There is still gold around Ballarat.

JayDee · Guru

There is still gold around Ballarat.

Olive Oil · Senior Member

Nope, it's one of the coldest places in Victoria to go to in Winter.

Its also a massive sprawling regional city not much different than Melbourne.

SouthernComfort · Guru

Olive Oil wrote:
Nope, it's one of the coldest places in Victoria to go to in Winter.

Its also a massive sprawling regional city not much different than Melbourne.

Yeah, right. Melbourne's population has just gone past 5 million, Ballarat has 100,000. Very similar - most definitely not!

Ballarat is beautiful country city, easy to get around, and has some of the finest historic architecture in Oz.

It's long been said by experts that there is still a lot more gold in them thar' hills than has ever been uncovered since day one.

-- Edited by SouthernComfort on Wednesday 31st of July 2019 08:34:32 AM

Olive Oil · Senior Member

SouthernComfort wrote:
Olive Oil wrote:
Nope, it's one of the coldest places in Victoria to go to in Winter.

Its also a massive sprawling regional city not much different than Melbourne.
Yeah, right. Melbourne's population has just gone past 5 million, Ballarat has 100,000. Very similar - most definitely not!
Ballarat is beautiful country city, easy to get around, and has some of the finest historic architecture in Oz.
It's long been said by experts that there is still a lot more gold in them thar' hills than has ever been uncovered since day one.

-- Edited by SouthernComfort on Wednesday 31st of July 2019 08:34:32 AM

It also has a high unemployment rate & a huge illegal drug problem just like Melbourne, which also has some nice historic buildings.

https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2519197/ballarat-the-sixth-highest-drug-hotspot-in-victoria-police-statistics/

-- Edited by Olive Oil on Wednesday 31st of July 2019 07:51:22 PM

SouthernComfort · Guru

Take a tip mate, have a look at life the other way around, try a glass half-full perspective rather than half-empty and you might feel better.

-- Edited by SouthernComfort on Thursday 1st of August 2019 08:53:27 AM

Mike Harding · Guru

Olive Oil wrote:
It also has a high unemployment rate & a huge illegal drug problem just like Melbourne, which also has some nice historic buildings.
https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2519197/ballarat-the-sixth-highest-drug-hotspot-in-victoria-police-statistics/

Unemployment: at 4.6% it's less than the Victorian average of 4.8%.

Drugs: But as it's the third largest city in Victoria then clearly its drug problem is well below average.

Do your homework before pontificating DD.

And yes, there is still plenty of gold in the area but you have to put in the time and effort to find it.

SouthernComfort · Guru

Jay & Dee, don't know whether you've visited Ballarat before but I'd highly recommend it if you're touring in the south. Can't guarantee you will find a nugget of course, but it is a very pleasant town and highly significant in Australia's history. Enjoy all it has to offer.

JayDee · Guru

SouthernComfort wrote:
Jay & Dee, don't know whether you've visited Ballarat before but I'd highly recommend it if you're touring in the south. Can't guarantee you will find a nugget of course, but it is a very pleasant town and highly significant in Australia's history. Enjoy all it has to offer.

HI tony,

Yes Mate, we spent a number of days in Ballarat.

Visiting all the tourist attractions. Also spent a few days in Bendigo which has some great old buildings etc.

Did not go looking for the Gold, as we do not have one of those detectors.

Anyway getting to bloody old to bend down and go panning. Mr Arthritus has buggered that.

Going from Brisbane to S.Aust some time this month, so may revisit both towns.

Jay&Dee