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Best beaches and freshwater places to swim in Gippsland for summer 2023
Whether you're a cautious toe-dipper or a fearless plunger, here's your guide to cooling off in the water.
Sure it is hot out. Take a dip in our pristine beaches, or discover inland waterholes, breathless lakes, clear mountain streams and wide-flowing rivers with points for an invigorating plunge. Have fun swimming or exploring the beaches and inland waters of Gippsland.
From Cape Conran to Cape Paterson, Gabo Island to Raymond Island, make a beeline for Gippsland's stunning coastline
Gippsland beach highlights
Bucket-list beaches
- Wilsons Promontory
- Ninety Mile Beach
- Cape Conran
- Mallacoota
- Lakes Entrance
- Inverloch
- Seaspray
Central Gippsland
- Loch Sport
- Mcloughlins Beach, Ninety Mile Beach
- Woodside Beach, Ninety Mile Beach
- Golden Beach, Ninety Mile Beach
- The Honeysuckles, Ninety Mile Beach
East Gippsland
- Quarry Beach, Mallacoota
- Marlo
- Gabo Island, off Mallacoota's coast
- Lake Tyers Beach, near Lakes Entrance
- Secret Beach, Mallacoota
- Bass Coast and South Gippsland
- Sandy Point
- Walkerville
- Waratah Bay
- The Oaks
- Venus Bay
- Cape Paterson
- Shack Bay
- Fairy Cove, Wilsons Promontory
There are beaches for young families, beaches for kitesurfing and beaches for cricket. Beaches with lighthouses, beaches with shipwrecks and even dinosaur footprints.
When it comes to summer, swimming is the best, beaches can get crowded, but you also have an option to visit the inland waters to enjoy swimming with equally refreshing and great view
Inland swimming
Rivers and waterfalls
- Thomson River, Walhalla
- Macalister River, Glenmaggie
- Tambo River, near Bruthen or Metung
- Buchan River, The Bluff, Buchan
- Narracan Falls, near Trafalgar
- Avon River, Stratford
- Powlett River, Kilcunda
- Morwell River Falls, near Boolarra
Lakes and waterholes
- Blue Pool, Briagolong
- Lake Narracan, Moe
- Blue Rock Lake, Moe
- Lake Glenmaggie, near Heyfield
While the hordes flock to the coast, escape to our freshwater faves. This is a round up of the best places to cool off in nature's very own swimming pools without that pesky sand. To know more, visit Summer swimming ( That isn't a beach ) page.
Pictures from Visit Gippsland website.
Source: http://gippsland.com/
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