Lakes Entrance, Victoria
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Lakes Entrance is a
Victoria, Australia. It is situated approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi) east of Melbourne, near a managed, artificial channel connecting the Gippsland Lakes to Bass Strait. At the 2016 census, Lakes Entrance had a population of 4,810.[2]
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.[3]
Description
Lakes Entrance, which lies almost at sea level, can be reached from
Orbost. It has the largest number of inland waterways in the southern hemisphere. The ninety-mile beach is a big tourist attraction and the various national parks of Gippsland touch the coastline of Lakes Entrance. Two of the most scenic driving routes are also a part of this region, the Great Alpine Road and The Sydney to Melbourne Coastal Drive.[4]
Lakes Entrance is predominantly a fishing and tourism-driven town; the main beach front is a harbour for commercial fishing and recreational watersport operations. The surf beach is patrolled by the
Woolworths supermarket
, a Target Country store that opened in 2007, a KFC and a McDonald's restaurant that opened in September 1997. The town's main residential areas lie farther inland.
Lakes Entrance has a number of camping and caravan parks, and free camping spots in Colquhoun State Forest.[6]
It can be reached from Melbourne on a train to Bairnsdale, followed by an approximately 35 minute connecting bus ride.
Nearby major towns include
Orbost. Lakes Entrance falls within the Shire of East Gippsland
.
Other towns include
Metung and Lake Tyers
.
Population
According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 4,810 people in Lakes Entrance.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.
- 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 3.9%.
- 84.1% of people spoke only English at home.
- The most common responses for religion were No Religion 32.5%, Catholic 20.6% and Anglican 15.9%.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Lakes Entrance (Eastern Beach Road) (2006–2022) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 44.6 (112.3) |
46.4 (115.5) |
39.0 (102.2) |
34.4 (93.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.4 (95.7) |
41.6 (106.9) |
42.4 (108.3) |
46.4 (115.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.4 (75.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
11.1 (52.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.3 (50.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
3.8 (38.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.7 (1.84) |
53.0 (2.09) |
63.6 (2.50) |
67.1 (2.64) |
41.8 (1.65) |
86.9 (3.42) |
47.5 (1.87) |
58.6 (2.31) |
50.0 (1.97) |
59.9 (2.36) |
75.6 (2.98) |
67.1 (2.64) |
719.1 (28.31) |
| Average precipitation days | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 119.3 |
| Source: [7] (2006–) | |||||||||||||
Sports
The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the East Gippsland Football League.[8]
The town is home to a
East Gippsland Hockey Association, although the club still plays under the name of its original home town, Swan Reach
.
Golfers play at the course of the Lakes Entrance Golf Club on Golf Links Road, which has 18 holes. [9]
Gallery
-
90 mile beach -
Cunningham Arm -
The Entrance to Gippsland Lakes at Lakes Entrance -
The Lakes Entrance SLSC's Lookout Tower on the Main Surf Beach
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes Entrance, Victoria.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lakes Entrance (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lakes Entrance (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 12 March 2021
- ^ "Lakes Entrance Visitor Information Centre". Visit Melbourne.
- ^ Life Saving Victoria - Lakes Entrance Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lakes Entrance Vic
- ^ "Climate statistics for Lakes Entrance". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Full Points Footy, Lakes Entrance, archived from the original on 7 January 2009, retrieved 25 July 2008
- ^ Lakes Entrance, Golf Select, retrieved 11 May 2009
External links
- Official East Gippsland tourism website
- Official East Gippsland tourism Facebook page
- Lakes Entrance tourism Facebook page
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