Lakes Entrance, Victoria

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Lakes Entrance
Victoria

Location of Lakes Entrance in Victoria (red)
Population: 4093 (2006)[1]
Postcode: 3909
Elevation: 43 m (141 ft)
Location: 40 km (25 mi) SE of Bairnsdale
LGA: Shire of East Gippsland
State District: Gippsland East
Federal Division: Gippsland
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall
19.1 °C
66 °F		 10.3 °C
51 °F		 711.2 mm
28 in

Lakes Entrance is a tourist resort and fishing port in eastern Victoria, Australia. It is situated 320 kilometres east of Melbourne near a managed, naturally occurring channel connecting the Gippsland Lakes to the Bass Strait. At the 2006 census, Lakes Entrance had a population of 4093.

Lakes Entrance, which lies almost at sea level, can be accessed from Melbourne via Bairnsdale and the town of Kalimna to the north west by a stretch of the Princes Highway, which snakes down and around a point protruding into the Gippsland Lakes known as "Jemmy's Point". Spectacular views of the entrance and of the Lakes can be seen from various look-outs on Jemmy's Point. The Princes Highway leaves the north east side of the town through hilly countryside towards Nowa Nowa and Orbost.

Lakes Entrance is predominantly a fishing- and tourism-driven town; the main beach front is a safe harbour for many major commercial fishing and recreational watersport operations. The surf beach is patrolled by the Lakes Entrance Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC)[2] between November and March every summer, with lifeguard patrols from late December to late January. The waterfront is populated by restaurants, shops and caravan parks. The town's main residential areas lie farther inland.

Nearby major towns include Bairnsdale and Orbost.

Minor towns include Swan Reach, Johnsonville, Kalimna, Nicholson, Metung and Lake Tyers.

Lakes Entrance boasts beautiful beaches and lakes
Lakes Entrance boasts beautiful beaches and lakes

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Lakes Entrance (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
  2. ^ Life Saving Victoria - Lakes Entrance

[edit] Gallery

90 mile beach

90 mile beach

The Entrance to Gippsland Lakes at Lakes Entrance

The Lakes Entrance SLSC's Lookout Tower on the Main Surf Beach

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Lakes Entrance (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
  2. ^ Life Saving Victoria - Lakes Entrance

Coordinates: 37°53′S, 147°59′E

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