Car hire at West Sale Airport (SXE) is not a walk-up proposition: the Gippsland field handles flight training, general aviation and only occasional regional services, so there is no desk row waiting at arrivals. Renters around Sale arrange cars through the town's agency-model branches - regional Victorian rentals commonly run through local dealerships and service agents - or collect in Traralgon up the Princes Highway, while fly-and-drive itineraries mostly start at Melbourne's airports, about 2.5 hours west. The car matters because Gippsland is distance country: the Ninety Mile Beach at Seaspray and Golden Beach, Sale's wetlands and heritage core, and the roads up to Walhalla's gold-era village or east toward the Gippsland Lakes all run far beyond bus practicality.
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