Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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Located opposite
Lake Wendouree , the has been part of Ballarat's history since the nineteenth century. George Longley, the first Curator of the Gardens, lived with his family on-site in a test for two years while bushland was cleared, earning a salary of three pounds a week.
Nowadays, the Botanical Gardens covers 40 hectares and is home to an enormous array of flora and fauna. It also contains pagodas, a statuary pavilion, wishing-well, craft cottage, gift store, ponds, playgrounds and numerous sculptures and specialised gardens.
Once a year the gardens are dressed up for the
Ballarat Begonia Festival , which attracts nearly 30,000 visitors.
In particular, look out for the Adam Lindsay Gordon Craft Cottage, which has a range of old-fashioned and modern crafts for sale, and the Robert Clark Conservatory, a beautiful little cafe nestled among cascading flowers.
For more information on the gardens, visit their
webpage .
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