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Bendigo To Ballarat

Tour:
Bendigo to Ballarat
Drive Time:
1.5 hours
Allow:
2-4 hours
Kilometers:
116
Start:
Bendigo

Bendigo to Ballarat tour details

Start your tour in Bendigo with a coffee and brunch from any of the many cafes in this gold mining town

After brunch start your tour through Kangaroo Flat turning onto Lockwood Road

Continue to lockwood turning left at the big roundabout on the Calder Alternate Hwy towards Melbourne

Turn right at Lockwood South towards Maldon.

Things to see and do in Maldon

Continue through Maldon towards Newstead

Things to see and do in Newstead

Coffee break in Newstead - public toilets

Continue through Newstead and turn left onto Daylesford Road for a short distance before turning right onto Creswick Newstead Road

Follow Creswick Newstead through Campbelltown and Smeaton and Allendale to Creswick turn left onto C291 towards Creswick

Things to see and do in Creswick

Continue through Creswick on the A300 towards Ballarat through Sulky and Mount Rowan over the Melbourne bypass towards Lake Wendouree

Turn right into Howitt Street on C287 and follow along until you come to the intersection at C387 and turn left

Continue on for so long until you come to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.

Stop here for afternoon tea, a walk around Lake Wendouree etc - Public Toilets

Continue on to Ballarat Road C805and turn left.  Follow along through the main centre of Ballarat

Ending your tour in the city centre.

 

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