Bairnsdale

Bairnsdale is best known in Victoria for the extensive murals inside St Mary’s Catholic Church. Set on the Mitchell River in East Gippsland, the town is a regional service centre near the Gippsland Lakes, the broad coastal lagoon system that includes Lake King. The church’s painted interior was created during the 1930s by Italian-born artist Francesco Floreani and remains Bairnsdale’s most distinctive cultural landmark. Its commercial streets serve surrounding agricultural communities, while Mitchell River National Park lies upstream, protecting forest and river-gorge country. See how Bairnsdale fits within East Gippsland by browsing webcams nearby.

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