Commences at 7pm for 7:30pm start, Tables of 8 required $15 per ticket. Nibbles suppied, drinks at bar prices. Heaps of Give aways and two of Lakes best Chefs are up for auction to cater for your own! Tables are limited so get your tickets soon! Contact Monica for more details and tickets.
Our region is keen to showcase its competitive advantages to you, and the East Gippsland Shire Economic Development Unit (see the link below) is your one-stop-shop for assistance. If you need information on potential investment opportunities, research and statistics, value adding, new technology application or even support with funding applications we will be pleased to assist you and help you facilitate your project.
East Gippsland’s climate and environment are just about perfect. Coastal areas are blessed with a Mediterranean-like climate – warm summers and mild winters, and a more alpine climate exists in our ‘High Country’. Mean daily maximums in the commercial centre of Bairnsdale range between 15° and 25° Celsius, and minimums between 3.8° to13.7° Celsius – what could be more favourable? And with rainfall averaging between 600mm-900mm in many parts of the region it’s no wonder that agriculture and horticulture thrive here.
East Gippsland is renowned for its wonderful environment including pristine lakes and rivers, snow capped mountains and far-reaching coastal wilderness. These outstanding natural assets are a drawcard not only to over almost 1.1 million visitors annually, but to an increasing influx of new residents seeking the ‘good life’.
An extensive infrastructure grid exists across the region which spans 22,000 square kilometres in eastern Victoria. We are ideally situated between Australia’s two major commercial hubs and ports in Melbourne and Sydney. And with a world class road network offering easy access to both, as well as to the Nations’ capital Canberra, freighting by road is easy and efficient.
All main utilities are available including power and gas (LPG supply extensive, natural gas supply limited), together with high quality telecommunications. Mobile phone coverage and broadband is accessible in most of the region.
East Gippsland offers a quality lifestyle and the workforce in the region is stable and plentiful. Affordable housing and good community facilities and support all contribute to a very desirable quality of life.
There are many other advantages making East Gippsland the right place to be your business base – the strength and stability of existing businesses will attest to this. And coupled with our natural environment, great infrastructure and community support programs our region can provide you with the opportunity to seize and realise your true business potential.
Australia’s Coastal Wilderness National Landscape was launched by the Federal Minister for Tourism, the Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP last Friday 1 August in Torquay in association with the launch of the Great Ocean Road National Landscape.
The Launch was attended by a number of East Gippslanders including Chair of the Australia’s Coastal Wilderness Steering Committee Phil Rickards who is also the Tourism Coordinator for the East Gippsland Shire.
In his address, Minister Ferguson acknowledged that whilst he would have liked very much to have launched each of the eight individual landscapes in each region, due to time constraints that had not been possible. However, he said he hoped to be able to visit the Australia’s Coastal Wilderness region at some stage in the future.
The Minister acknowledged the work of the Steering Committees in getting their respective landscapes accepted into the program.
“I would particularly like to welcome members of the landscapes steering committees who I know are passionately enthused about this project. Enthusiasm in a service-oriented industry such as tourism is critical. So is innovation and I believe the National Landscapes Program will provide the impetus for Australia as a nation to view the relationship between tourism and our natural landscapes in an innovative light.
“Much like the members of the Steering Committees, I am passionately enthused by the natural beauty of Australia. I do believe the landscapes which surround us are unparalleled in their beauty. In the fiercely competitive world of tourism they present us with enormous opportunity and point of difference.
Who would not want to visit those National Landscapes already launched, they being The Australian Alps, Australia’s Red Centre, The Flinders Ranges, Australia’s Green Cauldron and the Greater Blue Mountains? I am pleased today to add the Great Ocean Road and Australia’s Coastal Wilderness to the list of regions included in the National Landscapes Program
“To qualify as a National Landscape the location must be a world-class landscape of natural, cultural and spiritual assets, distinctive to Australia.
“Australia’s Coastal Wilderness has a significance which has long been internationally recognized. It is a site of more than national significance and includes Croajingolong National Park which was in 1977 proclaimed a World Biosphere Region by UNESCO.”
“The landscapes I am announcing today have been included in this unique program because they are more than just a group of appealing destinations. They are regions, which as a whole, are much greater than just the sum of their parts. They are distinctively Australian natural and cultural environments. And they will appeal to Tourism Australia’s target market, experience seekers; travelers of all ages who wish to experience new adventures and destinations which enable them to engage with a local culture.
“I congratulate the steering committees for the Great Ocean Road and Australia’s Coastal Wilderness on achieving National Landscape status for these wonderful regions”, concluded Minister Ferguson.
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