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Ballarat will be in full bloom for the annual Ballarat Begonia Festival, which will be held over Labour Day long weekend in March 2012.

Ballarat Begonia Festival
Ballarat Begonia Festival
>Ballarat will be in full bloom for the annual Ballarat Begonia Festival, which will be held over Labour Day long weekend in March 2012.
Farmers' Markets
Farmers' Markets
>If you’re passionate about fresh, local produce then Ballarat’s Farmers’ Markets are for you.
Blood on the Southern Cross
Blood on the Southern Cross
>Blood on the Southern Cross is an explosive multi-million dollar sound-and-light show like nothing you’ve ever seen before!
Download your Ballarat Apps
Download your Ballarat Apps
>Experience living history on your iPhone and iPad.
Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton
>Celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee at the Art Gallery of Ballarat.

Getting to Ballarat

Ballarat is situated approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes drive from Melbourne via the Western Freeway.

Visitors arriving by air into Melbourne can continue onto Ballarat by taking the Ballarat Airport Shuttle Bus, which runs a number of daily services. Bookings are recommended.

V/Line runs a number of trains daily to Ballarat from Melbourne's Southern Cross (formerly Spencer Street) Station. Travel time is around one and half hours but with the construction of the fast train network on the Ballarat line this time has been reduced significantly for peak usage trains. It takes approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes to travel via train from Melbourne to Ballarat.

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