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Highlights
- Enter Sovereign Hill, a live museum displaying Ballarat as a gold rush boomtown.
- See what life was like in Australia's gold rush through 18 daily activities.
- View the world's second largest gold nugget and travel down into an underground mine.
- Find rare trades, active machines, exhibits, and costumed staff at the outdoor museum.
- Learn about deep lead mining on the Red Hill Mine Tour.
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Visitors enter Sovereign Hill to see how the town operated during the gold rush era in Australia. You will view the second largest gold nugget known to exist anywhere.
Daily Activities
The 15-hectare outdoor museum hosts over 18 scheduled programs each day. These include panning for real gold which you may keep, and watching musket demonstrations.
Key Tours
The Diggings Tour features costumed staff showing early goldfield life. The Red Hill Mine Tour takes you below ground into dangerous deep lead mining areas to see the Welcome Nugget discovery site.
Other options range from watching gold pouring at 1,000 degrees to viewing candle making in an old factory. You can also try 9-pin bowling or watch wheelwrights build coach wheels by hand.
This outdoor site is respected internationally for its working trades and machinery. You can go deep underground into tunnels to learn about the mining history.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Admission to the venue
- Transportation costs
- Food and beverage
- Personal spending
- Other unspecified charges
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Must Know
- Wear comfortable clothing and footwear during your visit.
- Prepare sun protection and insect repellent as needed.
- Timings are on the website but can change without prior notice, so check them before booking.
- Smoking is not allowed anywhere on the premises.
- Transport details are for reference only, so check traffic conditions before leaving.
- Your voucher holds the final tour information.
- During events like Winter Wonderlights, certain activities such as mine, candle, or coach rides cannot be pre-booked and must be booked directly at the venue.
Cancellation Policy
These tickets can't be rescheduled or cancelled.
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