Guidebook for Ballarat

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Guidebook for Ballarat

Food Scene

Coffee is good! Breakfast walk from Dowling via Lake 20 min.
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Eclectic Tastes cafe & pantry
2 Burnbank St
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Coffee is good! Breakfast walk from Dowling via Lake 20 min.
Pub meal by the Lake - Family friendly. Walk from Dowling 25 minutes. Large tables available. I prefer the casual outside dinning area or bar area.
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The Lake View Hotel
22 Wendouree Parade
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Pub meal by the Lake - Family friendly. Walk from Dowling 25 minutes. Large tables available. I prefer the casual outside dinning area or bar area.
Excellent coffee, food and ambience. Iconic Ballarat Cafe. Buy a record while your there!
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L'espresso
417 Sturt St
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Excellent coffee, food and ambience. Iconic Ballarat Cafe. Buy a record while your there!
Coffe, breakfast, lunch. Some outdoor sunny seating. 25min walk around the lake from Dowling. Small playground across the road.
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Racers Bar & Cafe
2 Wendouree Parade
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Coffe, breakfast, lunch. Some outdoor sunny seating. 25min walk around the lake from Dowling. Small playground across the road.
5 min walk to fish n chips from Dowling. Also Indian (across road) and Pizza/pasta on this strip. Convenient food, nothing flash.
Sea Blue Fish & Chips
905 Howitt Street
5 min walk to fish n chips from Dowling. Also Indian (across road) and Pizza/pasta on this strip. Convenient food, nothing flash.
Pizza that adults can enjoy too.
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The Forge Pizzeria
14 Armstrong St N
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Pizza that adults can enjoy too.
Burgers, Fries, Souva, Salads, Beer Family Friendly, casual dinning.
The Burger Company
1301 Sturt St
Burgers, Fries, Souva, Salads, Beer Family Friendly, casual dinning.
Decent Coffee
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Yellow Espresso
13 Sturt St
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Decent Coffee
Hip Chinese! Great Dumplings to share Make a booking. Take out available. (03) 5331-5268 Email booking via web site fumanlou.com.au
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Fu Man Lou Dumpling Bar
10 Camp St
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Hip Chinese! Great Dumplings to share Make a booking. Take out available. (03) 5331-5268 Email booking via web site fumanlou.com.au
Great Coffee
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Fika Coffee Brewers
36A Doveton St N
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Great Coffee
Coffee, breakfast, lunch, free on street parking
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Webster's Market And Cafe
61 Webster St
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Coffee, breakfast, lunch, free on street parking
Cheapest and best profitoroles, vanilla slice and vegetable pasties. Really - SO cheap. Locals love it. Tourists are unaware.
King's Hot Bread And Bakery
5 Sturt St
Cheapest and best profitoroles, vanilla slice and vegetable pasties. Really - SO cheap. Locals love it. Tourists are unaware.
Dinner - cocktail. You will need a reservation.
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Moon & Mountain
220 Mair St
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Dinner - cocktail. You will need a reservation.
Delicious! Quality dining and cocktails.
Ragazzone
Delicious! Quality dining and cocktails.
MR JONES: Award winning chef. Mr Jones is offering European style, local produce, weekly set menu. Reservation required.
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Mr Jones Dining
42-44 Main Rd
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MR JONES: Award winning chef. Mr Jones is offering European style, local produce, weekly set menu. Reservation required.

