Gippsland Ports

Gippsland Ports is a Committee of Management with responsibilities delegated from the Victorian Government's Department of Sustainability and Environment to manage infrastructure assets that include navigation aids, public jetties, berth and mooring facilities, boat lifting and vessel servicing facilities and dredging operations. Services provided assist recreational boating, charter vessels, commercial vessels, professional fishing, marine and offshore industries from its head office at Bairnsdale, and depots at Lakes Entrance, Port Welshpool and Paynesville.

Table 1: Summary of historic dredging activities at Lakes Entrance  

DREDGE NAME PERIOD OF USE TYPE OF DREDGE

Wombat 1879 to 1928 Bucket Dredge

Pioneer 1906 to unknown Suction Dredge

Priestman Pre 1908 to 1963 Grab Dredge

W.H. Edgar 1922 to 1936 Side Suction Dredge

Paynesville 1936 to 1963 Suction Dredge

Sandpiper 1963 to 2005 Cutter Suction Dredge

Mathew Flinders Circa 1970 Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge

April Hamer 1979 to 2011 Side-casting Dredge

Melbourne 2006 to 2007 Cutter Suction Dredge

Kalimna 2007 to present Cutter Suction Dredge

Pelican 2008 to present Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge