Lakes Entrance

Lakes Entrance
Victoria

Lakes Entrance. The town is on the left and "The Entrance" is near the centre

Lakes Entrance

Coordinates

37°52′0″S 147°59′0″E / 37.86667°S 147.98333°ECoordinates: 37°52′0″S 147°59′0″E / 37.86667°S 147.98333°E

Population

4,569 (2011 census)

Postcode(s)

3909

Elevation

2 m (7 ft)

Location

321 km (199 mi) E of Melbourne
40 km (25 mi) SE of Bairnsdale

LGA(s)

Shire of East Gippsland

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
22.1 °C ^{72 °F}	12.3 °C ^{54 °F}	711.2 mm ^{28 in}

Lakes Entrance is a seaside resort and fishing port in eastern Victoria, Australia. It is situated approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi) east of Melbourne, near a managed, artificial channel connecting the Gippsland Lakes to the Bass Strait. At the 2011 census, Lakes Entrance had a population of 4,569.

The township was originally named Cunninghame, the Post Office of that name opening on 5 February 1870. It was renamed Lakes Entrance on 1 January 1915.

Lakes Entrance, which lies almost at sea level, can be reached from Melbourne via Bairnsdale and the town of Kalimna to the north-west by a stretch of the Princes Highway, which snakes down and around a point protruding into the Gippsland Lakes known as "Jemmy's Point". Spectacular views of The Entrance and of the Lakes can be seen from various look-outs on Jemmy's Point. The Princes Highway leaves the north-east side of the town through hilly countryside towards Nowa Nowa and Orbost.

Lakes Entrance is predominantly a fishing and tourism-driven town; the main beach front is a safe harbour for many major commercial fishing and recreational watersport operations. The surf beach is patrolled by the Lakes Entrance Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) between November and March every summer, with lifeguard patrols from late December to late January. The waterfront is populated by the fishing fleet and two floating restaurants- Ferrymans Seafood Cafe and The Floating Dragon Dockside Restaurant. The main street consists of shops, caravan parks, a Safeway, a Target Country store that opened in 2007, a McDonald's restaurant that opened in September 1997. The town's main residential areas lie farther inland.

Lakes Entrance is a very popular spot for camping in caravan parks, and in free camping spots in Colquhoun State Forest.

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