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Winter coming but plenty to do this May

With winter around the corner, make sure you book your off mountain accommodation with us soon, we are already looking to be pretty full this season. Goughs Bay Caravan Park is a great alternative to Mt Buller accommodation for those that like to avoid the crowds (and the inflated prices) We will cater large groups in multiple cabins if there is enough availability, so make sure you book early.

However there is still plenty to do throughout May around the Mansfield District:

Sustainable House Tour Saturday 5th May – Enjoy a self drive tour viewing three sustainable houses around Mansfield. Morning tea included. Chat to the owners about what it is really like to live in a sustainable house – the good, the bad and the brilliant! 9.45am start. Bookings essential call 0417 319 879.

Footloose From Friday 18th May until 26th May – Enjoy a fabulous night of entertainment as MMUDS  resents ‘Footloose’ at the Mansfield Performing Arts Centre. Performance dates 18th, 19th, 22nd, 24th, 25th & 26th May at 8pm with matinee show Sunday 20th May at 2pm. Tickets from Wallaby Ritz: $20 Adult, $15 Child/Student. Further details www.mmuds.org.au

Biggest Morning Tea Thursday 24th May – The scones are hot and the Jamieson Ladies Craft Group extends an invitation to attend the biggest morning tea at the Jamieson Hall at 10am. Gold coin donation. All welcome – lucky door prizes

Farm Gate Tour Sunday 27th May – As part of the High Country Harvest, North East Victoria’s celebration of food, wine and beer, go straight to the source of the product and experience firsthand a visit to Strathbogie Ranges Estate. Stroll through the olive groves, harvest and pickle your own olives. Tasting Platter included. 1pm-3pm. Bookings call Alli 0417 319 879. highcountryharvest.com.au

High Country Maze is open every weekend in May, hunt for gnomes or just explore the delightful gardens. Open 10am-5pm 678 Piries-Gough’s Bay Rd. Entry $10 adults, $5 kids.
Mansfield Armchair Cinemas offer fully digital screenings showing the latest flicks. View www.the-mac.com.au or ph 5775 2049 for program/session times. Located at 1 Chenery Street.
Lion feeding at the Mansfield Zoo is 1.30pm every Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. Zoo is open every day from 10am. For details call Bronwen 5777 3576.
Massive snowgear swap– Mansfield Secondary College, Performing Arts Centre, View Street, Mansfield. Drop off gear Wed 30th & Thur 31st May 3.30pm-6pm. On sale, Fri 1st June 5pm- 8pm & Sat 2nd June 8.30am-1pm. Details call David Jagger 5775 2022.

There are also some markets to check out:

Every Saturday – Mansfield Produce Swap. Bring excess home grown produce or preserves etc. to swap for others’ excesses. Snowgum Nursery, High St, Mansfield. 10am-12pm.
Sunday 6th May – Maindample Trash & Treasure & BBQ. Pick up a bargain 8am -1pm at the Community Park, Main St, Maindample. Stall holder enquiries call Jeni 0401 712810.
Saturday 12th May – CWA Craft and Produce Market. Wonderful selection of cakes & crafts, produce & preserves. CWA Hall, High Street, Mansfield, 10am-2pm. Morning tea available.
Saturday 19th May – Tolmie Craft and Farmers’ Market. Purchase locally grown produce and home made products 8am-1pm at the Tolmie Recreation Reserve, a scenic 20 minute drive from Mansfield. Enquiries call Marg on 5776 2231.
Sunday 20th May – Lions’ Craft Market. Delightful market held median strip opposite the Post Office from 8am-2pm. Stallholders call Kay 5777 3760.
Saturday 26th May – Mansfield Farmers’ Market. Be assured of fresh regional produce. Located at Mansfield Primary School “Bottom Terrace” off Highett St. 8.30am-1pm. VFMA accredited.

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Easter is coming up fast, make sure you book early.

This years Easter holidays are shaping up to be great this year. With Lake Eildons water level still riding high and plenty of fish biting, there won’t be a better time to come up and enjoy what the lake has to offer.

And remember that from the Goughs Bay Caravan Park, Mansfield is just a short 10 minute drive. There are plenty of things going on around Mansfield over Easter for you to get involved with;

- There is the Easter Bush Market in the main street of Mansfield on Saturday which is always a fantastic market.

