Ballarat Travel Blogs

The gang went to Ballarat for a tour of Sovereign Hill, the occasion was for Eugene's bday. Entrance was about $35 per person but not it seems to be $39.50 - it also includes entry to the Gold Museum across the road. It's about an hour and a half drive from Melbourne. Sovereign Hill is a huge outdo…

Had nothing better to do on a weekend so I figured we'd drive to Ballarat and visit the wildlife park. I was actually looking forward to seeing the joeys (same one I encountered last year with my cousin). They are just too cute. Unfortunately, all the park's joeys (baby kangaroo) were eaten by foxe…

A friend and I went to Australia and New Zealand during the summer vacation. In Australia, we've been to Brisban, Cairns, Gold Coast, Sydney, Canberra...

A couple of hours' drive west of Melbourne lies the city of Ballarat. Within it, is Sovereign Hill, an 1850s era goldmine. Open to the public as a major tourist attraction, you can experience life on the goldfields during the Gold Rush of the 1850s. The area often is plagued with school kids on the…

Ballarat is about an hour drive from the house. When we arrived at Sovereign Hill Saturday morning, we were given a brief history of this gold mining area. The children were allowed to choose a 19th century dress and then off we went to obtain a license and pan for gold. This was a really a fun day…

The driver was fantastic! Makes all the difference as I sat in luxury listing to commentary.  It was good do hear the driver talking about local history, how Melbourne is going etc… then moving onto more Australian history, then politics, world events and knowledge of other cities/ states.&n…

My trip around the world bringing me from Amsterdam to LA, to the Cook Islands, to Auckland New Zealand, to Melbourne / Ballarat Australia to Sydney Australia back to Auckland New Zealand to Tonga, To Auckland New Zealand again :), to Tokyo Japan and finally back to Amsterdam.

Traveled through Australia for 5 1/2 months, 1st month with a friend. After that on my own.

A blog about our planned trip to Australia and Singapore in 2007

I spent a semester here, and it was one of the best experiences of my life. It's so different yet so familiar.