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Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Botanical garden
Lakeshore park, founded in 1858, with landscaped gardens, marble statues & a modern greenhouse.
4.60 (5.2K reviews)
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Yarrowee River Trail
Park
👍👍 Probably the best place for a walk in Ballarat! It’s along the Yarrowee river catchment with trees surrounding the pathways. Always enjoy taking this walk. 🖤
4.60 (33 reviews)
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Victoria Park
Park
👍👍 Absolutely an amazing park. Your can literally spend all day here. Very well fenced, great for picnic, plenty of shade, clean toilets. It also had couple of sand area for kids to play. There was also a very water 💦 playing area but it was closed. It would be great if they displayed the opening time...
4.50 (973 reviews)
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Durham Point
Scenic spot
👍👍 Really nice to walk around the lake. Lots of ducks n stuff and good company 😀
4.40 (387 reviews)
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Black Hill Reserve
Nature preserve
Urban park with a 495-m. hill offering panoramic city views & tracks for hiking & mountain biking.
4.40 (331 reviews)
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Lake Esmond Botanical Garden
Park
👍👍 Great place for kids parties or BBQ. It was an excellent venue for the first MENTAL HEALTH SOLIDARITY gathering.
Which only get bigger each year.
4.40 (273 reviews)
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North Gardens
Park
Green space along a lake known for its outdoor stage that hosts frequent performances.
4.40 (189 reviews)
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Midlands Reserve And Water Park
Park
👍👍 The recent upgrade to the surrounding area of Midlands Reserve and Water Park are outstanding. A wonderful opportunity for folks to enjoy the outdoors.
4.40 (123 reviews)
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Pax Hill Scout Camp
Campground
😠 Great camp. Guests however were smoking ganja and not in control of their children who were rude to our kids. Their kids were throwing plastic bottles around and pouring juice into the pool. We reported it to management who did nothing. Tom Nolan also didnt get his apple pie for dessert, which i bel...
4.40 (103 reviews)
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Eureka Aquatic Center
Park
🫤 Great place to briefly cool- off, and have a poolside bbq/ picnic .... however the smaller 1m pool nearest to the often closed kiosk needs some TLC.
The filter doesn't appear to be working properly lately, you can catch strands of other people's hair between your fingers while wading in the shal...
4.40 (69 reviews)
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Pioneer Park
Park
👍👍 Great off leash dog park. Combo of walking area, little hills to explore and a couple of dams. People who go hear usually are with well mannered dogs or controlled dogs.
4.30 (98 reviews)