- If you like your hiking, there is the Mountain High Fun Run on Mt Buller on Saturday to raise money for the Mt Buller Community Health Service.

- There is the annual dog trials in Mansfield Saturday and Sunday which is amazing to watch.

- Or you can cruise down to Jamieson for the photographic exhibition and Sunday craft market.

- There is also an annual Easter market and car boot sale on Sunday in Bonnie Doon.

Apart from that there are the usual attractions that the area has to offer during the beautiful autumn months and every Easter is a busy time in the area so make sure you book early.

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Lake Eildon Fishing Report

Plenty of Trout and Redfin have been biting around Lake Eildon recently.

Around Lake Eildon and the local rivers, you can find Redfin, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Perch, Yellowbelly, Murray Cod, Roach, Tench, and Carp.

There is plenty of Trout to go around throughout the Lake especially near Goughs Bay, they are best caught with scrub worms or trolling close to the shoreline.

Up around Bonnie Doon the Redfin are biting well, with the bigger ones being caught on larger bait such as yabbies or scrub worms.

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Whats on around Mansfield for March

Here are some of the things going on around Mansfield this March:

3rd March – Sat – Shakespeare @ Wairere, 5pm. Essential Theatre returns to perform a new production of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in the Edna Walling-designed gardens of Mark and Fenella Ritchie.
Gates open 3pm to wander the gardens and picnic on the lawns.
This is a major fundraiser for the Mansfield Rudolf Steiner School and Kindergarten. Details, tickets and hampers at www.mansfieldsteiner.vic.edu.au, by phone 03 5779 1445  or at Wallaby Ritz, High Street, Mansfield. Email shakespeare@mansfieldsteiner.vic.edu.au 
Prices:  Early Bird to February 3rd 2012: $45. After February 3rd $50. Hampers $40 for 2 people.

10th March – Sat – Labour Day Weekend - Merrijig Rodeo - McCormacks Lane, Merrijig 3723. Showcasing Australia’s best rough riders competing in a thrilling spectacle against the back drop of the Victorian High Country, only 30 minutes drive from Goughs Bay.
Gates open 2.00 pm and Main event starts at 5.30 pm
Prices: Adult $25.00, Young unaccompanied under 18 $15.00, Family (2 Adults 2 Children) $50.00, Per Extra Child $ 5.00, Seniors $15.00

10th March – Sat - Rock N Roll in Mansfield at Mansfield Golf Club 24 Kidston Parade, Mansfield, from 7.30pm, with Denis Tucker, former ‘Jigsaw’ band member. Come and learn to rock, dance or just listen. Cost: $10 donation per person. Meals available at Benjamin’s Restaurant Ph 03 5775 2422
To book or for further information contact:
Jeni Fleming (MDPA President) – 0401 712 810 or
Norm Smith (FFF Rock’n’Roll) – 0413 567 271
All Proceeds Go To Charity (Maindample Park Project)holidays from Nov-May. View their fantastic photographic and historical displays.

17th & 18th March – Sat & Sun – Tour de Flavour A celebration of food, wine, art and cycling, the Tour de Flavour is a 2 day cycling event that also includes a range of activities and events around Mansfield Shire including food and wine tasting, jazz and a health and well being expo. for more information check out the website Tour de Flavour

And the Mansfield Zoo is always open which is a great day out for the kids with hand feeding and plenty to see, also the evening lion feeding show is quite spectacular.

There is also the High Country Maze just outside of Goughs Bay which is now open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, check out their website for more details High Country Maze.

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Lake Eildon Water Level currently at 92.62%

After another great summer of rainfall is coming to a close, the Lakes Water level is still riding high at 92.62%.

Which is down from the 99.9% in October last year. Which saw the first use of the spillway since 1996 – 15 years ago.

All this means that this coming Easter Holiday season is going to be a great time to get out the boat again and take advantage of the amazing scenery around the lake.

