Michael V said:

Neophyte said:

The refinery on fire in Geelong appeared in the 1959 movie “On The Beach” playing the part of a San Diego refinery.

Very, very scary movie; I watched it as a kid at the Wagga Drive-In. I was pretending to be asleep on a mattress in the back of the car, but I wasn’t.

I read the book when I was a teenager, but I’ve never seen the film.