Venture Out Australia
Venture Out Australia
Venture Out Australia
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9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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About
Venture Out is in the business of adventure! We run Mountain Bike, Kayak & Stand Up Paddle board (SUP) Tours through our beautiful forests & waterways of Lakes Entrance. Guests can also hire Bikes & Ebikes, Kayaks & SUPs for their own self-guided adventures. Hire duration varies from 1hr or 2hr for most guests, up to 4hr, 24hr for others. Make the most of your days here and check out our Ride & Dine or Paddle & Dine packages to enjoy the food, beer & wine of our region. We also offer a shuttle service for you to ride or paddle point to point & we will bring you back. Our shop is on the Esplanade of Lakes Entrance, just across the street from the water for easy paddling access. In store you can also purchase Bikes, Kayaks, SUPs, Scooters and adventure accessories, as well as access bike repairs and servicing from our team.
Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia
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2024
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Olga T
Melbourne 3 contributions
Apr 2022 • Family
Fantastic service and a great family day out! We hired 4 bikes ( ebikes) for a half a day ride to Lake Tyers and back. The Venture Out staff provided us with the necessary equipment and tips of best route to take. The ride out has a couple of hills but nothing too strenuous that the ebikes can't handle. A lovely lunch out on the deck at the Tavern in Lake Tyers before a ride back. Most of the path is off main roads and a fantastic activity to do with teenagers or older children. Highly recommended.
Written 12 April 2022
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Thanks for sharing your experience. The ebikes really make that ride route a great one, and lunch at the Tavern with that lake view really tops it off!
Written 19 March 2024
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Caite A
Potato Point, Australia18 contributions
Apr 2021 • Solo
I had time to kill and thought it would be good to get up close & personal with the water during my recent visit to Lakes Entrance, so I hired a kayak for a couple of hours to explore.
Sarah gave me a quick demonstration of how to get the most from the oars, tucked me into a life jacket, showed me a few ideas of places to paddle to & kindly launched this slightly nervous explorer.
I had a ball paddling around the fishing boats, taking photos of pelicans and viewing the 'Entrance' part of Lakes Entrance.
It was hard work and I got wet (though I did not fall out!) and I really enjoyed myself. These guys made it easy to hire the gear & spend a little while doing something I don't normally do. Highly recommended.
Sarah gave me a quick demonstration of how to get the most from the oars, tucked me into a life jacket, showed me a few ideas of places to paddle to & kindly launched this slightly nervous explorer.
I had a ball paddling around the fishing boats, taking photos of pelicans and viewing the 'Entrance' part of Lakes Entrance.
It was hard work and I got wet (though I did not fall out!) and I really enjoyed myself. These guys made it easy to hire the gear & spend a little while doing something I don't normally do. Highly recommended.
Written 28 April 2021
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V9970AXmarkd
Warragul, Australia11 contributions
Sept 2020 • Family
We are a family of 4, with boys aged 10 and 13, and booked a 1 hour mountain bike adventure, with Sarah as our guide.
Sarah provided great instruction on how ro ride a mountain bike trail, and took us through the track.
It was a great adventure, and completely worth it. The boys loved the sink hole, and gully trail was a thrill.
We 100% recommend doing this if you are coming to Lakes Entrance.
Sarah provided great instruction on how ro ride a mountain bike trail, and took us through the track.
It was a great adventure, and completely worth it. The boys loved the sink hole, and gully trail was a thrill.
We 100% recommend doing this if you are coming to Lakes Entrance.
Written 26 September 2020
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SJTmelb
Melbourne, Australia101 contributions
Apr 2022 • Family
Blessed with a beautiful day for kayaking on the island hopping tour. Our guide Sarah was great and we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and plentiful bird life. We also took a stop to walk up a short track to a viewing platform to look over the Lake and islands. All in all a fun experience in a beautiful part of the world!
Written 11 April 2022
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Thanks so much for sharing your experience!
Written 19 March 2024
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Boon Yee
Boronia, Australia2 contributions
Dec 2020 • Family
We joined Venture Out’s beginner stand-up paddleboard (SUP) tour around the lakes. Sarah and Mia were wonderful guides. They were very understanding with our 2 younger children, one of which needed to be towed quite a distance. Thanks for introducing us to SUPs and showing us around. We had a lovely time.
Written 15 December 2020
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Jim R
7 contributions
June 2024 • Solo
Hired a bike for a quick spin around town. The legs needed a cycling workout after so many days sitting in the car and cafe's. The bike provided was good quality with hydraulic discs, 'Hollowtech' bottom bracket; a 29er with single front chain ring and front suspension.....Nice! Shop staff went out of their way to help and provide advice on where to ride for max enjoyment and taking in the sights around town. The $25 hire charge for the hour was arguably the best value $25 spent on our trip so far.
Thankyou, "Venture Out"
Thankyou, "Venture Out"
Written 31 July 2024
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Tamara C
1 contribution
Apr 2023 • Family
Sarah took us out for a sunset SUP tour. Absolutely perfect weather. Sarah was great with working out timing so we paddled up on slack water and back with a slow current. There were 7 in our group with a range of skill sets and she managed really well to keep the younger ones challenged and engaged and let the older ones relax and enjoy the paddle. Beautiful scenery and very easy paddle. Highly recommend Venture Out. Thanks for such a great time Sarah, the kids have flagged this as one of the highlights of our trip!
Written 19 April 2023
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Thanks so much for sharing your experience and great to hear it was a highlight for your crew! We do love it when a plan comes together, along with perfect weather conditions.
Written 19 March 2024
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susan t
Kyneton10 contributions
Mar 2022
Thoroughly enjoyed our bike ride on the rail trail. Venture Out staff at Lakes Entrance friendly & helpful. It was a great option to be driven to the rail trail, to avoid riding on the road. We were dropped off at Swan Reach and picked up at Nowa Nowa, stopping for lunch at Bruthen. Sarah was great, accommodating, punctual, notified us of possible burning off in the area, kept in touch and gave us an option to be flexible regarding pick-up location. No problems with the bikes, great experience!
Written 23 March 2022
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Thanks so much for sharing your experience, we've got such a variety of adventure options on our doorstep, its great to be able to customise options to suit what you're looking for.
Written 19 March 2024
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Lynne M
2 contributions
June 2024 • Solo
The staff were friendly and helpful. Not having ridden for 10 years and with my rather arthritic knees, they were patient and allowed me a quick 'try-out' before hiring. Their assurance that if I found an 'ordinary bike' (my term, not theirs) too challenging I could come back and upgrade to an e-bike.
They provided me with some suggestions, all of which I incorporated into my 4 hour hire.
Lakes Entrance is a great place to ride a bike - substantially flat for most of where I rode (23km in total) and enjoyable views along the water.
I could highly recommend them.
They provided me with some suggestions, all of which I incorporated into my 4 hour hire.
Lakes Entrance is a great place to ride a bike - substantially flat for most of where I rode (23km in total) and enjoyable views along the water.
I could highly recommend them.
Written 20 June 2024
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Anna W
Cranbourne, Australia4 contributions
Jan 2021 • Family
Excellent customer service. We booked paddle boards however due to weather conditions we asked the staff on the day of we could change the date and there was no issue in changing dates. We enjoyed kayaking and paddle boarding with Venture Out Australia and will definitely use them again in near future.
Written 8 January 2021
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