Lakes
Entrance is a tourist resort and fishing
port in eastern Victoria, Australia,
population 6000 (2001). It is situated
320 kilometres east of Melbourne near
a man-made channel connecting the
Gippsland Lakes to Bass Strait. Nearby
towns include Bairnsdale, Metung and
Orbost. The Ninety Mile Beach is a
sandy stretch of south-eastern coastline
of Victoria, Australia which separates
the Gippsland Lakes region from Bass
Strait. It is believed to be the second
longest uninterrupted beach in the
world (behind Padre Island on the
US Gulf Coast) — just over 151
kilometres (94 Miles) running northeastward
from a spit near Port Albert to the
man-made channel at Lakes Entrance,
passing the coastal towns of Woodside,
Seaspray, Golden Beach, and Loch Sport.
For the northern part of its route
the beach runs along a sandbar on
what amounts to a series of tidal
islands and behind which are several
large lakes and numerous shallow littoral
lagoons. The area comprises the Gippsland
Lakes Coastal Park.
Lakes
Entrance is a tourist resort and fishing
port in eastern Victoria, Australia,
population 6000 (2001). It is situated
320 kilometres east of Melbourne near
a man-made channel connecting the
Gippsland Lakes to Bass Strait. Nearby
towns include Bairnsdale, Metung and
Orbost. The Ninety Mile Beach is a
sandy stretch of south-eastern coastline
of Victoria, Australia which separates
the Gippsland Lakes region from Bass
Strait. It is believed to be the second
longest uninterrupted beach in the
world (behind Padre Island on the
US Gulf Coast) — just over 151
kilometres (94 Miles) running northeastward
from a spit near Port Albert to the
man-made channel at Lakes Entrance,
passing the coastal towns of Woodside,
Seaspray, Golden Beach, and Loch Sport.
For the northern part of its route
the beach runs along a sandbar on
what amounts to a series of tidal
islands and behind which are several
large lakes and numerous shallow littoral
lagoons. The area comprises the Gippsland
Lakes Coastal Park.
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