Melbourne Airport 1 hr 11
Ballarat Information Centre (5 min.) Ballarat Tramway Museum (11 min.) Quaint museum with a fleet of historic trams & an operational solar-powered tramway. Victoria Park (10 min.) Specimen Vale (7 min) Rice St (14 min) Goldfields Track start (4 min.) Art Gallery of Ballarat (5 min.) Established in 1884, this museum houses Australian & international art & the original Eureka Flag. Lake Wendouree (10 min.) Man-made 544-acre city center lake with wetlands, a 3.7-mi. cycling & running track & boating. Wildlife Park (4 min.) Wildlife park featuring native Australian animals, including koalas, wombats, quokkas & crocodiles. Eureka Centre - Home of the Eureka Flag (13 min.) History museum exploring Australia's democracy through art installations & digital technology. The Gold Museum (6 min.) Modern museum exploring the local 1850s gold rush, plus a gift shop with nuggets & jewelry. Ballarat Wildlife Park (4 min.) Park with many native mammals, exotic reptiles & hands-on encounters (fee) with photo souvenirs. Damascus College (4 min) Kryal Castle (9 min) Medieval theme park lodging offering Gothic rooms, plus ticket discounts and extended hours. Queen St (11 min) Ballarat Botanical Gardens (13 min.) Lakeshore park, founded in 1858, with landscaped gardens, marble statues & a modern greenhouse. |