Historic Ballarat

The most striking thing about Ballarat are the wide streets in the historic city centre filled with 19th century buildings. Wide streets with a beautiful green median strip usually with established trees. The overall impression of this city is the lush greenery and established trees around town. Picturesque Lake Wendouree is worth a drive around just to look at the expensive waterfront homes. This city bears the legacy in its well kept historic stone buildings of it’s gold rush past. The Ballarat Botanical Gardens is planted in a more formal style and has the Prime Ministers Avenue with busts of previous prime ministers.

Ballarat Gold Monument – to commemorate the finding of gold in 1851
Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Ballarat Botanical Gardens – The Prime Ministers Avenue
Ballarat Botanical Gardens – The Prime Ministers Avenue, Paul Keating
Ballarat Botanical Gardens – The Prime Ministers Avenue, Julia Gillard
Ballarat Botanical Gardens – Spectacular Aeoniums
Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Lake Daylesford – Daylesford is a picturesque town not far from Ballarat.

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