Some Of The Many Things To Do Paynesville has lakeside shops, cafes and restaurants overlooking sandy beaches and grassed picnic areas. You can dawdle over a cappucino or latte - with the morning paper - watching the boats cruise through the Straits, or picnic on freshly caught fish & chips on the foreshore. The info folder in the cottage has a detailed list of dog walks & swims and a map to go with it. Ride the ferry (300 m) to Raymond Island and see koalas (hundreds) in the treetops on the way round the island by car or on foot. Sit outdoors at Fisherman's Wharf (pictured here mid-left in photo), the Ferry Cafe, Gil's Pizza Cafe, the Druiser Club, Ferry-Ride-to-Flowers, Espas, the Paynesville Pub, or Alma's - with your dog/s - and watch the boats cruise by. Saturday and Sunday markets are another favourite weekend attraction - yes ..dogs allowed! even at the Farmer's Market. An 18-hole golf course is on the road to Paynesville and a variety of hire & charter boats are available from Paynesville and Metung as well as Lakes Entrance. Bairnsdale, the regional centre, has a three-screen cinema, a 25m indoor heated pool and 50m outdoor pool, cafes & clubs & restaurants, wineries, riverside walks, parks, a very large shopping centre with Safeway, Coles, Target, Kmart, clothing, craft shops and department stores. There are cruises, para-sailing, joy flights over the Lakes and 90 Mile Beach, amusement parks and mini-golf too. FishVictoria.com - mega-bites for anglers. All you need to know before you go! Category Name Arts/Crafts/Galleries Markets Antique Clock Museum & Shop Croajingolong Mohair Fibre Weaving Studio Eggshell Dell & Gallery Flametrees Gallery Green Gates Gallery Griffiths Sea Shell Museum Landmarks Gallery Jolly Jumbuck Country Craft Centre Mingling Waters Gallery Netherbye Gallery Nicholson St Gallery Paynesville Community Craft Centre Pioneer Pieces Wildlife Art Gallery + and many more galleries Saturday - Farmer's Market in Bairnsdale - 1st Saturday of the month Saturday - Farmer's Market in Metung - 2nd Saturday Saturday - Bruthen Community Markets - 4th Saturday Sunday Markets – Paynesville - 2nd Sunday Sunday Markets – Lakes Entrance - 3rd Sunday Sunday Markets – Bairnsdale - 4th Sunday Beaches "Country Club" foreshore, Paynesville Cunninghame Arm, Lakes Entrance Eagle Point Foreshore Esplanade Beach & Sunshine Cove, Paynesville Lake Bunga Metung Foreshore Newlands Arm - Paynesville Pebble Beach, Raymond Island Wattle Point Ninety Mile Beach (Lakes Entrance and Lake Tyers) Trail rides Coonawarra Trail Rides (off the Dargo Road) Cruises & Boat Rentals* (* the cottage info folder has listings for all boat hire companies) "Lakes Odyssey" "Spray" Historic Ketch "The Corque" (to Wyanga Winery) "The Gull" "Rubeena" (Lake Tyers) "Thunderbird" Catamaran -  lake cruise "Enterprise" cruises ex-Paynesville BBQ Boat Hire Parasailing Museums/Galleries Aboriginal Keeping Place Bairnsdale Historical Museum Nicholson Street Art Gallery various artists' galleries at Metung & L:akes Entrance Nature Koala Colony on Raymond Island Macleods Morass Bird Hides and  Boardwalk Wyangara Nature Sanctuary Rainforest Centre, Orbost Rotamah Island Blond Bay State Park Parks Buchan Caves area picnic spots Colquhun Forest picnic spots + historic Trestle Bridge Den of Nargun Eagle Point Foreshore & Wildlife Reserve Fairy Dell picnic spots Howitt Park & Playground Main St Gardens - Bairnsdale Mitchell River & Silt Jetties Nyerimilang Park & Historic Homestead Wattle Point beach & boat ramp Sport Archery & Mini-Golf Bairnsdale Aquatic (Heated indoor) Pool + Outdoor Pool Bairnsdale Racecourse Joyflights from Bairnsdale & Lakes Entrance Cliff's Waterski (& Tubes) Parasailing Vic (pick-ups in Paynesville) Walking * (* over 20 top dog walks and swims are listed, with a map, in the cottage Info folder) Foreshore Walks – Mitchell River Foreshore Walks - Paynesville & Eagle Point Old Port of Bairnsdale Cunninghame Arm many, many more in State Forests & National Parks Wineries & Cellar door sales Tambo Estate Winery Dargo Valley Winery Ensay Winery Mt Markey Winery Sarsfield Winery Nicholson River Winery Wyanga Winery The River Cottage phone Tony McCallum anytime on 0438 695 172 Email the River Cottage