This summer the Ballarat Fling brings family holidays to life with the new Ballarat Pass. Offering families a value packed way to experience the region’s popular attractions, the Ballarat Pass gives visitors discount admission and special offers to Sovereign Hill, the Ballarat Wildlife Park, Ballarat Bird World, Goldrush Mini Golf, Tangled Maze, Eerie Tours and the Art Gallery of Ballarat gift shop. From eerie ghost tours, stepping back in time at Sovereign Hill, discovering beautiful wildlife to mini golf, oversized mazes, and art tours even the fussiest children will be entertained in Ballarat this summer.

The Ballarat Pass offer visitors:

• A fifteen per cent discount on entry to Sovereign Hill and the Ballarat Wildlife Park

Ballarat Wildlife Park is a fun-filled, exciting and educational experience that is ideal for all members of the family to enjoy. Visitors can feed the parks 100 free-roaming kangaroos, pat koalas and see emus, wombats, slithery snakes and the park’s saltwater crocodiles as well as many more.  Visitors can also take part in guided tours and interactive animal shows. With so much to see and do, Ballarat Wildlife Park is packed full of fun for everyone.
Address: Corner of York and Fussell Streets, Ballarat
Phone: (03) 5333 5933
Web:  www.wildlifepark.com.au

• Ten per cent off Sovereign Hill’s Blood on the Southern Cross Sound and Lightshow

Sovereign Hill is where Australian history comes to life! Families can visit Australia’s favourite outdoor museum to discover what life was like during the glorious gold rush era of the 1850s. Daily activities include panning for gold at the Diggings or watching a spectacular $80,000 gold pour demonstration at the Gold Smelting Works. The adventure doesn’t have to end when the sun goes down, every night Sovereign Hill presents its spectacular, multi-million dollar sound-and-light show ‘Blood on the Southern Cross’, which chronicles the dramatic story of 1854 Eureka Uprising. Sovereign Hill also boasts on site accommodation, school holiday activities and an exciting calendar of family friendly events.
Address: Sovereign Hill, Ballarat
Phone: (03) 5337 1100
Web:  www.sovereignhill.com.au

• Ten per cent off entry to Ballarat Bird World

Ballarat Bird World is home to over 200 Australian and overseas birds, some of which are rarely seen in the wild, with the largest display of parrots and cockatoos in Australia. The whole family will delight in the beauty of the birds as they explore this exotic world of colour. Photos can be taken as mementos as visitors discover scenic walkways and wander through large walk-through aviaries surrounded by different species of birds and native plants. This experience is ideal for the whole family to enjoy.
Address: 408 Eddy Ave, Mt Helen
Phone: (03) 5341 3843
Web: www.ballaratbirdworld.com.au

• Twenty per cent discount on a round of golf at Goldrush Mini Golf

A fun and challenging family entertainment centre, Goldrush Mini Golf is a goldfields themed 18 hole mini golf course on the outskirts of Ballarat. Including an arcade games room, café, DIY BBQ area and Victoria’s only football sports simulator, Goldrush Mini Golf offers great entertainment for the whole family.
Address: Western Highway, Warrenheip (as you enter Ballarat from Melbourne)
Phone: (03) 5334 8150
Web: www.goldrushgolf.com.au

• Fifty per cent off the second entry ticket purchased at Tangled Maze

A botanical maze with a great mystery trail and views as far as the eye can see will keep the children entertained for hours. Activities to choose from include Giant Chess, Noughts  and Crosses and an 18 hole mini golf course. The location is also home to the family friendly restaurant, Tangles at the Tangled Maze which offers the ideal location to enjoy lunch or a special family gathering.
Address: Corner Midland Hwy and Smokeytown Road, Creswick
Phone: (03) 5345 2847
Website: www.tangledmaze.com.au

• Ten per cent off ghost tours with Eerie Tours

Those looking for an alternative tour of Ballarat should look no further than Ballarat Ghost Tours who offer spooky tours in the heart of historic Ballarat. The fully guided tour portrays the tears and misery of the goldfields of Ballarat during the colourful gold rush days of the 1850s, right through to the blood soaked Eureka Stockade.
Phone: 1300 856 668
Web: www.eerietours.com.au

• Ten per cent discount at the Art Gallery of Ballarat gift shop

Founded in 1884, the Art Gallery of Ballarat is the oldest regional art gallery in Australia and the first to be built outside a capital city in the overseas dominions of the British Empire. The Gallery is housed in a heritage-listed building which is one of the oldest purpose-built galleries in the country and boasts a busy and dynamic program of special exhibitions and events. The gallery is home to the country’s finest and largest regional collection of Australian art, including works that span early colonial through to contemporary art, with works by Australian Impressionists Roberts, Streeton and McCubbin as well as Dobell, Nolan, Drysdale, Boyd and Whiteley.
Address: 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
Phone: (03) 5320 5858
Web: www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au