2020 A CLASS AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

MICHAEL KOPP, SECRETARY, AIADCA

GIPPSLAND LAKES YACHT CLUB

VENUE & PROPOSED DATES

• Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club

• Paynesville, Victoria

• 3.5 hours drive from Melbourne

• 243 km east of Melbourne on the Princes Highway

• Dates:

• Saturday 4th January 2020: Registration & Welcome Function

• Sunday 5th January 2020: Practice Race(s)

• Monday 6th January 2020: Racing

• Tuesday 7th January 2020: Racing

• Wednesday 8th January 2020: Racing

• Thursday 9th January 2020: Racing

• Friday 10th January 2020: Racing & Presentation Function

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CLUB FACILITIES

• Facilities

• Large grass area for rigging

• Sand beach for launching

• Carpark adjacent to club

• Modern clubrooms & bar

• No canteen, but cafés across the road

• Directly opposite local shops

• The Old Pub

• Two supermarkets

• Charter boat available for spectators

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RACE MANAGEMENT

• Race Management

• 0.8 – 0.9nm course in all directions

• In-house race management team

• 5 on-course boats (including 2 Ribs)

• 1300-1400hrs seabreeze in summer

• National jury chair is available

• Similar event cost to past Nationals

• 2017 Minnow Nationals host

• 2016 F16 Nationals host

• 2013 Taipan Nationals host

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ACCOMMODATION

• Apartments

• Captains Cove www.captainscove.com.au

• Mariners Cove 03 5156 7444 www.marinerscoveresort.com

• Houses

• Gippsland Lakes Escapes www.gippslandlakesescapes.com.au

• Air.bnb www.airbnb.com.au

• Over 60 home accommodation options within proximity to GLYC

• Caravan, cabin & camping

• Resthaven Caravan Park www.resthavenpaynesville.com

• Allawah Caravan and Boat Park www.allawahpark.com

• Eagle Point Caravan Park www.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/Services/Council_Caravan_Parks/Eagle_Point_Caravan_Park

• The Abbey (Raymond Island) www.theabbey.org.au

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LOCAL TOURISM

• Raymond Island

• 10 minute car & passenger ferry every 20 minutes

• Pedestrians and cyclists travel free

• Walk the Koala Trail

• Ninety Mile Beach

• 90-mile long stretch of pristine golden sand that separates the Gippsland Lakes from Bass Strait.

• Wilsons Promontory National Park

• Situated at the southernmost tip of mainland Australia, you will find spectacular scenery of granite mountains, native forests, rainforest, sweeping beaches and coastlines.

• Tourism resources

• www.visitpaynesville.com

• http://www.visiteastgippsland.com.au/

• https://www.visitvictoria.com/regions/gippsland

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