Lake Wendouree Ballarat

I (Hazel) got up about 6 this morning and went off alone to explore the town about 7. Walked along the main street and several things struck me. The roads are very wide and have relatively little traffic on them. There are also a large amount of eating places and a fair number of estate agents. Shops are mainly fairly unobtrusive. They sort of give …

We had a lovely sleep in today after our late night last night it was fantastic to relax a while. We got up at 8.30am. Annabel made us pancakes for breakfast. They were very yummy. After slowly getting ready at about 11.00am we headed off to the Gold Museum. It was across the road from Sovereign Hill. It actually has free entry if you have been to …

... to the change in weather Cully decides that he’ll tick off a few sight-seeing things off my local list and drives me to Lake Wendouree and to the Botanical Gardens. We shared a pizza and had a glass of wine and a beer overlooking the lake and ...

... . Andy and Elissa were aware of it but had never been there. It consists of many lagoons which cover the land near to Lake Wendouree.  The water level in the lagoons is quite low at the moment.  There are bike and walking paths between the ...

... a lie in this morning as the children slept later. Mary and Lou came round at about 10.30 and we took a picnic lunch to Lake Wendouree  and spent a few hours at the begonia festival. Got back about tea time and after tea, Mary and Lou drove back to ...

... to break any speed records. Called in on Heather and Paul at Mount Wallace near Ballan for a late lunch, and then on to Ballarat arriving at four. Brendan was really helpful while we packed, travelled well and even managed a short sleep. Let's hope it ...

... scared! While we were in Ballarat we also went to the art gallery, which was excellent and we went for a run around Lake Wendouree, a favourite training run for Steve Monagehtti. Mini-golf featured prominantly on this leg of t he journey as there was an ...

... Centre, the Eureka Stockade Centre & Ballarat Visitor Centre, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Gold Rush Golf, the Ballarat Aquatic Centre, Lake Wendouree, the Botanical Gardens and the Australian Prisoners of War Memorial are all within a five minute drive. ...

... the Australian Prime Ministers are situated, then to see some wonderful sculptures in some beautiful conservatories.  Ballarat is a very pretty town with Lake Wendouree right in the middle and lots of old historic buildings.  One of the more ...

... squatters led by William Yuille camped on the shores of the ‘Black Swamp’, which now has been converted into Lake Wendouree. Its name Balla-Arat has the aboriginal meaning of ‘resting place’. When gold was discovered at the ...

... of interesting information. Kaila doesn't want to see gold ever again. She is golded out. After we left there we headed for Lake Wendouree. Trusty navman took us an extremely long way around so we had more time for site seeing. When we finally got there ...

... where they drive on the other side of the road! A brief tour of Louise's lovely house, then we headed out for a walk around Lake Wendouree. It had stopped raining by this time, and we even got some sunshine. Its about a 6km walk and with all of ...