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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 13 attractions in Ballarat
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Attraction type: Garden
Address: PO Box 655 Ballarat 3350
Australia
Tel: +61 3 5320 5135
Fax: +61 3 5334 3133

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16 Oct 2009

There's a statue "conservatory" in the gardens that is well worth a look - it's a lovely glass and iron domed structure and inside under the dome there is a larger than life white marble statue of a family group called "Flight From Pompei". Perhaps it helped that we'd seen the Pompeii exhibition in Melbourne that same week, but the... more

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3 of 5 stars
Melbourne, Australia
18 Jun 2008
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These Gardens lack the botanical diversity of Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens, but the smaller Ballarat example is famous for other reasons. There are busts of Australia's Prime Ministers since Federation. From time to time, some have been smashed by drunken louts but the busts are much admired locally. The Gardens are also noteworthy for its March Begonia Festival, an annual... more

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Ballarat Botanical Gardens Address

PO Box 655, Ballarat 3350, Australia
Tel: +61 3 5320 5135 Fax: +61 3 5334 3133