Meeniyan - Places to See
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Meeniyan - Places to See

<b>Meeniyan (including Koonwarra)</b><br><b>Small country town with a number of excellent craft shops</b><br>Meeniyan is a small country town located 150 km east of Melbourne and 15 km south-east of Leongatha. It is claimed that the town's name is derived from a local Aboriginal word meaning'moon behind the trees over the water'. An alternative interpretation says'maneyanin'was an Aboriginal word meaning'moon'.

Marlo - Places to See
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Marlo - Places to See

<b>Marlo (including Cape Conran)</b><br><b>Small and attractive town on the Gippsland coast</b><br>For a settlement of only a few hundred people,Marlo has produced an inordinate amount of enthusiastic prose and poetry. It seems that every writer who stumbled upon this tiny settlement (which is perched about 90 m above sea level on a headland overlooking the flood plain and estuary of the Snowy River),has been inspired to write about the experience in the most glowing terms.

Mallacoota - Places to See
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Mallacoota - Places to See

<b>Mallacoota (including Gabo Island and Gipsy Point)</b><br><b>Peaceful and attractive coastal holiday settlement</b><br>Located 521 km east of Melbourne,Mallacoota (Aboriginal word which either means'the place of many waters','place of meeting'or'good water') is a typical quiet seaside holiday village which seems to have been purpose-built for families and fishermen. According to the sign on the outskirts of town it is'Victoria's Best Kept Secret'but,in fairness to the sign,it is a village designed for campers and caravan holiday makers - and,in summer,there doesn't seem to be any secret about the place. Virtually the entire foreshore of the town is given over to campers.

Foster - Sleep
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Foster - Sleep

<b>Foster (including Fish Creek)</b><br><b>Small and quiet dairying and grazing town in Gippsland</b><br>Foster is a dairying and grazing town 169 km south-east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway. It is only about 20 km north of the beautiful Gippsland coastline which includes Shallow Inlet,Corner Inlet,Waratah Bay,Yanakie and Wilsons Promontory.

Maffra - Places to See
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Maffra - Places to See

<b>Maffra (including Briagolong)</b><br><b>Substantial service town in West Gippsland.</b><br>Maffra is 224 km east of Melbourne via the Princes Highway,and 26 m above sea level. Its first known European visitor was Angus McMillan,who explored the region on behalf of New South Welshman,Lachlan Macalister. Macalister,who was interested in new grazing land for his cattle,established a pastoral run 11 km north of present-day Maffra,at what is now Boisdale. The run was named after a place on one of the Outer Hebrides islands.

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Dargo - Places to See
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Dargo - Places to See

<b>Dargo</b><br><b>Small settlement in the Dargo Valley</b><br>Located 320 km east of Melbourne and 40 km north of Bairnsdale along a road,sometimes unsealed,which stretches along portions of the Wonnangatta and Dargo Rivers,Dargo,is a small settlement in the picturesque Dargo Valley.

Sale
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Sale

<b>Sale (including Ramahyuck,Ninety Mile Beach,Woodside,Seaspray,Golden Beach,Loch Sport and Gippsland Lakes National Park)</b><br><b>Major service centre in West Gippsland</b><br>Sale,situated at the head of the Thomson River,above the junction with the Latrobe River,and at the head of the Gippsland Lakes system,is 211 km south-east of Melbourne via the Princes Highway and five metres above sea level. Its economy is now intimately interwoven with the Longford Oil/Gas installation and the associated Bass Strait Oil fields. Other industries are the BTR Nylex factory,the West Sale Aviation facility and the RAAF military base at East Sale. Grazing,dairying,agriculture and fruit growing are still important industries in the countryside.

Wonthaggi
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Wonthaggi

<b>Wonthaggi</b><br><b>Famous historic coal mining town</b><br>Wonthaggi,with a name said to derive from a local Aboriginal language and mean either'home'or'to pull along',is located 132 km south-east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways and 40 metres above sea level.

Tarraville
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Tarraville

<b>Tarraville</b><br><b>Tiny town notable for its early wooden church</b><br>Located 236 km south east of Melbourne Tarraville is a quiet little town which was once a booming stopover point for the gold prospectors making their way across country from Port Albert to the Omeo goldfields. At the height of the goldrush it has a population of 219 which,remarkably,was the largest stable population in the area.

Orbost
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Orbost

<b>Orbost</b><br><b>Small and interesting town near the Snowy Mountains</b><br>Located 375 km from Melbourne and 670 km from Sydney,Orbost is a medium-sized township on the river flats of the Snowy Mountains. Close to the coast it is only 45 m above sea level.