PAYNESVILLE, VICTORIA

'Paynesville' is a tourist/holiday resort town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. At the 2001 census, Paynesville had a population of 2,848.^[1], The town is located east of the state capital, Melbourne. It is often called the boating capital of Victoria. Paynesville was originally called Toonalook which is an aboriginal name for place of many fish.
Paynesville has, in very recent years, enjoyed an enormous surge of wealthy holiday houses, increasing residential property values by an average of fourfold, and higher for waterfront houses. This has sparked expansive development of the historic canal system to create more water frontage for new houses.
Paynesville's canals create two artificial islands within the township. Burrabogie Island, home to the marina and well known Motor Cruiser Club is at the westernmost end of the small waterfront shopping district, and Fort King Island is a purely residential area. Although Burrabogie and Fort King Island are separated only by a (approx.) 5m-wide canal, they are the most distant points in Paynesville by road.
It is located on the eastern end of Lake Victoria, near Lake King, two of the larger Gippsland Lakes and is a good launching point for exploring the lakes.
Other tourist attractions in the area include:

★ Raymond Island - well known locally for its large koala population.

★ Ninety Mile Beach - accessible by boat from the town.

★ The Lakes National Park
Nearby towns include Bairnsdale, Metung, Eagle Point, and Lakes Entrance.

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