Planning your trip to Ballarat for this year's Ballarat Begonia Festival?
This year's event has a large range of transport options to get you and your family to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens for the three-day festival.
From buses, to scooters, car parking and walking routes there are many different ways in which you can get to the event this long-weekend.
This year's festival is one not to miss. Up to 1,000 begonias will be on display, with an exciting program of presenters, entertainment, food and drink and family activities across the March long weekend.
Last year's event saw more than 50,000 people attend and this year it is expected to be even bigger this year. There are a lot of different ways to get to the festival over the three days:
Shuttle Bus
There will be a free shuttle bus from the Ballarat Train Station that will run four times a day to transport people to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens at 10.10am, 12.10pm, 2.10pm and 4.10pm.
The shuttle also runs four times a day back to the Ballarat Train Station to align with trains to Melbourne at 11.50am, 1.50pm. 3.50pm and 4.50pm.
Walk
There are nine entrances to the Festival from Gilles Street and Wendouree Parade, so if you are able, why not walk to the festival.
If you'd like to walk from the Wendouree Train Station to the gardens, it's an easy 900 metre walk along the North Gardens to the festival and there are plenty of carparks at the station.
There will be crossing supervisors in place at the crossing near Pipers by the Lake to allow for easy and safe access across Wendouree Parade and into the gardens.
Ride, Scoot, Roll
Bike racks are located just off Nursery Drive. Please bring your own bike lock to secure your ride home.
Why not make the trip to the festival a bit of fun and incorporate a Ride Ballarat loop in, the Lake Wendouree route offers a 10 kilometre loop from the Ballarat Station along paths and quieter streets
E-Scooters are available across Ballarat and can be found easily on the Neuron app
