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Sovereign Hill’s Winter Wonderlights 2022 Program Is Bigger Than Ever

Sovereign Hill's Winter Wonderlights event has become a staple of the winter calendar in regional Victoria, and the 2022 edition of Winter Wonderlights is proving to be the biggest ever. After two years of cancelled, and interrupted events, Ballarat's Winter Wonderlights will run from Saturday 25 June until Sunday 17 July. More than 95,000 visitors…

13 June 2022ByBen Tyers

Ballarat Heritage Festival

Big beards, bike rides, lost trades, traditional crafts, walking tours, steam trains, and more – the Ballarat Heritage Festival is back, better than ever, from Saturday 21 May to Sunday 29 May. Recently taking top honours in the ‘Festivals and Events’ category at both the 2021 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards and the 2021 Victorian Tourism Awards, the 2022 festival is…

20 May 2022ByBen Tyers

Victoria

The Best Pubs In Ballarat

Ballarat is Victoria's third-largest city, and was the epicentre of the Victoria gold rush of the late 1800s. Today, Ballarat is a bustling regional centre with unbelievable historic buildings to stare at all day long. There are also, a lot of pubs to get a feed and a cold beer at. And for them to…

10 January 2022ByBen Tyers

Food & Drink Local Knowledge

Grab A Cold One At Cafe Sidra, A Cider Focussed Cafe In Regional Victoria

The bustling gold rush city of Ballarat is a destination for many Melburnians and tourists from far away places. But just 20-minutes north-west of Ballarat you’ll come across a beautiful small town called Learmonth, and in it you’ll find an excellent cafe that needs to be at the top of your list.

12 December 2019ByBen Tyers

Sovereign Hill’s Winter Wonderlights 2022 Program Is Bigger Than Ever

Ballarat Heritage Festival

The Best Pubs In Ballarat

Grab A Cold One At Cafe Sidra, A Cider Focussed Cafe In Regional Victoria

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