Routes Australia VictoriaBallarat East
Lake wendouree

Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia

Lake wendouree

Length3.7 mi
Elev. Gain118.1 ft
Est. Steps8500

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Created by onlyskeletonbones666
Introduction
Lake wendouree is a 3.7 mile (8,500-step) route located near Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia. This route has an elevation gain of about 118.1 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
it is really just a walking path around a lake. it is quite lovely, most definitely family friendly and in a good part of town. along the way there are bbqs + playgrounds + toilets + secret paths (it was always so much fun walking around it as a child). kids can ride their bikes whilst mummy or daddy runs, it is vv safe:)

Ballarat Tramway Museum

Tourist Attraction
The Ballarat Tramway Museum is an operating tramway museum, located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The museum is run by volunteers and has a fleet of trams which operate on part of the original horse tramway around Lake Wendouree and the Botanical Gardens. It has a large research collection, archive of information and more than 3,500 items about the Ballarat tramways.

Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

Historical
The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial was dedicated on Friday, 6 February 2004. It is located on the southern approaches to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, on Wendouree Parade and adjacent to Lake Wendouree.

Prime Ministers Avenue

Tourist Attraction
The Prime Ministers Avenue is a collection of busts of the Prime Ministers of Australia, located at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in Ballarat, Victoria. The busts are displayed as bronze portraits mounted on polished granite pedestals. It attracts thousands of visitors annually.The 28th Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, was the most recent Prime Minister to be added to the Avenue.

Ballarat Grammar School

School
Ballarat and Queen's Anglican Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding, Anglican Church school located in Wendouree (Ballarat), Victoria, Australia.

Ballarat Botanical Gardens

Place
The Ballarat Botanical Gardens Reserve, located on the western shore of picturesque Lake Wendouree, in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, covers an area of 40 hectares which is divided into three distinct zones. The central Botanical Gardens reserve in the 'gardenesque' style of the Victorian pleasure garden.

Ballarat Begonia Festival

Place
Ballarat Begonia Festival is a carnival and community cultural festival held annually in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Run since 1953, it is a major tourist attraction of the city. Themed around the begonia flower which blooms in the temperate Ballarat climate, traditional features of the festival programme include floral displays and plantings on the main city streets, a centrepiece parade down Sturt Street including floats constructed by local community groups including sporting clubs, businesses, educational institutions, musicians and special interest groups and military tattoo.

Loreto College, Victoria

School
Loreto College, Victoria is an independent Roman Catholic secondary day school for girls, located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Lake Wendouree, Victoria

Place
Lake Wendouree is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia located immediately west of the Ballarat central business district. It encompasses the man-made recreational lake Lake Wendouree, after which it is named. At the 2016 census, Lake Wendouree had a population of 2,882.Lake Wendouree is home to many of the city's wealthiest residents and much of its old money.

Newington, Victoria

Place
Newington is a suburb south west of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2016 census was 1,900.Newington is bordered by Gillies Street to the west, Sturt Street to the north, Pleasant Street to the east and Winter Street to the south.The Newington Estate Gold Mining Company, a deep lead mining company was established in Ballarat West in 1865.

Wendouree railway station

Place
Wendouree railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-western Ballarat suburb of Wendouree opening on 12 June 2009.
Route Details

Length

3.7 mi

Elev. Gain

118.1 ft

Est. Steps

8500
Created by
onlyskeletonbones666
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