Step back in time to Ballarat’s gold rush days with an immersive outdoor museum experience!
See the Victorian gold mining era come to life at Sovereign Hill, discover age-old trades and crafts with demonstrations and hands-on activities.
This fully immersive outdoor museum is brought to life with characters in period costume walking the streets of this reproduction of an 1850s mining town.
Learn traditional skills from rope making to candle dipping and watch demonstrations by our talented confectioners, blacksmiths and wheelwrights. Test out your gold panning skills, tour the mine, watch the street performances and take part in the free and paid activities available throughout the day.
Choose Between:
General Admission - enjoy free activities and demonstrations.
General Admission + Devonshire Tea - enjoy free activities/demonstrations and indulge in a delicious morning or afternoon tea.
General Admission + Mine Tour - enjoy free activities/demonstrations and a guided mine tour.
Extra paid experiences can be booked on the day.
We took our 2 daughters, 9 and 7 years old and they both loved it. There was lots to do. I definitely recommend it.
Book Me General Admission Tickets to Sovereign Hill not only saved us money, we were also able to get through the queue faster with our "pre-booked" tickets. We arrived at opening time the queues were already snaking through the carpark. Once inside visitors scattered to various locations throughout Sovereign Hill, the only crowded place was in the "shopping street". Great place for families to visit - lots to see & do.
We made a special trip from Melbourne to visit this place and regret doing so. We could have spent that day doing a myriad of other better things
Had an amazing day out and saved money by pre-purchasing a bundle ticket for entry and a mine tour.
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chengy1 from Australia wrote on 03 October 2024
excellent
really nice experience, especially gold mine tour, strongly recommanded