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Travel Blogs from Ballarat, Australia
Off to Death Valley!
... while Daniel and I crowded into his Jeep. Our first stop was a semi-ghost town located off of Highway 395 named Ballarat. http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/apr/stories/ballarat.html From there we headed into the Panamint Mountains. It was a good thing ...
Directions were lousy but we made it to Ballarat!
... devils and many other creatures. Monday July 19 Today we went to a place called Soverign Hill close to Ballarat. It is like Pioneer Village in Toronto, but bigger and based on a gold rush town. It was very well done with many ...
Day Two of D9780 Conference
District 6950 GSE Team was on schedule to present to the conference our journey through Australia and beyond. The outgoing GSE Team from District 9780 met with District 6950 Team for an afternoon tea. It was a lovely social session, in which we exchanged ...
21 days to go!
... today as apprently i need it to get back into Australi which kinda makes sens.... I would of applied for it already but Ballarat Camera house took unacceptable photos for passports and i had to have them re-done which means re-signed etc and so delayed ...
Gold fever
... wet canvass. The countryside driving here is surprisingly English, ie green hills, meadows with cows, etc, it is only the fact that the green is not emerald but a dull colour that you remember we are actually in Australia not in ...
Day 79 - Ballarat (Sovereign Hill)
... 's suggestion we decided to do the tour of the Sovereign Hill which in the words of their brochure is a "living museum representing Ballarat’s first decade following the discovery of gold in 1851". The entry fee was $41 and we spent around 6 ...
Living in the Gold Rush
... ; The town had many old buildings and homes that have been kept up really good. As with many of the small towns of Australia that we have gone through, the towns have kept many of the old buildings that were built in the 1800's. You could just ...
The Great Indoors
... to have had frequent visits with friends and family along our journey. While we have certain milestones to achieve on our trip around Australia (Uluru, The Great Ocean Road, Birdsville Pub etc) it has been one of my greatest joys to visit the friends and ...
Soverign Hill and Stormy Weather
I got the 9am train this morning from Melbourne to Ballarat. I was hoping that the weather stayed OK, but about 20 mins out of Ballarat it started raining and carried on all day. I took refuge in the shopping, and the town although small has a fair few! ...
we can go again!
we couldnt get away soon enough! halls gap is a super place but we are so pleased to heading off towards ballarat today. theres not far to go so todays blog will be very short!ballarat looks nice- the clouds dont! we take a chalet just in ...
Ballarat - Gold and the Eureka Rebellion
... world's biggest gold nugget was found here. Because of this Ballarat has a very interesting history and played a pivotal role in making Australia a country in its' own right, no longer just a British colony. At the centre of the town is Sovereign Hill, a ...
There's Gold in them there Hills!
... to see the lake that was dry as chips! It is sooooo dry here! Obviously used to be heaps of water around here! Amazing! Then back into Ballarat to chill for the evening. Great day out and about today looking at the countryside… loved it. ...
Where goin back! 41 days
Hi some how i remembered the userid and password so i'm going to be able to writ on this blog again Well as the title suggests Jake and I are heading back to europe, we fly out Oct 20th have a stop over in Seoul Korea on the airline ( hopefully a good ...
Crossing Two Borders
... though we want to move on. Missed seeing Dave unfortunately - he was away from Albury when we went through & had Saturday night in Ballarat but had to leave before we got there! Hoping he might be able to visit us while we are away. Left there this ...
Panning for Gold
... rush in Victoria made international headlines, and people came from near and far to try their luck. Not unlike modern day Australia, it was interesting to see how a resource boom brought people together in hopes of a better life, and when the ...
Bumping into an old friend in Ballarat
Bumping into an old friend in Ballarat Monday 27 th October Not sure if we would actually get away still with loads we needed to do to Betsy we said our Goodbyes anyway and waved Ed and Zoe off to work. We decided to do our last urgent ...
Gold fever
... wet canvass. The countryside driving here is surprisingly English, ie green hills, meadows with cows, etc, it is only the fact that the green is not emerald but a dull colour that you remember we are actually in Australia not in ...
Touring Victoria
... ocean road was spectacular in places and the Twelve Apostles were very picturesque. We spent a few days in the gold towns of Ballarat and Bendigo, where we visited Sovereign Hill, a mock up of the old Gold Towns. We went down the mines in ...
Around Victoria in 3 days
... we sat out on the veranda and sipped our drinks looking out over the grape vines. The following morning we headed for a town called Ballarat which is north west of Melbourne. After a couple of hours on the road we had arrived in the rather larger than ...
Day 2 at Ballarat
Arrived at Sovereign Hill at 10am, hoping the rain would stay off. It was cold though, only about 8C as we went around. As the day went on there were various interesting demonstrations, making sweets, making cartwheels, etc. Hughie was interested in the ...
Ballarat
... to leave for the evening show it had gone off, and the stars had come out. Very cold though. Not what we’d expected of Australia when we left home. The show was good, and we looked forward to seeing the setup in daylight, As it turned out next day, ...
Goldfields: money, money, money
The Gold Rush. Not just a Californian phenomenon: it was alive and well in 19th century Australia. Tonnes of gold was mined and vast amounts of money were made. And lots of miners died in pursuit of riches too. Today's trip was to 2 of the big gold ...
Gold Fever
Does anyone know, is it safe to have a convector heater in a tent? Because that is what we have been reduced to, yes, it is cold here and drizzly and dark, but appart from that everything is fine!! We have spent a great day today, getting 'the Gold ...
Goldfield Fever
... line to Ballarat. Got talked into (and convinced ourselves) to visit Sovereign Hill, which had won the best tourist attraction in Australia for the 5th successive year at the Tourism Awards only one week before - basically this is as good as it gets for ...
Driving thru the Great Ocean Road
... connected to the land. They say that soon the remaining arch will also fall and that will be the end of the London Bridge in Australia... I am glad we got to see it before it vanishes. Funny fact: Jarrett decided to stop at this one spot where we were ...
Ballarat weekend trip
... when you see the Statue of Liberty, seeing a 'roo is one of those moments when you realize that you are indeed in Australia. Kangaroos are truly nice creatures, and very friendly to humans. Their fur is soft, their temperament is charming and not pushy ...
Ballarat
... /educated in numerous other ways. All very interesting. Across the road from Sovereign Hill is the Gold Museum which exhibits gold and Ballarat's related history with it. Unfortunately, we didn't have a whole lot of time to spend at the museum, but did ...
There`s gold in them there hills
... bored of me dragging him round, pointing at buildings and shouting out history after 2 hours! Allegedly Ballarat was the birthplace of democracy in Australia due to the Eureka Rebellion, an armed uprising by the miners against heavy ...