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  1. Legend Rock

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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Metung
| state = vic
| image = Shopping-Strip,-MetungRd, Vic.jpg
| caption = Town centre on Metung Rd
| lga = Shire of East Gippsland
| postcode = 3904
| est =
| pop = 1207
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}}
| pop_footnotes=[1]
| elevation=
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|37|53|0|S|147|51|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| maxtemp = 19.2
| mintemp = 10.3
| rainfall = 731.7
| stategov = Gippsland East
| fedgov = Gippsland
| dist1 = 314
| dir1 = E
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 31
| dir2 = SE
| location2= Bairnsdale
| dist3 = 20
| dir3 = W
| location3= Lakes Entrance
}}Metung is a town in East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town is {{convert|314|km}} east of the state capital Melbourne and between the larger towns of Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance. It is on a small peninsula {{convert|31|km}} south-east of Bairnsdale, separating Lake King and Bancroft Bay on the Gippsland Lakes. At the 2006 census, Metung had a population of 1,207.[1]

Metung Post Office opened on 2 June 1879.[2]

Metung is a popular holiday spot, near to larger towns but off any main routes itself. Many of the permanent inhabitants commute to work at Bairnsdale or Lakes Entrance.

Golfers play at the course of the Kings Cove Metung Golf Club on Kings Cove Boulevard.[3]

Legend Rock

The original inhabitants of the area—the Aboriginal Gunai or Kurnai people—told a story about an unusual group of rocks now found alongside the boardwalk in the Metung Marina on Bancroft Bay. This legend or fable indicates how greed will be punished.

The legend goes that some fishermen made a good catch and ate the fish around their campfire. The fishermen, however, did not share their catch with their dogs, despite having more than enough to eat. As a punishment, the women, who were guardians of social law, turned the greedy men to stone.[4]

Originally there were three rocks found at this location that related to the legend, but two of them were destroyed during road works. The remaining Legend Rock is now protected.[4]

Gallery

References

1. ^{{Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26157 | name = Metung (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on}}
2. ^{{Citation| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11}}
3. ^{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title =Kings Cove | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=2228 | accessdate = 2009-05-11}}
4. ^{{Citation|title=Site 7 - Legend Rock|author=Bataluk Cultural Trail Site Signage|location=East Gippsland, Victoria}}

External links

  • Official East Gippsland tourism website
{{commons category-inline|Metung, Victoria}}{{Towns in East Gippsland Shire}}{{Gippsland-geo-stub}}

3 : Towns in Victoria (Australia)|East Gippsland|Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia)

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