Ballarat Gold Trail
Ballarat Gold Trail
ABOUT THE TRAIL
The Ballarat Gold Trail explores Ballarat's goldfields heritage through a driving tour in and around Ballarat.
It will take you to 16 of the major sites associated with Ballarat's mining history and provides a marvellous orientation to the city, incorporating two of the best panoramic views of Ballarat.
Signs scattered along the Gold Trail offer visitors details about the life of the miners, the characters, culture and events that helped shape Ballarat's goldmining industry.
The complete two-hour tour includes sites relatively untouched since the 1850's as well as totally reconstructed sites like Sovereign Hill.
Take the time to discover for yourself some of Ballarat's rich, golden history.
Please note: Ballarat’s Primary Visitor Information Centre is now located at the Eureka Centre, on the corner of Eureka & Rodier Streets and is no longer located in albert street as shown in the above map.
For visitors already in Ballarat CBD, additional information is available at the Art Gallery of Ballarat Information Centre at 40 Lydiard Street North.