Sovereign Hill Day-Tour from Melbourne

Step away from Melbourne and go back in time to experience the Victorian Gold Rush era at Sovereign Hill. Spend a full-day exploring this world-renown living museum where you can tour the mines, ride a stagecoach, and pan for gold.

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Highlights

Enjoy a complete tour of Ballarat
Travel the Western Highway, a stagecoach route of the 1850s
See Eureka Stockade, site of the 1854 Miner's Rebellion
Visit Sovereign Hill, an authentic recreation of an 1850s gold mining town
Try your hand at gold panning in Red Gully Creek
Enhance your trip with a guided mine tour
Watch blacksmiths and other traditional craftsmen
Visit the Gold Museum
Ride a stagecoach

Description

Ballarat is a city steeped in history and was built from the rough hands of the gold miners during the Victorian Gold Rush of the 1800's. Travel to Ballarat from Melbourne to pay a full-day visit to Sovereign Hill, a perfectly re-created 1850s gold mining settlement. Explore the shops and wander the main street to visit goldsmiths and craftsmen at work. Journey through the town and see the Victorian architecture of a prosperous era. Cross the original route of the early horse drawn stage coaches. Try your luck panning for gold, visit the museum or ride a stage coach. Tour an underground gold mine or catch a ride in a traditional horse drawn carriage. Discover the turbulent story behind one of Australia's most notorious incidents at the Eureka Stockade Center in Ballarat. View Ballarat's historic sites and beautiful Victorian architecture, a thriving monument to the towns golden era of prosperity. Enjoy browsing the unique period style stores along with real life characters and story re-enactments. Across the road from Sovereign Hill is the Gold Museum, where you can view its extensive collection of gold nuggets, ornaments and coins. This golden tour provides a fascinating insight into life in the 1850's and what impact the Australian gold rush had on its people.

Includes

Entrance to Sovereign Hill
Entrance fee to the Gold Museum & Red Hill Mine tour
Lunch

Easy cancellation

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