ask people if they knew what was going on because all of the sets at the stages stopped without warning.”
Another said that after missing shows and wasting money, their party left early on Saturday.
Bailey Ibbs announced the cancellation of his Saturday night show on social media.
“I’m incredibly upset and gutted, but that’s life due to CFA advice,” he wrote in an Instagram post.
On the Moyston CFA Facebook groups, event producers are talked about.
stated, “We are going to keep working with the festival and wish them all the best for a safe and successful event.”
A Golden Plains event and Pitch are two hours apart. The gates opened on Saturday at 8 a.m.
Record-high temperatures are predicted for South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, and New South Wales on Saturday and Monday.
On Saturday, burning was forbidden in five regions of Victoria. The restriction covers Wimmera, West, South, Central, North Central, and Southwest Gippsland.
On Saturday, the temperature in Melbourne will be 39°C, while it will be 41°C in Avalon, Warrnambool, and Torquay. The state capital will be 41°C, while the tourist towns around the Murray River will be 40°C. The sixth-highest maximum temperature might be found in southwesterly regions.
Only three days in Melbourne have seen temperatures exceeding 38 °C in the last 100 years, according to senior meteorologist Lincoln Trainor of the Bureau of Meteorology.
Victoria fires are seldom started on Sundays.
Due to a heatwave concentrated west of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia may see low 40s temperatures during the long weekend.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicted heat from Ceduna to Port Lincoln, Adelaide, Barossa Valley, Narracoorte, and Mount Gambier.
Late on Friday, the state issued a code red in order to aid the homeless.
Adelaide’s festivals have brought new life to the Adelaide Cup horse racing programme, the Fringe festival, and the South Australian athletics championship.
There will be severe heatwaves in Tasmania’s northeast and north. Burnie, Devonport, Swansea, Richmond, and Whitemark are a few of the impacted locations.
Trainor predicts that when the temperature hits 35 degrees on Sunday, Hobart will surpass its record low of 21.1 degrees Celsius set in March. On Sunday, the entire state will be free; on Tuesday, only King Island will be.
The Riverina, Lower Western, Upper Western, and South West Slopes of southern New South Wales are all experiencing a heatwave with temperatures in the 30s.
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