Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Activities
Riviera Nautic
( 03-5156 2243;
www.rivieranautic.com.au
; 185 Metung Rd; yachts & cruisers for 3 days from $1089)
Getting
out on the water is easy enough: Riviera Nautic hires out boats and yachts for cruising,
fishing and sailing on the Gippsland Lakes.
BOATING
Slipway Boat Hire
( 03-5156 2469)
At the Metung Visitors Centre, Slipway Boat Hire has small motor boats
for hire from $60 per hour to $175 per day, including fuel.
BOATING
BOAT TOUR
Director
( 03-5156 2628;
www.thedirector.com.au
; 2½hr cruise adult/child/family $45/10/105; 3pm Tue, Thu & Sat)
If
you'd like to take it easy, take a cruise on board the
Director
to Ninety Mile Beach and
back.
Sleeping
The only budget accommodation is at the Metung Hotel (
Click here
)
. The nearest camp-
ing ground is up the road at Swan Reach.
Metung Holiday Villas
( 03-5156 2306;
www.metungholidayvillas.com
; cnr Mairburn & Stirling Rds; cabins $150-250; )
Me-
tung's former caravan park has reinvented itself as a minivillage of semiluxury cabins,
and is one of the best deals in Metung.
CABINS
$$
Moorings at Metung
( 03-5156 2750;
www.themoorings.com.au
;
44 Metung Rd; apt $150-390; )
At the end of the
road in Metung village and with water views to either Lake King or Bancroft Bay, this
contemporary apartment complex has a range of apartments, from spacious studios to
two-bedroom, split-level townhouses. Outside the peak season it's good value, with a ten-
nis court, indoor and outdoor pools, spa and marina.
APARTMENT
$$$
RESORT
$$$
McMillans of Metung
(
03-5156 2283;
www.mcmillansofmetung.com.au
;
155 Metung Rd; cottages $82-440, villas $88-367;
)
This swish lakeside resort has won stacks of tourism awards for its complex of English
