Sovereign Hill: Museum General Admission Ticket
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Sovereign Hill: Museum General Admission Ticket
From $37 per person
About this experience
Sovereign Hill is a living museum telling the story of Ballarat as a gold rush town. Gold was discovered here in 1851, triggering the greatest alluvial gold rush the world has ever known.
With your day admission ticket to Sovereign Hill, see a spectacular gold pour, take a guided underground gold mine tour and see the town by horse-drawn coach. Shop 1850s style and visit hotels, schools and a Victorian Theatre. See massive mining machinery in action and chat with wheelwrights, candle makers and confectioners. Watch our industrial blacksmith smelt & pour a 100 ounce gold bar before your eyes and then try your luck in the diggings to strike it rich. End the day and relax with a Devonshire tea in the New York Bakery.
Highlights
- ✓Enjoy 3 underground gold mine adventures
- ✓Pan for real gold in the diggings creek
- ✓Marvel at the multi-million-dollar sound-and-light show
What's included
- ✓See the Redcoat Soldiers
- ✓Panning for real gold that you can keep
- ✓Red Hill Mine Underground self-guided tour
- ✓Gold pouring demonstration
- ✓Musket firing demonstration
- ✓Theatre shows
- ✓Sweet-making demonstration
- ✓Candle making
- ✓Wheelwrighting and coach building
- ✓Black-smithing
- ✓Printing
- ✓Photographic rooms
- ✓Chinese Camp visit
Not included
- ✕Fully-guided Gold Mine Tour may be purchased on arrival. Bookings are essential. Price: $12.50 adult, $7.00 child (5-15), $35.00 Family (2 adults and 2 children)
- ✕Horse-drawn coach rides may be purchased on arrival. Price: $6.00 adult, $4.50 child (5-15), $19.00 family (2 adults and 2 children)
Good to know
• Located in historic Ballarat, Sovereign Hill can be easily accessed by car, and by train and coach services operating daily from Melbourne • Sovereign Hill is a comfortable 90-minute drive from Melbourne along the Western Highway or only an hour from Melbourne Airport • Once in Ballarat, follow the brown and white tourist signs to Sovereign Hill • Please note that the family ticket is applicable for 2 adults and up to 2 children only; it does not apply for e.g. 1 adult and 3 children
Getting there
Sovereign Hill Museum, located on Bradshaw Street, is easily accessed by car, or by train and tour coach services operating daily from Melbourne.
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“Very good and educational”
76 reviews on GetYourGuide
Very good and educational