Located within regional Victoria, the historic city of Ballarat is Victoria’s largest inland city 110 kilometres west of Melbourne. With its legendary charm, Ballarat contains some of Victoria’s hidden tourism treasures with wide open spaces, enchanting galleries and vintage boutiques. The region is also home to an exciting year long calendar of events.
Ballarat Regional Tourism have introduced their “experience living history” promotion for Ballarat and its historic villages – reinforcing their key messages that the region is one of the best places in Victoria for visitors to immerse themselves in rich Australian history, unique shopping experiences and engaging activities and events.