Gotta catch 'em all: A Magmar Pokemon appeared on the corner of Liebig and Lava Streets on Friday.
During an Optus service outage on Wednesday, some south-west residents lamented the interruption to their Pokemon Go game – or even suggested its popularity may have been the cause of the disruption.
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The new Pokemon Go augmented reality app, which guides users to walk around and track down and catch creatures, only launched in Australia on Wednesday.
The creatures known as Pokemon were first popularised through Japanese video games in the 1990s.
In the game, the characters are realistically superimposed on to the user’s actual surroundings through the phone’s camera.
When The Standard took a brief stroll down Liebig Street on Friday, a Zubat, Caterpie and Poliwhirl all appeared in Warrnambool.
