Finding us
Map & directions to The Waterfront Loch Sport
98 The Boulevard, Loch Sport, Victoria 3851, Australia.
We sit at the quiet National Park end of Loch Sport, on a no-through road with the lake at the bottom of the garden — about three and a half hours east of Melbourne.
The lake and the beach
The house faces north across Lake Victoria and Pelican Bay, part of the Gippsland Lakes — the largest inland waterway system in Australia. A garden path drops straight from the deck to a sheltered sandy lake beach, shallow and calm enough for children and easy to launch a kayak or paddleboard from.
Loch Sport sits on a narrow spit of land: the lake on one side, the Southern Ocean on the other. From the front door it is a five-minute drive (or a good walk) over the dunes to Ninety Mile Beach, and five minutes the other way to the entrance of The Lakes National Park.
The town has a very well stocked Foodworks Supermarket, bakery, cafes, a bowls club and the RSL. For larger shops, Sale is the nearest large town — worth stocking up before you arrive.
Driving here
From Melbourne
about 3 hr 30 min · 290 km
M1 Princes Freeway east through Traralgon to Sale, then the South Gippsland Highway and Loch Sport Road.
From Sale
about 55 min · 60 km
The closest large town for supermarkets, fuel and a hospital. Head east on the South Gippsland Highway, then turn onto Loch Sport Road at Longford.
From Bairnsdale
about 1 hr 10 min · 80 km
West on the Princes Highway to Stratford, south through Longford and out along Loch Sport Road.
From Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)
about 4 hr · 320 km
Hire a car at the airport — there is no public transport into Loch Sport, so a vehicle is essential.
The last stretch along Loch Sport Road is sealed but unlit and edged by bush — kangaroos are common at dawn and dusk, so take it gently if you are arriving late. Self check-in with a key safe means you can arrive any time after 3pm.
Nearby towns & places
The Lakes National Park
Gravel tracks, lookouts, kangaroos and echidnas at the end of our road.
5 min east
Ninety Mile Beach
Walk over the dunes to open surf beach and some of the best beach fishing in Victoria. The Ninety Mile Beach is an exposed, high-risk unpatrolled beach.
5 min south
Golden Beach
A long quiet stretch of coast with beach access points all the way to Seaspray.
40 min south-west
Paynesville & Raymond Island
Boating village with a ferry across to a koala colony you can walk to.
1 hr 15 min north-east
Metung & Lakes Entrance
Waterfront dining, wineries and the ocean entrance to the Gippsland Lakes.
1 hr 20 min – 1 hr 30 min