Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Festivals & Events
Paynesville Jazz Festival
(
MUSIC
Feb)
The popular Paynesville Jazz Festival happens on the last weekend in February .
Sleeping & Eating
Mariners Cove
( 03-5156 7444;
www.marinerscoveresort.com
; d $100-165, f $165, apt $160-225; )
These bright, sunny,
waterside motel-style units are well located near the Raymond Island ferry. Boat hire is
available.
MOTEL
$$
Fisherman's Wharf Pavilion
( 03-5156 0366; 70 The Esplanade; lunch $8-24, dinner $22-43; 8am-3pm & 6-8pm Tue-Sun)
Perched over
the water and with an alfresco deck, this airy cafe is a sublime place for a pancake break-
fast or quiche for lunch on a sunny day. By night it's a fine-dining steak-and-seafood res-
taurant, using fresh, local produce.
CAFE, SEAFOOD
$$
Getting There & Away
Paynesville is 16km south of Bairnsdale along the C604 - watch for signs to the turn-off
along the Princes Hwy in the centre of Bairnsdale.
V/Line coaches travel twice daily between Bairnsdale and Paynesville (30 to 40
minutes), connecting with onward, Melbourne-bound trains.
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Metung
POP 1010
Curling around Bancroft Bay, little Metung is one of the prettiest towns in the Lakes Dis-
trict. Besotted locals call it the Gippsland Riviera, and with its absolute waterfront loca-
tion and unhurried charm it's hard to argue.
At high noon pelicans fly in like dive bombers for fish dispensed outside the Metung
Hotel. Pelicans can tell time - or at least when it's time for a free feed.