Here are the stats as of Friday 17th Feb - courtesy of Lakeforum.info

Lake Eildon is at 287.03m or 1870mm below full

This is a decrease of 40mm over the past 24 hours

Lake Eildon is currently 92.6 %

Lake Eildon inflow is 600meg

Lake Eildon outflow is 4500meg

Goulburn river release water temp is 11.6deg

Rainfall for the 24 hours was 14mm

The pondage is currently 48%

Enjoy.

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New Pizza Cafe in Goughs Bay

Along with our amazing Coffees and Hamburgers, we now have Pizzas! we installed our new pizza oven recently and it is turning out some fantastic pizzas (pictures coming soon).

This is another good reason to drop in to see us for Breakfast, lunch or dinner, any time of the week.

We are constantly changing and improving what we have offer here in the Red Fin Inn Cafe, so drop in and say G’day.

Our menu includes Pizzas, Hamburgers, Fish and Chips, Hot Dogs, Bacon and Egg rolls and Toasted Sandwiches for Breakfast as well as proper, barrister made Beraldo coffee to get you started in the morning. Everything is available to eat here or take away.

Click on the logo for our full menu, we look forward to seeing you.

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Buller Ski Season in full swing, Lake Eildon at 90.3%

Goughs Bay Caravan Park is now under new management!

Your new hosts Tom and Charlotte Cullen would like to welcome you to the park and invite you to check out the new shop. We are now serving real Beraldo Coffee and making the best fish and chip and hamburgers in town!

Check out Toms new Beer and Bullshit area!

The latest news from the area;

Mt Buller has had a nice big dump of snow and the ski season is in full swing. All lifts are operating and the weather has been perfect for a great day in the snow.

Lake Eildon is currently sitting at 90.3% capacity and there is plenty of trout being caught on lures and we have had a few sunny days which have been great to get out on the water.

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Mount Buller Snow Season just around the corner

With the weather cooling down it is a timely reminder that  winter and the snow season is just around the corner it is worth remembering that we are only 40 minutes drive from the Mount Buller and Mount Sterling snow fields. If you save on your accommodation you can spend more time on the Snow.

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Weather cools but the fish are red hot

The weather is cooling down and we lit our fire for the first time tonight but the fish are still biting with almost everyone who wets a line catching Redfin. There have also been the odd Yellow Belly and the Trout are starting to make an appearance. With winter just around the corner the Trout will start to feed building their reserves for the spawn and I expect this season to be a bumper trout season with the return to higher water levels.

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Lake Eildon 78.3%

As at 9.00am Wednesday 19th Jan Lake Eildon is at 78.3%
Unfortunately Goulburn Murray Water has issued a Blue Green Algae alert for the lake with Bonnie Doon area registering levels three times higher than the safe recreational level. Don’t worry though there are plenty of off lake activities for you to enjoy while you are here so spend some time to explore the other High Country attractions instead.

*update* the blue green algae alert has been lifted.

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Lake Eildon Water Level still @ 76.4% a boon for all.

With the water level still at 76.4% this Xmas /New year has turned out to be a lot bigger than most expected. I was talking to one lady who has been visiting Goughs Bay for 30 years and she claimed she had never seen it like this before.

With all the crowds in the area the boat ramp was the center of attention for most and as expected space was at a premium but with a little patience everyone managed to get into the water and enjoy the activities on lake Eildon much like the old days. With trips to the Jamieson Brewery for lunch or skiing and swimming or fishing.

Goughs bay Boat Ramp Xmas 2010

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Lake Eildon Water Level 76.31%

As of 3:30pm 30th Dec 2010 lake Eildons water level was 76.31%

Which brings it to only 6.38 metres below the full mark! It is still rising which has been a record in terms of the length of the constant rise, however it can’t last forever and should start to level out soon… unless we get more rain.

The sun has finally come out for the summer and has been giving us some great opportunity to make the most of the holiday season on the water.

Plenty of people have been taking advantage of this long awaited moment, with most boat ramps finally having access and plenty of water under the Bonnie Doon bridge there is plenty of water for all to enjoy.

Take care to be safe on the water, be conscious of submerged trees and don’t forget your sunscreen!

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Lake Eildon Water Level 75.4%

As of Monday 20th December Lake Eildon water level was at 75.4% and still rising.

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Lake Eildon Water Level 73.5%

At 0900hrs Saturday 11th December Lake Eildon water level was at 73.5% and rising.

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