Loch Sport, VIC 3851
Ranked 6th best suburb by locals in East Gippsland Region, VIC
Great for
- Peace and quiet
- Parks and recreation
- Safe and sound
- Clean & green
- Neighbourly spirit
Not great for
- Childcare
- Gym and fitness
- Nightlife
- Medical facilities
- Public transport
Who lives here?
- Families With Kids
- Professionals
- Beach Lovers
- Retirees
- Tourists
Reviews of Loch Sport, VIC
"If you have a brain and your own teeth, don’t move here!"
The tourists love it. They come in droves over the holidays, driving at speed, killing wildlife, double parking, walking 5 people wide across the roads, leaving rubbish everywhere, tearing up the National Park, letting their dogs roam and chase the roos and local wildlife. Lazy visiting parents let their kids graffiti the roads and destroy public property. Generally zero respect for residents. Residents HATE the tourists and call them terrorists. Residents hate each other, the place is Gippsland’s gossip capital and whether it’s true or fabricated, no-one’s life is off limits for a spicy story spread at the pub or the local, crappy cafe. Speaking of the crappy cafe - the obese owner and his rude wife will ignore you unless you’re one of their in-crowd. Ice/methamphetamine sale and abuse is rife. Domestic abuse is too. Alcoholism is standard and the drinking culture is ingrained. Burglaries are frequent and the police presence is negligible except over the holidays when the revenue raising opportunities are abundant. There are stories aplenty about the current local police officer and no one has lasted the distance in that position here. The local supermarket is overpriced and poorly stocked. The other food opportunities are poor and overpriced at best, with the exception of great toasties from the local toasty van. You wouldn’t want to go to the pub on the off seasons, the locals there still behave like they did 50 years ago, only now with even fewer teeth. It’s such a shame as the location is really gorgeous. The people, the lack of council and government investment of any kind, the giant mosquitoes, midges, march flies and jellyfish ruins it. Really cheap properties back before covid has kept the permanent demographic to that of some of the lowest economic denominator which may explain the community here, or holiday makers who contribute little to the community. The lovely people keep to themselves so you don’t experience them often. Or they leave, an even better option. There’s a very good reason there are always so many properties here on the market. If you’re thinking of buying here - caveat emptor! Don’t say you weren’t warned.
"Best Place EVER!!!"
My husband's family have been going to loch sport for over 40 year's. I been going there for 16 year's and all three of our children have hadANY great holidays at loch sport. Yer there's sand flies, mosquitoes ECT but there's spray for that 😀. Kid's play outside all day, it's so peaceful and relaxing at loch sport. We have always found the community nice and they welcome everyone. We love it down there and we are very lucky to have a house there, that we can get away from the city life. I would love to move down there 😀
Love LOCH SPORT
Who lives here?
- Families with kids
"Beautiful spot unspoilt natural beauty"
Stunning spot in terms of natural beauty, wildlife, lake and ocean. We love it.
Who lives here?
- Families with kids
"Nice place relaxing from far away noise city's lot bush walks nature best 90 mile beach l looked around Australia the only place that has so much wildlife"
Like place as it's true Australian no city lights just sound nature at its best
Who lives here?
- Professionals
"Perfect for a get away :)"
We are in our late 20's and have a little holiday house in Loch Sport, we absolutely love it. The scenery is absolutely beautiful and it is lovely to have the wildlife visiting our backyard. Highly recommend it as a place to relax, unwind and take the boat out.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
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"Lovely town to escape from the city"
We love going to loch sport. Its clean, laid back and very relaxing. Just how we like it! The holiday period attracts more people but everyone is friendly and its easy to drive around town. Plenty of activities to choose from and there are no traffic lights or chain coffee shops to remind you of work! Just the beach, lakes and serenity :)
Who lives here?
- Families with kids
"Unwelcoming community, unsupportive council, couldn’t leave soon enough."
Spent several years in Loch Sport before moving elsewhere, it’s a horrible town where the people will harass you until you do what they want and will gossip about you, even if you just keep to yourself, which is forbidden in Loch Sport, the less you speak to people the more they will harass you because you’re "weird" if you aren’t gossiping. People may seem friendly at first, but they aren’t, unless you’re a baby boomer. Council doesn’t support the town except in the tourist areas because the rowdy tourists are all they care about. Locals call the tourists "terrorists" despite tourism being the only thing to keep Loch Sport afloat. The locals are fine if you’re an aged pensioner, but are extremely rude to anyone under 60. It’s even impossible to collect your mail if you’re young because the post office employees will be too busy gossiping to find your mail, you’ll need to get someone over 60 to collect all your mail for you or get a P.O. Box in Sale. The local restaurants are very pricey considering the standard of food, the local supermarket isnt worth purchasing from, better off driving the 65km to Sale. Place is overrun with mosquitoes and sand flies, which the council doesn’t bother to spray until way too late, so if you live here you will contract Ross River Fever. The tourist season results in garbage and roadkill everywhere, which doesn’t get cleaned up for weeks or months. It’s known as God’s waiting room, which is accurate, but if only he’d hurry up and see them so they’d leave the town and maybe it could develop instead of remaining the small inbred town it is.
"Off the beaten track, but a bit of a bogan & mossie-pit"
Tranquil location, away from the main busy centres. But still gets quite crowded in peak season. Also can fill up with a large number of drunk bogans and general yobbos. The reputation of being a bit of a mossie-pit is well-deserved. There must be some kind of record for this place having the biggest and most numerous mossies in Australia! If you take the aeroguard, you might just avagoodweekend.
"Small town syndrome, mozzies & nothing going for it."
A beautiful place with nothing going for it. Mozzies, flies and drunks. Sums it up. And the worst case I've ever seen of small town syndrome with people living in each others pockets and backstabbing at every available moment.
Great for
- Nature
- Lakes
Not great for
- Too far from town
- Lack of facilities, shopping, civilization
- Mozzies, flies, everything else that bites and stings
Who lives here?
- Tourists
"Loch sport is where the heart is"
very nice area surrounced by the water and national park. you can even sit and listen to the kookaburras from you backyard! great for the kids, they can ride their bikes all over town. there is play equipment as well. i love it
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- LGBT+
- Country Lovers
- Beach Lovers
Ridiculous comment.