Black and white photograph of Wally and Kay Staff Managers of Fraser Island Resort since 1989 Gippsland Lakes Victoriatourism, accommodation, gippsland lakes

Harpers Bay showing the jetty where tourist launches moored for passengers to land and walk up to Mrs Westersons Cliffcrest Tea Rooms, Jemmys Point in distance Gippsland Lakes VictoriaBlack and white postcard of Harpers Bay showing the jetty where tourist launches moored for passengers to land and walk up to Mrs Westersons Cliffcrest Tea Rooms, Jemmys Point in distance Gippsland Lakes VictoriaHarpers Bay Gippsland Lakesbridges, islands, waterways, gippsland lakes

Black and white postcard showing a group of excursionists on tourist launch Lalla Rookh which is decorated with greenery and Australian flags. Person on bow about to throw mooring rope to jetty on Gippsland Lakes Victoriajetties, waterways, boats and boating, gippsland lakes

Black and white postcard showing a steamer leaving the Entrance channel and turning into Cunninghame Arm, a second steamer at sea beyond the Western Pier Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrance Gippsland Lakesships and shipping, transport, gippsland lakes, topography

Black and white photograph of dredge W H Edgar in waterway Gippsland Lakes Victoriawaterways, engineering, dredges

Canoeing on the River Yarra at Melbourne was an important and widespread recreational pursuit for Melbournians, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. The Victorian Canoe Club was formed in 1912 at a meeting in Melbourne and its first committee elected in the same year. Records indicate that the Club continued into at least the 1950s .The photos in this album are historically and socially significant as a record of recreational activities in the first half of the twentieth century. A number of photographs in the album provide views of sections of the Yarra, as well as areas in regional Victoria, that may otherwise be unavailable.One of 12 sepia [faded] photographs of members of the Victorian Canoe Club. This photo was taken by a member of the club on a later trip to the Gippsland Lakes and Mallacoota in 1935."Gippsland Lakes"victorian canoe club, travel -- 1930s, gippsland lakes

postcard taken from Jemmys Point with SS Gippsland in the Narrows passing Rigby Island, Snake Island and outer barrier in distanceBlack and white copy of postcard taken from Jemmys Point with SS Gippsland in the Narrows passing Rigby Island, Snake Island and outer barrier in distancevegetation, waterfront, gippsland lakes, topography, boats and boating

This booklet was issued as a tourist advertising/promotion for the Gippsland Lakes and Buchan Caves. It was most likely printed in the early 20th Century. This promotion also includes associated areas such as Lake Tyers, Cunninghame (Lakes Entrance), Nowa Nowa, Sale, and Bairnsdale. An early tourist promotion for East Gippsland, focussing on Melbourne tourists travelling to Sale or Bairnsdale by train, and then by steamer or coach. An example of an early tourism promotion.A booklet of 103 pages, printed in b/w. The cover is a dk. red paper with gold print, quite fragile. The book contains b/w photographs, advertisements, time tables for trains and steamers travelling through the Gippsland Lakes from Sale to Cunninghame (eg. SS JCD), also a map of the steamer route. ...Guide... To the Gippsland Lakes and Buchan Caves (Written by Frank Whitcombe, and Illustrated by H D Bulmer and N J Caire). Issued by The Cunninghame Progressive Association. J R Coate (President), Alfred Nation (Hon. Secretary), Committee - W S Barke, P Harbeck, E J Wyld, T Roadknightbuchan caves, gippsland lakes, ss j c d, tourism

For five summers from 1987 to 1992 ATCV volunteers were landed on Rigby Island in Victoria’s Gippsland Lakes to “baby-sit” Little Terns (Sterna Albifrons) which breed in Asia and visit Australia in the Northern winter. By the mid 1980s the visiting population had dwindled dangerously due to predation and its very slow rate of reproduction. Conservation volunteers patrolled from dawn to dusk on a rotating 4 hour shift, educating visitors why they should stay away from the birds, and kept watch for pests. Terry Peacock’s logistics were heroic In support of the volunteers’ vigil: a boat, bunks, tents, tools, and a kitchen were bussed from Bendigo to Lakes Entrance. There were no outside funds at first, and only sale of promotional T-shirts together with small grants from the ANZ Bank and from Yellow Pages kept things going. Volunteers paid their own way to and from Bairnsdale railway station. Park Ranger and former ATCV employee Robert Brouwers with Helen Schneider (UK naturalist) and Tim Cox ‘maroon’ Tern Watch volunteers at Rigby Island in the Gippsland Lakes Vic > In 2010 the status of the Little Tern populations in Australia was assessed under the ECBP Act and the determination was that, while the Gippsland Lakes population will continue to benefit from conservation action, they are no longer a threatened species. White T shirt with ANZ in large blue letters with Tern Watch 1988 belowtern watch, atcv

six adults and a child in the garden at Cliffcrest Tea Gardens above Harpers Bay view of Flannigan Island, lakes and outer barrier in distance, Gippsland Lakes VictoriaBlack and white photograph showing six adults and a child in the garden at Cliffcrest Tea Gardens above Harpers Bay view of Flannigan Island, lakes and outer barrier in distance, Gippsland Lakes Victoria islands, fences, topography, businesses, tourism

