Evacuation Information
The first preference is for people to ‘shelter-in-place’ – stay where you are. Evacuations should only occur when the risk of sheltering in place is greater than the risk associated with leaving and moving to a place of lower risk.
Evacuation Centres/Assembly Areas/Helicopter Landing Sites
Evacuation Centres will be opened as demand requires. Information relating to the opening of Evacuation Centres will be announced via our information sources – please tune in to local radio – ABC 612 AM and Bay FM 100.3 and follow updates on the Redland City Council news site, Twitter and Facebook.
For information relating to current evacuations, please contact Redland City Council on 3829 8999.
The Evacuation Centres are the primary assembly areas during a disaster and will often have an oval or parkland nearby for a helicopter landing site that provide quick access to the Evacuation Centre. Accordingly, latitude and longitude information has been provided for the Evacuation Centres that have adjoining land size suitable to accommodate a helicopter landing site.
- Redlands Performing Arts Centre (RPAC)
2 Middle Street, Cleveland
Ph: 3829 8999 - Cleveland Showgrounds
Edgar Harley Pavilion
44-79 Smith Street, Cleveland
Ph: 3829 8999
Lat: -27.3206 Long: 153.1570 - Redlands Memorial Hall
44 Smith Street, Cleveland
Ph: 3829 8999
Lat: -27.3206 Long: 153.1570 - Wellington Point Recreational Hall
347-371 Birkdale Road, Wellington Point
Ph: 3829 8999 - Alexandra Hills Community Hall
131-155 Finucane Road, Alexandra Hills
Ph: 3829 8999
Lat: -27.5235 Long: 153.2170
Redland City Council and the Department of Education, Training and Employment have established a Memorandum of Understanding to allow suitable public school facilities to be used as evacuation centres during disasters. The facilities listed below are located closest to this suburb. View the full list of available evacuation sites for mainland Redland City here.
- Ormiston State School – Hall
82-110 Gordon Street, Ormiston
Ph: 3824 9111
Lat: -27.5169 Long: 153.2571 - Cleveland State School – Hall
Cnr Queens and Wynyard Streets, Cleveland
Ph: 3488 1333
Lat: -27.5297 Long: 153.2707 - Wellington Point State High School – Hall
2-34 Bagden Road, Wellington Point
Ph: 3820 4222
Lat: -27.4920 Long: 153.2309 - Wellington Point State School – Hall
452-478 Main Road, Wellington Point
Ph: 3286 0666
Lat: -27.4902 Long: 153.2372 - Alexandra Hills State High School – Hall
3-21 Windemere Road, Alexandra Hills
Ph: 3820 1444
Lat: -27.5229 Long: 153.2120 - Alexandra Hills State School – Performing Arts-Block J
12 Princeton Avenue, Alexandra Hills
Ph: 3820 0333
Lat: -27.5189 Long: 153.2199 - Hilliard State School – Hall
106-110 Hanover Drive, Alexandra Hills
Ph: 3820 1666
Lat: -27.5428 Long: 153.2324 - Vienna Woods State School – Hall
12-30 Heffernan Road, Alexandra Hills
Ph: 3824 1850
Lat: -27.5259 Long: 153.2305
Evacuation Routes
If you need to evacuate, it is recommended that you seek shelter with family or friends in the first instance. If these options are not available to you, we will establish crises accommodation in the form of Evacuation Centres or another appropriate means of short-term accommodation. When evacuating from your home, your chosen evacuation route should always be the most direct and safest route available, be aware of possible localised flooding.
Please tune in to ABC 612 AM and Bay FM 100.3 for warnings of road closures and follow updates on the Redland City Council news site, Twitter and Facebook.
Remember: If it’s flooded, forget it!
If you are evacuating the Ormiston area to stay with family or friends outside of the Redlands, the following evacuation routes are recommended:
- Exit Redland City by travelling south along Wellington Street to the intersection with Shore Street West, turn right and head west along Shore Street West, Finucane Road and Old Cleveland Road toward Brisbane.
- Exit Redland City by travelling south along Wellington Street to the intersection with Shore Street West, continue through the around-about along Wellington Street travelling south to the intersection with Boundary Road. Continue through the intersection travelling south along Woodlands Drive to Mt Cotton Road, turn left and continue travelling south along Mt Cotton Road to the intersection of Redland Bay Road, Cornubia; then travel west along Redland Bay Road toward the M1, Loganholme.
Please Note: this evacuation route is not recommended during periods of heavy rainfall as Mt Cotton Road is susceptible to flash flooding near the intersection with Woodlands Drive.