WatersEdge LakeEildon

WatersEdge hires out a fleet of self-contained houseboats from Jerusalem Creek Marina on Lake Eildon, two hours north-east of Melbourne, in sizes running from compact boats for couples up to vessels sleeping ten or more. No boat licence is needed — a short induction on arrival covers steering and mooring before guests head off to find their own bay on the lake, ringed by state forest. Each boat comes fitted out with bedding, a gas stove, hot water and an outdoor deck for the evening, and guests have described the handover process as thorough, with fuel and gas costs kept reasonable against other operators on the lake. It's a family-run outfit rather than a corporate hire fleet, working out of the same marina as Jerusalem Creek's bar and general store. A way to spend a few days drifting around one of Victoria's High Country lakes without owning a boat or holding a licence of your own.