MY TOWN BALLARAT
IT’S LITTLE WONDER THAT Ballarat has collected a swag of awards in recent years. Home to some 110,000 people, it was recognised as Australia’s Most Liveable City by RMIT University in 2020, and won Victoria’s inaugural Top Tourism Town Award in 2021.
Located over an hour west of Melbourne, the tourism, food, wine, art and heritage hub is attracting a growing number who come to enjoy a slower pace of life, coupled with all the amenities. The traditional home of the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung people, the city has a beautiful heritage streetscape, much of which harks back to the 1850s gold rush, when Ballarat was considered the world’s richest alluvial goldfield.