Entertainment & Activities

Wonderful Playground 30 min walk around Lake Wendouree from Dowling
Indigenous Playground
Windmill Drive
Wonderful Playground 30 min walk around Lake Wendouree from Dowling
Fun for a range of ages. Tire the kids out! 3 min drive from Dowling http://www.inflatableworldoz.com.au/stadiums/ballarat/
Inflatable World Ballarat
502-506 Howitt Street
Fun for a range of ages. Tire the kids out! 3 min drive from Dowling http://www.inflatableworldoz.com.au/stadiums/ballarat/
Great cafe for a family with kids. Bean bags on the lawn, outside tables for parents to watch kids, variety of food and kids menu. Breakfast/lunch. Playground at the Centre Located at MADE Eureka
Saltbush Kitchen
200 Navigator-Dunnstown Rd
Great cafe for a family with kids. Bean bags on the lawn, outside tables for parents to watch kids, variety of food and kids menu. Breakfast/lunch. Playground at the Centre Located at MADE Eureka
The re-creation of 1850's Ballarat. Try Gold Panning, mine tours, old crafts and trades. Remember RACV members receive 10% off admission.
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Sovereign Hill
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The re-creation of 1850's Ballarat. Try Gold Panning, mine tours, old crafts and trades. Remember RACV members receive 10% off admission.
Enjoy indoor Swimming facilities, Gym and Special Sporting Events
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Ballarat Aquatic & Lifestyle Centre
Gillies Street North
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Enjoy indoor Swimming facilities, Gym and Special Sporting Events
Feed the Kangaroos, wallabies and visit our native animals and exotic reptiles in the 15 hectares of natural bushland. (RACV members receive 20% off admission)
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Балларатский дикобразный парк
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Feed the Kangaroos, wallabies and visit our native animals and exotic reptiles in the 15 hectares of natural bushland. (RACV members receive 20% off admission)
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Regent Cinemas
49 Lydiard St N
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Everything Else

Sunday Morning Market 10 min walk from Dowling
Ballarat Agricultural & Pastoral Society
Howitt Street
Sunday Morning Market 10 min walk from Dowling
Pick up an alcoholic beverage here. 5 min walk from Dowling
Mats Cellarbrations Wendouree
918-920 Howitt Street
Pick up an alcoholic beverage here. 5 min walk from Dowling

Essentials

Closest Supermarket to Dowling. Banks, Pharmacy, Take Away Foods are all located here.
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Woolworths Wendouree (Ballarat)
1205 Howitt Street
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Closest Supermarket to Dowling. Banks, Pharmacy, Take Away Foods are all located here.
Pharmacy, banks, bakery, take away foods, produce. Shopping strip just beyond Woolworths.
Howitt Street
Howitt Street
Pharmacy, banks, bakery, take away foods, produce. Shopping strip just beyond Woolworths.

Shopping

Perfume Store for everything fragrant! Personal or home.
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Sweet Fern
27 Armstrong St S
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Perfume Store for everything fragrant! Personal or home.
All your basic shops are here. Typical Shopping centre/Mall, parking is easy. Kmart, groceries, chemist....etc A few blocks from the cottage.
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Stockland Wendouree Shopping Centre
Gillies Street North
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All your basic shops are here. Typical Shopping centre/Mall, parking is easy. Kmart, groceries, chemist....etc A few blocks from the cottage.

Parks & Nature

6km walking, cycling or jogging trail. Lots of birdlife and scenic views. Numerous cafes and restaurants adorn the foreshore
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Озеро Вендури
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6km walking, cycling or jogging trail. Lots of birdlife and scenic views. Numerous cafes and restaurants adorn the foreshore
The gardens were established in 1858 on 40hectares near Lake Wendouree. Attractions include the Prime Ministers Avenue and the Robert Clark Conservatory. Don't miss the Begonia display in March/April. (Festival in March).
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Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Gillies Street North
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The gardens were established in 1858 on 40hectares near Lake Wendouree. Attractions include the Prime Ministers Avenue and the Robert Clark Conservatory. Don't miss the Begonia display in March/April. (Festival in March).

Arts & Culture

Enjoy a winters day in Ballarat perusing the art works and special exhibitions
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Художественная галерея Балларат
40 Lydiard St N
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Enjoy a winters day in Ballarat perusing the art works and special exhibitions
The Museum is dedicated to the 1854 Eureka Stockade where miners took their stand against unfair laws and policing. Learn the stories of ordinary people who fought for our democratic freedoms. Also home to SALTBUSH kitchen a family friendly cafe dedicated to local produce.
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Eureka Centre
102 Stawell St S
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The Museum is dedicated to the 1854 Eureka Stockade where miners took their stand against unfair laws and policing. Learn the stories of ordinary people who fought for our democratic freedoms. Also home to SALTBUSH kitchen a family friendly cafe dedicated to local produce.