The original book was published in Melbourne by M.L. Hutchinson, 1881. This edition was specially compiled for the Lakes Navigation Company by J. Blackwood Howie.A small book - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes 1882. this is a republication of a C 1882 book titled Tourists and Sportsman's Guide to the Gippsland Lakes and Surrounding Country. This pocket reading republishes a story from 1882 that was aimed at promoting tourism to the Gippsland Lakes. It starts with a train trip from Melbourne to Sale and then boards a steamer to experience the Gippsland Lakes. The book was published by Paynesville Maritime Museum in January 2010. It was compiled by J. Howie Blackwood.gippsland-lakes travel tourism-east-gippsland

Black and white photograph showing eight people in swimming costume on a rustic diving platform in a waterway in the Gippsland Lakes tourism, gippsland lakes, social history, fashion

from Jemmys Point looking West showing boat on lake Rigby Fraser and Flannagan Islands to South steep wooded shoreline to North Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white postcard taken from Jemmys Point looking West showing boat on lake Rigby Fraser and Flannagan Islands to South steep wooded shoreline to North Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Lakes from Jemmys Point Lakes Entrance waterways, boating, islands

dredge working on edge of lake below Jemmys Point. Glimpse of houses on Kalimna Heights in distance Lakes Entrance VictoriaColour photograph showing dredge working on edge of lake below Jemmys Point. Glimpse of houses on Kalimna Heights in distance Lakes Entrance Victoria waterways, topography, dredges

Colour aerial photograph showing the entrance to Gippsland Lakes from Bass Strait westward to Reeves Channel Shaving Point at Metung through Lake King to Tambo River Gippsland Lakes Victoriaaerial photograph, waterways, township, topography, lakes entrance

Colour aerial photograph of Ocean Grange on the Gippsland Lakes ocean beach ninety mile beach in foreground Cresent Island channel through to Lake King Raymond Island in distance Paynsville Victoriaaerial photograph, settlement, gippsland lakes

The SS Gippsland operated on the Gippsland lakes for many years carrying passengers to tourist destinations.Black and white photograph of SS Gippsland on the Gippsland LakesExcursion Boat between Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrancetourism, boats and boating, waterways

Black and white photograph showing Eastern Pier and entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean - Bass Strait, photo shows work shed and crane on end of pier ready to build concrete extension on pier. Lakes Entrance Victoriapiers, ships and shipping, gippsland lakes

A sepia toned photograph of the woodcut from Frederick Grosse depicting fishing activities and shipping on the Gippsland Lakes Victoriafishing industry, arts and crafts

This book was intended as a tourist guide to East Gippsland.This item is a useful research tool.A 104 pp tattered book with a dark purple cover, gold print writing and illustrations. It is titled, "The Guide to Buchan Cvaes and Gippsland Lakes; Written by F. Whitcombe, Illustrated H,D, Bulmer & N.J. Caire". It contains an index and advertisements.gippsland-lakes-history-description-travel buchan-caves-history-national-park

May be contract dredge Melbourne built by Birdon, Port MacquarieColour photograph of a contract dredge working off Rigby Island, Gippsland Lakes, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.islands, dredging, ocean

Black and white photograph showing piers at entrance from ocean Bass Strait into Gippsland Lakes. Western pier on right shows new concrete extension completed. Eastern pier on left shows machinery and workshed. Strand of barbed wire fencing. waterways, piers, gippsland lakes

Sepia toned postcard of two males rowing a boat off Cliffcrest jetty Harpers Bight. Steep wooded cliffs beside lake distant view of Jemmys Point Gippsland Lakes Victoriajetties, buildings, roads and streets

A good pictorial record of early shipping on the Gippsland Lakes Red plastic covered Photograph album containing sixty four postcards, nine black and white photographs and a newspaper cutting depicting scenes of and shipping on the Gippsland Lakes VictoriaPhotographs tourism, ships and shipping, jetties, wharfs

Sepia photograph of track to Nyerimilang Jetty soon after opening showing track down side of cliff to jetty and boat shed adjacent to shore, Reeves channel Gippsland Lakes Victoria. Also a much more recent hphoto of the boat shed and Jetty waterways, boats and boating

Colour photograph of the bird watching tower on Rotamah Island showing a timber hut and viewing platform supported on four timber poles accessed by steel ladders. Tower situated amongst coastal banksias Gippsland Lakes Victoria. Also another colour photograph of bird watching towerpeople, wildlife, topography, waterways