Metung

Having never visited Metung before it was great to book a holiday here.
To summarize Metung…
Quiet, cosy, fishing and sailing destination.
It seemed like it was a retirees paradise for all sorts of reasons…
It motivated Jen and I to contemplate a sailing holiday with a hire sail boat which we will investigate.
It is also the place where Ace really developed a keen interest in swimming…pretty good for a frenchie.

Metung is a town in East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town is 314 kilometres (195 mi) east of the state capital Melbourne and between the larger towns of Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance. It is on a small peninsula 31 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Bairnsdale, separating Lake King and Bancroft Bay on the Gippsland Lakes.

Legend Rock
The original inhabitants of the area—the Aboriginal Gunai or Kurnai people—tell a story about an unusual group of rocks now found alongside the boardwalk in the Metung Marina on Bancroft Bay. This legend or fable indicates how greed will be punished.

The legend goes that some fishermen made a good catch and ate the fish around their campfire. The fishermen, however, did not share their catch with their dogs, despite having more than enough to eat. As a punishment, the women, who were guardians of social law, turned the greedy men to stone.

Originally there were three rocks found at this location that related to the legend, but two of them were destroyed during road works. The remaining Legend Rock is protected.Read more