Ladies and Gentlemen,

The following information is as it stands in Country Victoria today with respect to the Bushfires.


Mountain Blue ? Hills Region

Deliveries to the following towns will not be possible today and in some cases for an extended period of time.

Narbethong, Buxton, King Lake, King Lake West, Marysville, Pheasants Creek, Toolangi, Steels Creek, Dixons Creek and Yarra Glen.

The deliveries to Yarra Glen will be attempted which includes the bank but they are only letting residents through here. The freight will be given to a driver who is a resident and they will see how we go. The banks have been delivered and will be picked up.

The freight for the towns in bold has been given back to the Dx Linehaul driver to return to Freight Solutions as these towns were completely decimated.


Seymour / Kilmore / Wallan / Broadford

The Seymour agent is advising that deliveries to Thornton, Taggerty and Eildon will not be able to be done today. There is very little left of the Townships of Glenburn and Flowerdale and this freight will be returned to Freight Solutions should it come through.

Deliveries and pick ups in the Kilmore / Wallan and Broadford areas should be ok but it is a case of seeing where we can get to.

The Pm Linehaul into Essendon this evening maybe delayed by 45mins due to the fact that the normal rendezvous location at Clonbinane is not accessible and they will have to meet in Seymour.

Pick ups in the Alexandra and Yea Townships will not be able to be done this afternoon due to these towns being under threat. The banks have been notified and the driver will do his pick ups in Mansfield now and head back to Seymour via the Hume Hwy.


Wangaratta

A major Fire is heading to the town of Beechworth. At this stage the agent believes all deliveries will be done, however things could change quickly. Depending on the situation some afternoon services may be affected.

Pick ups should be ok in Beechworth. However we have not been able to get to Mount Beauty and as a result no deliveries or pick ups have been done in and around this Township, including the banks.


Albury

This region is affected by some road closures only. They will attempt everything but there may be some towns on the Victorian side of the border that they might not be allowed to get to.

The situation here has got a worse since this morning with more fires breaking out. All pick ups will be fine in the major towns of Albury and Wodonga and no bank pick ups have been affected. However some of the outlying Townships we may not be able to get to.



Bendigo

The towns affected here are Maiden Gully, Long Gully and Kangaroo Flat. Private House Deliveries and Pick ups may not be able to be done in these locations.

There is a new fire in Redesdale which is heading towards Heathcote. Pick ups in Heathcote may be affected.


Warragul

The agent is advising that all deliveries and pick ups should be ok in this region. NO Change.


Morwell / Traralgon

The agent is advising that all deliveries and pick ups should be ok in this region. NO Change.


Sale

The agent is advising that they can not get into the town of Yarram.

At this stage we can not deliver the bank bags to the CBA, ANZ, Westpac, NAB and the Bendigo Bank. NO Change