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Popular Victorian Falls Festival cancelled due to extreme heat, bushfire risk

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.

The popular Falls Festival in Victoria has been cancelled due to extreme weather.
The popular Falls Festival in Victoria has been cancelled due to extreme weather. Source: NOISE11

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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.

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