Golden Nugget Discovery Tours takes you on a journey to the gold rush city of Bendigo. Bendigo in the 1880’s, was deemed the richest city in the world, the goldmines descended over a kilometre beneath the surface to get the gold from the quartz reefs.
The Bendigo Discovery Tour takes you to the iconic places of Bendigo, showing you the heritage buildings and 1850’s gold rush sites, as well as modern Bendigo that has made this such a grand city.
This sightseeing tour discovers the Spa Country, from wild nature to tranquil lakes, thundering waterfalls, mineral springs to babbling creeks. Walk on the shores of Lake Daylesford and Jubilee Lake, with their many water birds and take in the surrounding scenery.
Your guide will interpret the flora and fauna as you travel through the parks.
See the regions waterfalls, Trentham Falls, the longest single drop falls in Victoria, Loddon Falls cuts through a basalt valley and the Blowhole on Sailors creek, which was created by the gold miners.
Try sampling mineral water from hand pumps and taps dotted in towns and forests around Daylesford and country, from the well known springs at Hepburn Springs to the hidden gems like Deep Spring.
Mix with the locals and taste regional food. Lunch is at an old country store restaurant at Glenlyon. See how bread is baked in an original scotch oven, at Red Beard bakery at Trentham.
At the end of the day, soak your cares away in the mineral water bath of the Hepburn Bathhouse and Spa.
Do not forget your bathers and towel.
Admire the city’s Victorian and Edwardian buildings, parks, gardens, Lake Wendouree, Mt Buninyong (extinct volcano, Woowookarung Regional Park, Statues, Churches, Entry to Sovereign Hill / Gold Museum, Eureka Centre (Eureka Stockade site), and Ballarat Art Gallery are Included.
Included – morning or afternoon tea at the magnificent Craig’s Royal Hotel. Walk duration 90 minutes.
The Ballarat Highlights tour is a half day tour which takes you to the iconic places of the city, view the city’s Victorian and Edwardian buildings, Woowookarung Regional Park, Botanical Garden, Lake Wendouree, statues, churches, and lookouts that provides panoramic views of Ballarat.
Included – morning or afternoon tea at the magnificent Craigs Royal Hotel, entry to Ballarat Art Gallery, Eureka Centre (Eureka Stockade site).
Come with Golden Nugget Discovery Tours on a wild nature and heritage experience of the Western and Pyrenees ranges of central Victoria, visiting Mount Buangor State Park to view the shy black wallaby, red necked wallaby and numerous native birds flying overhead as you walk along the fern track walk to see the waterfalls.
Next you drive along a four-wheel-drive track for vistas of the surrounding countryside and valleys of the Mount Buangor State Park before going into Mount Langi Ghiran State Park, to see unique wildflowers, an aboriginal art site and wild nature.
Before you enter Ararat, the tour will stop off for some wine tasting at the famous Langi Ghiran winery. The cellar door has fabulous vistas of the surrounding mountains.
In Ararat the tour will visit the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre which tells the story about the life of the Chinese gold miners who traveled from South Australia and found the rich Canton Lead on the Ararat goldfields.
After lunch the drive will venture into the Pyrenees Ranges to see wild nature and views of the countryside before entering Avoca to discover the gold and wine heritage of the Pyrenees region.
The Pyrenees Exceptionnelles Wine and Wildlife Wine Tour is a two day wine tour for the wine lover who wants something more special, with the added enjoyment of wild nature.
Overnight accommodation is at the luxury Eco-Luxe on Mount Avoca winery.
Wine tastings at James Halliday Red and Black five star wineries of the Pyrenees and Grampians wine regions, with lunch and dinner at award winning restaurants.
Wildlife tour of the Pyrenees ranges by an Ecotourism Australia Green travel leader.