Come and enjoy the smooth vocals with splendid muscianship resulting in beautifully delivered jazz, blues, swing and samba. Their repertoire includes favourites such as Pennies from Heaven and Fly Me to the Moon. As their name suggests, they have a General Store of all the things you need for a good night of music. Just add wine and friends! Concert commences at 8pm sharp. Please arrive 15 minutes before the show. Supervised children under 16 free of charge.
Twin Rivers Farm-Food and Wine Trail is the best place to begin your food lovers’ journey. Pick up a brochure from the Visitor Information Centre for your introduction to some of the best farm fresh produce, fruit, herbs, wine and café treats.
Ramble around these country roads and all kinds of produce will be offered up to, with seasonal signage alerting you to extra special delights, like tasting the sweet flesh of a just picked peach from a local orchard.
Your gourmet induced whirl will continue as you visit lakeside villages. From the freshest fish and chips you will ever taste to waterside dining, your taste buds will be working out. Look out for Duck Fish and Flathead, locally fished and very tasty. Buy some prawns off the trawler in Lakes Entrance, cooked as they are caught you will never taste better.
Say cheese and we will ask ‘what kind?’ Gippsland cheeses are renowned, with organic goat varieties the new kid in town.
Don’t forget to sample our wines. Smaller, intimate wineries are home to special varietal offerings like pinot noir and chardonnay. The hinterland of the lakes around Bruthen and Swan Reach with its special climate makes for great grapes, so great wine is the outcome. Local bottle shops and cellar doors stock most labels.
Come and enjoy a relaxing meal at Clancy's Restaurant, fully licensed and BYO premises, there is a comprehensive wine list with local and regional wines available. Specialising in steak and seafood the restaurant is open seven nights a week.
Experience fantastic food and wine while overlooking the fishing fleet of Lakes Entrance! Open 7 days for breakfast and dinner. Happy hour every day from 5pm. The lounge bar boasts a full cocktail section, tapas bar, 106 cm plasma screen and fire pla...
Ferrymans Cafe is open daily from 10am until late, come and enjoy a beautiful meal for lunch served from 12 noon or dinner served from 6pm. Dine in style on the floating cafe set amongst the fishing fleet of Lakes Entrance and simply enjoy coffee and...
For those who are inspired by food and win, Season restaurant and bar within Kings Cove Club will delight you. A mouth-watering a la carte menu of modern Australian cuisine is offered by our award winning chef and his team using fresh local produce. ...
The Lakes Entertainment Centre offers fantastic bistro and bar meals, including Pizzas, Pasta and Aussie cuisine, Live entertainment, children's playground and gaming facilities.
The Lakes Entrance Bowls Club is open Monday - Saturday 9.30am till late and Sunday 10am till 11pm. Bowls is played Tuesdays-Sundays all year round, competition and social bowls or a 'roll-up'. Coaching available. Visitors most welcome.
The Bowls C...
The Lakes Entrance RSL club offers fully licensed Scallop Pot Restaurant which boasts Australian and Chinese cuisine including Chef's, the club can accommodate up to 150 guests in an elegant, relaxed atmosphere. Gaming facilities and Members Lounge. ...
The Nicholson River Winery wines are very individual and show the regional character of softness and distinct lingering flavours. We make ddry, sweet and sparkling styles using Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Mrlot, Caber...
High quality wines. Enjoy wine tastings, wine by the glass, platters, terrines and much more in a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere overlooking the beautiful waterways of Paynesville.
Beautiful giftware, gourmet foods, boutique beers, local produc...
Wyanga Park Winery is Gippsland's oldest winery, with easy access by car or boat, estate grown reds and whites and free wine tasting they are open 7 days a week. Within the Winery is Henry's Winery Cafe that serves lunch every day and Dinner on Frid...
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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