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Recreation

Discover the parks and open spaces Ballarat has to offer.

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Ballarat Aquatic and Lifestyle Centre (BALC)

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Parks and Sportsgrounds

Midlands outdoor water play facility

Outdoor Pools

Plants in a garden box

Community gardens

Sausages

BBQs

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Dog parks

Kids playing at playground

Playgrounds

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Ballarat’s active women and girls

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Disc golf in Ballarat

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Phone:

5320 5500

Address:

The Phoenix

25 Armstrong Street South

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Mon - Fri 8:30am – 5:00pm

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info@ballarat.vic.gov.au

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The City of Ballarat acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land we live and work on, the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung People, and recognises their continuing connection to the land and waterways. We pay our respects to their Elders past, prese​nt and emerging and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

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