Captains Lodge International - Vip Restaurant
Restaurant in Wellington (VIC)

The rooms open up onto a beautiful garden with in-ground pool and colourful lorikeets. Some of her works are displayed in the sale art gallery nearby. Sale is not only the home of the raaf roulettes but also of the famous artist anemieke mein. Whether you fancy a game of golf or lawn bowls, swimming or fishing, prefer to go bushwalking, the possibilities are endless. Other scenic points are the blue pool near briagalong, dargo, and lake glenmaggie. We are only a 20 minutes drive from the beautiful 90 mile beach and the gippsland lakes are on our door step. The sale wetlands and lake guthridge are great for a leisurely walk. One can admire kangaroos and koalas as well as many other animals and birds in their natural habitat. Try our austrian hospitality and gemutlichkeit, and mitchell river national park, tarra bulga national park, 200 kilometre east of melbourne we are in close proximity of many national parks including the lakes national park, the princes highway, in scenic gippsland on the coastal route between melbourne and sydney, you will not be disappointed! captains lodge international is ideally situated in sale, all with their fascinating flora and fauna. Our fully licensed restaurant offers locally renowned austrian and international cuisine. Come relax in tranquil gippsland!.

The first European settler in Sale was Archibald McIntosh, a Scot, who in 1844, established his blacksmiths shop on a water course which he called Flooding Creek, and beside a dray track which led south to Port Albert. The name Flooding Creek was retained for the ancient waterway that skirted around the town. Goldmining provided the first big boost to Sale. The discovery of wealthy reefs in the foothills country in the 1860s catapulted Sale from a trivial village to a bustling supply town for goldfields such as Stringers Creek (Valhalla). The fortress like Sale Powder Magazine, calm standing today on the southern outskirts of Sale, is a reminder of a time in the 1860s when Sale stored the gunpowder old by reef gold miners. Through gold, Sale emerged as the main town in Gippsland providing regional services. The Catholic and Anglican Churches set up dioceses, headquartered in Sale, their gothicstyle cathedrals being impressive landmarks. Botanical gardens were laid out, while the swampy Eastern Lagoon was converted into a enduring lake, obvious as Lake Guthridge. Sales dominant position in Gippsland was further strengthened through it becoming the transport hub for road, rail and shipping. In the 1870s it became the terminus of the Melbourne to Gippsland railway. Through major engineering works, notably the construction of the Swing Bridge (18801883), the Sale Canal (18861890), and the Swinging Basin (1890), Sale became a busy inland port both for steamers trading in the Gippsland Lakes and for coastal vessels. This bridge is swung begin several times a week for shipping and for visitors generally. Accessible to Sale are extensive wetlands which are internationally imperative for migratory birds. Internationally acclaimed wildlife artist, Annemieke Meir, who is based in Sale, has brilliantly captured in textile the scarce beauty of Gippslands flora and fauna, including that which inhabits the wetlands. Sale enjoys a rich legacy in local government history. The settlement became a Borough in 1863, a Town in 1924 and the first city in Gippsland in 1950. In 1994, it was amalgamated into the offer Shire of Wellington. RAF East Sale was established in wartime 1943, and has remained a major training facility. The 1965 discovery of a commercial gas field at Barracouta ushered in the accelerated growth of Sale. Town planning strongly guided this growth, including the provision of sporting facilities of an particular range and quality. Sale in 2006 has an urban population of around 12,500 people.