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Ballarat City Tales Walking Tour

By Hidden Lanes
Free cancellation available
Price is £53 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Step beyond the high streets and discover a side of Ballarat that most visitors walk straight past.

This guided walking tour brings the city’s Gold Rush history to life through the places it actually happened - from grand Victorian buildings to tucked-away laneways and overlooked corners filled with stories.

Led by a local guide in period Victorian attire, the experience is personal, relaxed and engaging, focusing on the details, characters and moments that give Ballarat its distinctive atmosphere.

Midway through the tour, pause for a coffee, hot chocolate or chai inside one of Ballarat’s oldest hotels, before continuing to explore more hidden corners of the city.

You’ll also receive a small locally designed Ballarat art print to take home.

The walk runs for approximately 2-2.5 hours (around 1.5km) at an easy pace with regular stops. Suitable for couples, solo travellers and small groups.

Children under 6 are free (drink not included).

Activity location

  • Bakery Hill
    • Humfray Street North
    • 3350, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • St Paul's Anglican Church
    • 1A Humffray Street South
    • 3350, Bakery Hill, Victoria, Australia

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Ballarat City Tales Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes2h 15m
    2h 15m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:30
Price details
£52.54 x 1 Adult£52.54
Total
Price is £52.54
Until Fri, 8 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Access to selected historic buildings and interior spaces
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Coffee, tea or chai at a historic Ballarat hotel
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Small locally designed Ballarat art print
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided walking tour of historic Ballarat
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local guide in period Victorian attire (English)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Additional food and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport to/from the meeting point

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Bakery Hill

  • 30m
Visit the place where the city of Ballarat first started at Bakery Hill, Ballarat. Discover the stories and wander inside historic buildings still standing that were built during the Goldrush period.

Bakery Hill

  • 10m
Visit the hidden spot where Peter Lalor made his Bakery Hill speech that kicked off the pivotal Eureka Stockade and rebellion in Australia. Learn about the history behind the rebellion and how it changed the future of Australia.

Ballarat

  • 30m
Enjoy the gorgeous historic buildings of Ballarat and stop for a coffee, hot chocolate or chai at the Craig's Hotel and listen to the intriguing tales that surround the old Hotel and Walter Craig, the pub owner.

Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
Get exclusive access to the grand Ballaarat Mechanics Institute old library, where ancient books and newspapers are hidden away.

Location

Activity location

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    Bakery Hill
    • Humfray Street North
    • 3350, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    St Paul's Anglican Church
    • 1A Humffray Street South
    • 3350, Bakery Hill, Victoria, Australia

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