Lakes Entrance Cabins
Pedal boats on the shore at Lakes Entrance
Parts of the Lakes system are heavily used for commercial
and recreational fisheries and for other water-based recreation,
while the immediate hinterland has been developed for
agricultural uses and limited residential and tourism
purposes. Almost all of the lakes are accessible by boat
and boat-launching facilities are available at Hollands
Landing, Loch Sport (see entry on Sale), Paynesville,
Eagle Point, Toorloo Arm, Mill Point, Seacombe, Goon Nure,
Lakes Entrance, Nowa Nowa, Lake Tyers, Nungurner, Metung,
Nicholson and Johnsonville. For those without a boat,
fishing trips and boating tours of the lakes and rivers
are available from Paynesville and, in Lakes Entrance,
from Peel's Tourist and Ferry Service, tel: (03) 5155
1246. Small fishing boats can also be hired from the jetties
on Marine Parade. Black bream are especially plentiful
in the waters of the Gippsland Lakes.
At the present time salinity (caused chiefly by the
alteration of the ocean outlet) is destroying shoreline
vegetation which, in turn, is causing shoreline erosion
and thus accelerated deposition in the lakes. Vegetation
changes are also depleting the wetland fauna, including
some endangered bird species and the breeding habitats
for some fish species - some also rare. Moreover, wind-borne
salt is affecting vegetation near the shoreline and
destructive algal blooms have become a recurrent problem.
Industrial and domestic waste disposal, run-off and
a sewage treatment works are also affecting the waterways.
The lakes contain many archaeological sites, including
shell middens, scarred trees, occupation sites, burials
and axe-grinding grooves.
Stay in a Lakes Entrance cabin and enjoy the
Pedal boat and Lake. |
