Next trip:
Sunday 10 May 2025
Choose the places you want to visit and spend as much time there as you wish. The shuttle will pick up and drop off at no extra cost.
Entry fees to attractions (if any) are not included.
Ballarat is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. In 2020, Ballarat had a population of 109,553, making it the third-largest city in Victoria. In 1851, gold was discovered near Ballarat, sparking the Victorian gold rush. Ballarat subsequently became a thriving boomtown that for a time rivalled Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, in terms of wealth and cultural influence.
The city is home to nationally significant heritage structures. These include the Ballarat Botanical Gardens (established 1857), with the greatest concentration of public statues, the official Prime Ministers Avenue, the longest running lyric theatre building (Her Majesty's Theatre, established 1875),] the first municipal observatory, established 1886, and the earliest and longest war memorial avenue (the Avenue of Honour, established between 1917 and 1919). Ballarat is most notable for the award-winning open-air museum known as Sovereign Hill, a recreated 1850s gold mining settlement opened in 1970. Sovereign Hill is Ballarat's biggest tourism drawcard and is consistently rated among the best outdoor museums in the world and continues to expand.
Links to sites: Sovereign Hill, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Botanical Gardens, Tramway Museum, Eureka Stockade, Sunday Market, Prisoner of War memorial, Ballarat BIRD WORLD.
CONVENIENT PICKUP LOCATIONS
9:00am 1st Pickup - ST KILDA -bus stop at the side of McDonald's St Kilda on Ackland St (carpark side)
9:15am 2nd Pickup - PORT MELB - Bay St cnr Liardet St, Bus stop in front of Coles supermarket.
9:35am 3rd Pickup - FEDERATION SQUARE - Cnr Flinders & Russell Streets Bus pickup zone.
9:45am 4th Pickup- bus stop at 361 QUEEN Street cnr A'Beckett St (Queen Victoria Market end)
10:00am 5th Pickup - FOOTSCRAY STATION South entrance Cnr Hyde & Bunbury Streets.
Shuttle bus leaves Ballarat back to Melbourne at 3:30pm (approx)
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