Top Attractions For BALLARAT

• Botanical Gardens & Lake Wendouree - Explore the beautiful Botanical Gardens and Lake Wendouree.
  
  
• Buninyong - A picturesque town, scene of one of the region's earliest gold rushes. Lining the streets are many of the town's original buildings still preserved and open for business.
  
  
• Ballarat Wildlife Park - Visit this award-winning wildlife park.
  
  
• Eureka Trail - Walk the Eureka Trail, from Camp Street to the Eureka Stockade Centre taking in many Eureka sites along the way.
  
  
• Sovereign Hill - Pan for gold or chat with the storekeepers and miners at Sovereign Hill, where the lives and times of a typical gold mining settlement has been re-created.
  
  
• "Battle of the Southern Cross" - Relive the "Battle of the Southern Cross" in a sound and light spectacular at Sovereign Hill.
  
  
• Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - Australia's oldest and largest regional art gallery. View the comprehensive collection of Australian art.
  
  
• Mining Exchange - Visit the Mining Exchange, where troops gathered in 1854 before setting off to quell a revolt by miners.
  
  
• Lydiard Street - A fine example of a Victorian streetscape.
  
  

Top Activities For BALLARAT

• Wine Tasting - Taste the region's award-winning wines at the cellar door or head to the nearby Pyrenees and Grampians wine regions.