Paynesville, Victoria Paynesville, Victoria Paynesville is a tourist/holiday resort town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Paynesville had a population of 2967. The town is located east of the state capital, Melbourne. It is known as the boating capital of Victoria. Paynesville was originally called Toonalook, which is an aboriginal name for "place of many fish". The post office opened on 8 November 1879 as Toonalook and was renamed Paynesville in 1886 by the Dickson family, who still reside in the area. Raymond Island is a small island accessible via the Raymond Island Ferry. The island is
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