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Paynesville

"Beautiful Views and Weather"

Paynesville is a Beautiful place to live, there are views of the lake all along the main shopping strip, rentals are fairly cheap, a new community centre, great chemist and of course great for all those that love boating and water sports. There are great walking tracks with beautiful scenery. The negatives are, with the exception for all those over 40 (majority of population in Paynesville) it leaves very little to desire when it comes to entertainment, hospitality and the cost of both. Out of the 4 restaurants and 2 cafes and 2 take away stores only one cafe is reasonably priced and the other cafe has quite good food. No one changes the menu...ever, the prices compare with melbourne prices or dearer, and the food is terrible to shocking. And to top it off except for two places the customer service none existent. Its as if they are doing us a favour by letting us spend too much money on terrible food! One place does not serve water and forces customers to pay for bottled water (completely illegal!)
Some locals are friendly others are quite rude and antisocial. Despite this we love living here, and the over 40's do have a closer nit community and seem to forgive the standard of hospitality in the area. Who knows in ten years this could be a great place to dine but at the moment its quite limited.

Who lives here?

  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • Beach Lovers
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jimorth

The Rowens are contradicting themselves. They first say the restaurants are no good but then say they leave little to desire !!!
It can,t be both.

Jennyj
Jennyj

We would love to move to paynesville but are a little worried about the mozzies . Please tell us the truth are they really as bad as people say

jimorth

The mozzies are not as big a pest as the people who are so negative about Paynesville.
Mozzies can be controlled by sprays --- not so easy with the pesty people who should move away and let the people who enjoy Paynesville get on with a relaxing lifestyle.If you are a positrive go getter type of person who loves a great holiday environment then go to Paynesville..

Jennyj
Jennyj

We live in bright at the moment , so know all about the holiday environment. Went to paynesville last year and fell in love with it . We really are looking forward to moving down there, I was just trying to get the truth on the mozzie situation

joo2

Jenny- we moved here at the end of December and there were mozzies until about the end of January - just like there is anywhere coastal in summer ! I just researched and bought a number of different natural repellent options ( that dont have DEET as an ingredient ) to use when out walking or on the deck. It was perfectly fine and we didnt consider it a problem.

albertdaniels
albertdaniels

I'm horrified by references to racism in Paynesville by some of the people who have posted comments on this site. I'd be grateful for thoughts and insights. My father was Indian and so I'm dark skinned. Have experienced very, very little racism in my life, but what sort of reception would I get in east Gippsland? Have been thinking about possibly retiring to that part of Victoria, but would be deterred from doing so if it's racially hostile.

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