3-day Lakes Entrance tour

We depart from Melbourne and travel east along the Princes Hwy passing through Warragul, Moe, Traralgon, Sale and Bairnsdale, where we stop for morning tea.

Afterwards, we then visit St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church. This is one of the most notable landmarks of Bairnsdale, known for its distinctively tall tower and murals on its ceiling and walls. These murals were painted by out of work Italian artist Francesco Floreani during the Great Depression and remain a fascination to this day.

Then we will travel to our destination – Lakes Entrance arriving at our motel around 5 pm. We will then freshen up and then enjoy dinner with our friends.

Motel TBA Overnight Lakes Entrance

This morning soon after our breakfast we shall explore the area by touring around to see the amazing mountains to inland lakes as rural Gippsland reach from east of outlying Melbourne, out to the border with NSW to the west and with the Great Dividing Range to the north, and to the south the roaring Bass Strait.

Lakes Entrance is the home to one of the biggest fishing fleets in Australia. Lakes Entrance is well supplied with seafood and fish restaurants on the wide esplanade. See the Fisherman’s’ Co-op bring in their catch from the harbourside viewing platform and view an amazing collection of seashells.

Lakes Entrance (Ninety Mile Beach and other wild unspoilt ocean beaches and seafood fresh from the ocean, native wildlife, rugged forests, cruise the waterways or dine beside a lake, the biggest inland waterways in the country fed by five major rivers, might be a good idea to also take a Cruise on the Lake to enjoy the abundant in birdlife, fish and island-based wildlife.

We freshen up before dinner.

This morning soon after our breakfast we say goodbye to our host and Lakes Entrance before returning to Melbourne via the alternative route, diverting to the ‘High Rd’, the Princes Highway, through pretty country towns and the Latrobe Valley, or travelling through South Gippsland with award-winning wineries, historical villages, national parks, and awesome ocean vistas.

Leaving behind the Gippsland Lakes (five rivers form this lake behind Ninety Mile Beach, water activities, fishing, boating) or Lake Wellington (the largest of the Gippsland Lakes), see Paynesville, Bairnsdale, Sale, then take to the coast to Port Welshpool, Foster, Venus Bay, Wonthaggi, Koo-wee-Rup, or keeping to the Princess Highway via Rosedale, Traralgon, Morwell, Newborough, Moe, Trafalgar, Warragul, Drouin, Bunyip, and Pakenham.