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Aerial image over lake wendouree taken from above the yacht club toward view point

Located in central Ballarat next to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and near Victoria Park, Lake Wendouree offers a wide range of attractions and recreational activities both on and off the water.The lake offers opportunities for fishing, sailing and rowing. The world-class 2000 metre rowing course hosted rowing events at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and remains a venue for school, club and high-level rowing and sailing competitions.Public toi...

Fireworks spectacular

Fireworks Spectacular at Lake Wendouree

Fireworks Spectacular at Lake Wendouree

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Lighting the way for Lake Wendouree

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Wendouree Library and Learning Centre

The City of Ballarat is seeking federal and state government funding support to bring forward delivery of a new library and learning centre in Wendouree. Described as transformational, a new Wendouree Library and Learning Centre would serve about 41,000 residents living in the northern part of the municipality. A new purpose-built space will offer a wider range of library services, Parent Place services, community study, activit...

Wendouree West Recreation Reserve

The following statement is in response to enquiries from The Courier regarding the works at the Wendouree West Recreation Reserve.

Lake Wendouree water levels

The following statement is in response to enquiries from The Courier regarding water levels at Lake Wendouree.

A concrete cycling and walking path sits next to a sign indicating that pedestrians and cyclists can use the path.

Safely connecting Wendouree for pedestrians

A new three-kilometre off-road shared-use path is close to completion linking Wendouree Station to Waringa Drive via Learmonth Road.This new section will provide safer, more enjoyable and higher quality walking and cycling facilities for residents of the western suburbs and provides a major missing link towards Miners Rest.Upon completion, another major piece will be in place to support the community to seamlessly ride, walk or run from the Yarro...

Lake Wendouree

New Crossing Point at Lake Wendouree

A new crossing point constructed on the west side of Morrison Street at the intersection with Wendouree Parade will continue to improve access to one of Ballarat’s key destinations. The crossing point complements a recent road safety overhaul by the State government in the Lake Wendouree/ schools precinct with the installation of traffic lights at the intersection of Russell, Sturt and Morrison Streets. “This addition...

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Scoping an active transport link in Wendouree

Work is now underway to understand what opportunities there may be to make Forest Street in Wendouree safer, more enjoyable and more accessible for people walking and cycling. Forest Street is a key transport link in Wendouree for residents to get to local businesses, shops, schools, early learning centres, community facilities and Lake Wendouree. The street has many side streets and places of interest, and it has been observed that s...

Tennis Centre

Serving up a new tennis experience in Wendouree

It won’t be long before Ballarat youngsters will have the opportunity to hone their tennis skills and strive to become tennis hot shots of the future. The City of Ballarat has advertised a tender for the construction of six new Hot Shots courts as part of a $1.14 million upgrade to the Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre at Wendouree. 'Hot Shots' courts, are specifically designed for children aged 4 to 11 years to develop their skills. The p...