Council is proposing to name an unnamed road in Paynesville ‘Skippers Place’. The location and extent of the road proposed to be named are shown below.

The extended community is invited to provide feedback on this proposal.

Background

The road extends from Slip Road to Jetty 5 at Slip Bight Marina, providing access to marina berths and the Paynesville Motor Cruiser Club.

Naming this road is in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Naming Rules for Places in Victoria – Statutory requirements for naming roads, features and localities – 2022 (Naming Rules).

Section 3.3 states: “All roads, whether they are public or private, should be named and registered in VICNAMES and Vicmap. This facilitates accurate addressing and location identification across Victoria. Therefore, any land course navigable by vehicle or foot should be officially named according to the naming rules.”

The name ‘Skippers Place’ acknowledges the varying skills of skippers, past and present, who have operated their vessels on the Gippsland Lakes.

The proposed road naming complies with the Naming Rules and the Australian and New Zealand Standard for rural and urban addressing AS/NZS 4819:2011.

Submissions

This proposal complies with the Naming Rules for Places in Victoria – Statutory requirements for naming roads, features and localities – 2022.

Community members are invited to provide feedback on this proposal before its formal consideration by the Registrar of Geographic Names Victoria.

All comments must be submitted in writing using one of the methods below:

How to provide feedback
• Hand deliver your submission to any of our Customer Service Centres
• Post to PO Box 1618, Bairnsdale VIC 3875
• Email: feedback@egipps.vic.gov.au

All submissions must be received by 5.00 pm, Friday 22 May 2026.

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