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Sovereign Hill
Museum
Replica of a gold mining town with costumed actors, a mine tour, coach rides & other attractions.
4.50 (10.3K reviews)
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Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Botanical garden
Lakeshore park, founded in 1858, with landscaped gardens, marble statues & a modern greenhouse.
4.60 (5.2K reviews)
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Ballarat Wildlife Park
Wildlife park
Park with many native mammals, exotic reptiles & hands-on encounters (fee) with photo souvenirs.
4.60 (3.7K reviews)
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Victoria Park
Park
👍👍 Absolutely an amazing park. Your can literally spend all day here. Very well fenced, great for picnic, plenty of shade, clean toilets. It also had couple of sand area for kids to play. There was also a very water 💦 playing area but it was closed. It would be great if they displayed the opening time...
4.50 (973 reviews)
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Eureka Centre Ballarat
Museum
History museum exploring Australia's democracy through art installations & digital technology.
4.40 (633 reviews)
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Black Hill Reserve
Nature preserve
Urban park with a 495-m. hill offering panoramic city views & tracks for hiking & mountain biking.
4.40 (331 reviews)
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Ballarat Bird World
Tourist attraction
🫤 Was excited to see the birds here but most of them are in cages that are extremely small with no space for flight and interactions. Disappointed that only the birds in the free flight aviary could roam and fly about which made my partner and I quite sad. The maze was quite fun and young kids would d...
4.30 (297 reviews)
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Pax Hill Scout Camp
Campground
😠 Great camp. Guests however were smoking ganja and not in control of their children who were rude to our kids. Their kids were throwing plastic bottles around and pouring juice into the pool. We reported it to management who did nothing. Tom Nolan also didnt get his apple pie for dessert, which i bel...
4.40 (103 reviews)
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Prime Ministers Walk
Museum
👍👍 The Ballarat gardens are beautiful. We only went to see the Prime Ministers walk - so were delighted to see the display of dahlias & begonias and the amazing statues. The hothouse display was amazing. Loved our visit here.
4.40 (87 reviews)
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Lake Wendouree Fairyland
Tourist attraction
👍👍 This area is an incredible place to find in the centre of Ballarat the walkways and resting areas make it a complete relaxing few hours.
4.50 (78 reviews)
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Michael Unwin Wines
Winery
👍👍 We visited Michael Unwin Wines through our Hops n Grapes Winery Tour. Michael’s winery exceeded our expectations and was the stand out of the day thanks to Michael and the teams hospitality, knowledge and all in all welcoming nature. We will definitely be back to experience MUW by ourselves for a lo...
4.70 (73 reviews)
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City Oval
Historical landmark
👍👍 Ballarat is a historical city with beautiful chirches and parks!Christmas carols was a treat. International artis,originally from Ballarat.I loved singing along well in to the night and finishing with firework,lightning the sky!
4.40 (64 reviews)
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Bishops Palace
Wedding venue
😠 I booked directly with Janine and paid the large deposit because a friend recommended the venue to me. When Covid hit, I had to reschedule due to Government restrictions. Janine and Craig stopped replying to me, never answering my many calls and emails.
This was confusing to me since they seemed ni...
4.20 (42 reviews)
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Ballarat Aviation Museum
Museum
Guided tours of an airport hangar housing aircraft, engines, radios, cameras & aviation memorabilia.
4.60 (34 reviews)
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Yarrowee River Trail
Park
👍👍 Probably the best place for a walk in Ballarat! It’s along the Yarrowee river catchment with trees surrounding the pathways. Always enjoy taking this walk. 🖤
4.60 (33 reviews)