Travel Guide of Ballarat in Australia by Influencers and Travelers
Ballarat is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria.
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The Best Things to Do and Visit in Ballarat
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1 - Ballarat Botanical Gardens
The Ballarat Botanical Gardens Reserve, located on the western shore of picturesque Lake Wendouree, in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, covers an area of 40 hectares which is divided into three distinct zones.
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2 - Black Hill
Black Hill is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in the northeast of the city. It is named after the major landmark, Black Hill, on which there was extensive and highly profitable open-cut gold mining from the early 1850s during the Victoria gold rush.
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3 - Culinary Tour in Ballarat
On this private 2-day tour from Melbourne, enjoy the gourmet delights of the Macedon Ranges, where wonderful landscapes, experiences, and characters provide an interesting journey through an emerging tourism hotspot. Over the two days, a local guide takes you to Hanging Rock Winery, and Kyneton, with an overnight stay at the Lake House, one of the acclaimed Luxury Lodges of Australia. Meals are included.
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4 - Ballarat Wildlife Park
Ballarat Wildlife Park is an interactive wildlife park situated in Ballarat, Australia which was opened by Greg Parker in 1987. The Park is situated on 37 acres of natural bush land.
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5 - Mount Warrenheip
9 km away
Mount Warrenheip is an inactive scoria volcanic cone in Victoria, Australia. The mountain has an elevation of 746 metres AHD. A landmark of Dunnstown, the closest town, the mountain is 9 kilometres east of the Ballarat central business district, in the locality of Warrenheip.
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6 - Art Gallery of Ballarat
The Art Gallery of Ballarat is the oldest and largest regional art gallery in Australia. Established in 1884 as the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery by the citizens of Ballarat, both the building and part of its collection is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register
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7 - Mars Stadium
Eureka Stadium, known commercially as Mars Stadium, is an oval shaped sports stadium located in the Eureka Sports Precinct of Wendouree, 2.9 km north of the CBD of the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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8 - Lake Wendouree
Lake Wendouree is an artificially-created and maintained shallow urban lake located adjacent to the suburb of the same name in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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9 - Sovereign Hill
Sovereign Hill is an open-air museum in Golden Point, a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Sovereign Hill depicts Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold there in 1851.
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10 - Mount Buninyong
12 km away
Mount Buninyong is an extinct volcano in western Victoria, Australia rising to 745 metres AHD. It lies within the Mount Buninyong Scenic Reserve, 4 kilometres north of the town of Buninyong and 14 kilometres south of Ballarat, on the regional city's rural-urban fringe.
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11 - Lake Burrumbeet
20 km away
Lake Burrumbeet is a large but shallow eutrophic lake in central western Victoria, Australia. Located 20 kilometres west of Ballarat and 140 kilometres west of Melbourne, the lake has been progressively emptying since 1997 and was declared completely dry in 2004.
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12 - Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary
27 km away
The Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary is a nature reserve focused on protecting and restoring habitat for woodland birds. It lies in the state of Victoria in south-eastern Australia, near the small town of Linton, 30 km south-west of the city of Ballarat.
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13 - Lake Daylesford
34 km away
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