Cardinia Cultural Centre

Fun experience for a quiet afternoon. The environment was calm and friendly, and there's a beautiful lake next to it where you can enjoy the view and have a breath.

Rotary held a Mental Health Forum. Staff, venue and parking all great. Projector getting old, audio and sound in general need a refresh. House internet for zoom is really bad. The nearest Telstra tower is som distance away.

The nicely designed cultural centre hosts many different exhibitions and fairs. It has a large parking. The hall is commonly hired for weddings and cultural occasions. The cultural centre has a million dollar view of a big lake. Although the hall itself is not that big. Within the same building you can enjoy coffee and lunch. There is nice shopping strip next to the cultural centre with almost everything you may need. The lake next to the cultural centre is a gem and can be considered as the heart of Pakenham's Lakeside development. A wide foot path borders the lake, encouraging large number of locals to enjoy a 1.6km walk daily around the lake. The lake has been designed in a way that it looks very natural and is a home of a large number and large number of water birds, including variety of wild ducks, Black Swans, Swamphens, Cormorants, moorhens and coots. Sometimes Pelicans also land here. The lake has a boating club that has a boat ramp at one end. The lake hosts a nice park, where children go wild in a safe enclosed environment. There is BBQ area where locals commonly have large birthday parties.

A really nice place to have a coffee and meal while indulge yourself in artistic creativity presented in the gallery or the theaters. You will get to see works of talented locals and my favourite was the Art Show Pakenham.