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Introduction
113km (70 miles) W of Melbourne Ballarat, Victoria's largest inland city (pop. 90,000), is all about gold. In 1851, two prospectors found gold nuggets scattered on the ground at a place known as, ironically, Poverty Point. Within a year, 2... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There -- From Melbourne, Ballarat is a 1 1/2-hour drive on the Great Western Highway. V/Line (tel. 13 61 96 in Victoria, or 03/9697 2076; www.vline.com.au) runs trains between the cities every day; the trip takes about 1 hour and 30 m... Continue reading »
Ballarat Travel Experiences
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The End of an Aussie Road Trip
Since everyone was tired the night before, we took a drive through the Grampians, we decided that the first place we would stop was a w... Continue reading »
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What's that Skip? Steve is stuck in a fallen mine...
Continuing my slightly unusual backpacking/family holiday, I went up to the country about 100km from Melbourne with my sister's future pa... Continue reading »
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Digging for gold
On saturday we drove down to Ballarat, one of Australias main historical gold mining sites.On the way we stopped at a chocolate factory,... Continue reading »
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Strawberry picking!
A previous impromptu road trip lead me to stumble upon a unique activity - strawberry picking. This time I made sure I arrived before the... Continue reading »
