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