Boating Destinations

The Gippsland Lakes cover more than 400 square kilometers of waterways.

The Gippsland Lakes Classic Boat Club has compiled a list of boating destinations on the Gippsland Lakes. These destination notes include detailed information about all aspects of each location including embedded maps, photo libraries, activities, cautions, safety notes and services available at each destination.

Progressively additional destinations and updates will be added to this folder, so please bookmark this page as a handy boating reference tool to help residents and visitors enjoy our waterways.

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Lakes Entrance - Bulmer Street Jetties
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Lakes Entrance - Bulmer Street Jetties
Located at the end of Bilmer Street in Lakes Entrance are the latest construction of public jetties officially opened in November 2023.  
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Boxes Creek
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Boxes Creek
Boxes Creek is a picturesque and quiet estuary providing good shelter from poor weather Located about 2km East of Metung, Boxes Creek is the second waterway on the northern shoreline (Chinamans...
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The Back-Lake
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The Back-Lake
The Back-Lake is an all time favorite of the local boating community. In a quiet bush location setback and sheltered from the beach, there are a number of campsites with fireplaces, picnic tabl...
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Nyerimilang Jetty
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Nyerimilang Jetty
Nyerimilang Jetty is a little gem tucked away on the northern shoreline of Reeve channel. Providing water access to the Nyerimilang Park, Nyerimilang jetty is often overlooked as a destina...
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Rotamah Island
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Rotamah Island
Rotamah Island forms part of the Lakes National Park and is located in-between Sperm Whale Head and Ocean Grange directly south from Paynesville.
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Wattle Point
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Wattle Point
Duck Arm and Picnic Arm are two adjoining very well sheltered waterways about 20 minutes @ 7 Knots south of Paynesville; providing a relaxing and popular boating destination catering overnight stop...
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Lakes Entrance - Cunningham Quay
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Lakes Entrance - Cunningham Quay
Cunningham Quay provides safe and sheltered berthing to boaties visiting Lakes Entrance via a combination of jetty and wharf berths. Centrally located in Cunningham Arm, about half way along th...
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Kalimna Jetty
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Kalimna Jetty
The Kalimna Jetty is a nice quiet little jetty located just west of Lakes Entrance. Set in a small isolated rainforest, Kalimina provides visitors with a small but pretty beach, toilet faciliti...
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Lakes Entrance - Myer Street Jetty
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Lakes Entrance - Myer Street Jetty
The Myer Street jetty is a new and modern installation located on the eastern end of Lakes Entrance next to the Cunningham footbridge. The beautiful parkland will pleasantly surprise visitors t...
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Lakes Entrance - Reeve Landing
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Lakes Entrance - Reeve Landing
The Reeve Landing jetty is a small jetty located on Bullock Island and overlooking the main entrance bar between the lakes and ocean. Due to the small size of this jetty, only 2 boats on averag...
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Become a sponsor of the Gippsland Lakes Classic Boat Club
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Become a sponsor of the Gippsland Lakes Classic Boat Club
Do you own a tourism or boating based business in Gippsland? Would your business benefit from leads generated by members of the public searching for boating related information about the Gippsland ...
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Paynesville - Progress jetty
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Paynesville - Progress jetty
Progress Jetty is located on the southern side of Paynesville on the Gippsland Lakes overlooking the mouth of the Newlands Arm waterway.
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Lakes Entrance - Wyanga Park Winery
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Lakes Entrance - Wyanga Park Winery
Tucked away on the picturesque North Arm of the Gippsland Lakes at Lakes Entrance is Wyanga Park, Gippsland's oldest family run winery. Owned and run by Geoff and Sarah Mahlook, visitors ca...
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Sperm Whale Head
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Sperm Whale Head
Sperm Whale Head forms part of the Lakes National Park, and is located on the eastern point of a landmass that from the air or on a map resembles the shape of a sperm whale.
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Steamer Landing
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Steamer Landing
Steamer Landing is located about 1km east from Ocean Grange on a thin strip of bushland in-between and accessible via the Aurora Channel and Bass Strait; and forms part of the “back-lake&rdqu...
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Eagle Point
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Eagle Point
Eagle Point is a quiet village located on Eagle Bay in-between Bairnsdale and Paynesville.  
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Emu Bight
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Emu Bight
The Emu Bight campground is located on the northern shoreline of the Lakes National Park.
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Lakes Entrance
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Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance is one of the largest and most popular tourist destinations on the Gippsland Lakes. 
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Gravelly Beach / Point (Raymond Island)
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Gravelly Beach / Point (Raymond Island)
Gravelly Beach (Point) is a beautiful beach located on the south eastern side of Raymond Island
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Resides Jetty (Raymond Island)
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Resides Jetty (Raymond Island)
Resides Jetty provides a nice beach access to the eastern side of Raymond Island
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Plover Point
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Plover Point
Plover Point is a beach sandbar on the far western end of the McLennan Strait that runs between Lake Wellington and Lake Victoria on the Gippsland Lakes.
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Paynesville
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Paynesville
Paynesville is one of Gippsland favorite holiday, boating and dining destinations on the Gippsland Lakes.
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Tambo River
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Tambo River
The Tambo River is a waterway entering the north eastern side of Lake King in the Gippsland Lakes. By boat, you can travel upstream passing the Harry Clues memorial park at Johnsonville and then on...
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Bairnsdale on the Mitchell River
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Bairnsdale on the Mitchell River
Bairnsdale hosts a quiet and picturesque waterfront, wharf and boating destination on the Mitchell River.
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Nungurner
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Nungurner
Nungurner is a peaceful little jetty located on the northern shoreline of the Bancroft Bay – Kalimna Gippsland Lakes Reserve about 5 Km East of Metung .
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Barrier Landing
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Barrier Landing
Barrier Landing is one of the most popular destinations on the Gippsland Lakes. 
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Metung
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Metung
Metung is a quiet waterfront town within the Gippsland lakes situated between Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance, and is located on a thin peninsula of land that extends into Lake King.
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Duck Arm & Picnic Arm
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Duck Arm & Picnic Arm
Duck Arm and Picnic Arm are two adjoining very well sheltered waterways about 20 minutes @ 7 Knots south of Paynesville; providing a relaxing and popular boating destination catering overnight stop...
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Nicholson River
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Nicholson River
The Nicholson River is a waterway entering the eastern side of Jones Bay on the northern side of the Gippsland Lakes. By boat, you can travel upstream through some beautiful wetlands towards the to...
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Ocean Grange
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Ocean Grange
Ocean Grange is located on a thin strip of bushland in-between and accessible via the Aurora Channel and Bass Strait; and forms part of the “back-lake” region on the Gippsland Lakes.
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