Sightseeing Tours

Cardigan Touring Services conduct short tours around Ballarat and much of Western Victoria.
Watch our short video or see below for a range of great tour options.
For details of our Official Dr Blake Tours go directly to go2000.com.au/dr-blake-tours.html.

Short Ballarat Tours

90 Minute Sightseeing Tours of Ballarat

Heritage and History Sightseeing Tours
90 Minute Tours of Ballarat

Join us as we show you some of Ballarat’s magnificent old buildings, gardens, architecture, Statues and tell you stories of people, places and events which have changed the face of history. We can take in stories of Eureka, the Arch of Victory, Avenue of Honour, Australian POW Memorial, Old Ballarat Cemetery, Botanic Gardens and many of the Statues, Structures and Buildings in the CBD.

The Official Dr Blake, Ballarat Tours

We will take you on a Tour of approximately 10 sites around Ballarat where the Dr Blake TV Episodes were shot. Where possible we will access some of those sites and see more closely where the action took place between Lucien, Jean, Charlie, Mattie, Ces, Alice and the team and in some cases, how the action was shot. Click for more detail.

Half Day Tours

Old Gold Towns (can also be a full day tour post COVID)

Highlights can include Creswick, some original old mining areas, the Australasia Mine disaster, townships of Daylesford, Hepburn Springs, Clunes, Talbot and Learmonth.
The Full day version also includes Castlemaine, Maldon, Maryborough and Talbot with Bendigo an extra 2 hour option at AU$20 p.p. per hour.

Full Day Tours - Will only resume in Mid. 2022.

The Grampians National Park

Highlights include Ararat, Hall’s Gap, “Brambuck Cultural Centre”, Grampians, Boroka Lookout, Reid’s Lookout, McKenzie’s Falls, Roses Gap, Stawell and a Winery visit with wine tasting if time permits.

The Gold Towns of Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon

Highlights include a selection from Creswick, Smeaton, Daylesford, Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens, tour of Castlemaine, Bendigo, ride a Talking Tram, Maldon, Maryborough, Talbot, Clunes & return Ballarat.

Great Ocean Road 12 Apostles

Highlights include 12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, Mutton Bird Island, Port Campbell, Bay of Islands, remains of London Bridge, dry-stone wall country, Camperdown & return Ballarat.

Hanging Rock, Mount Macedon

Travel Blackwood, Trentham, Woodend, Hanging Rock, Mount Macedon, “The Cross”, “Forest Glades” spectacular garden or equivalent, Macedon, Kyneton, Daylesford & return Ballarat.

Short Extended Tours

We can design a specific itinerary to suit your interests, your timetable and your budget or you can adopt one of our existing itineraries such as:

2 Nights/3 Days

Day1: Pickup Melbourne or Ballarat Hotel, travel Ballarat, Sovereign Hill and Gold Museum, Ballarat City Tour, overnight Ballarat, ” Blood on the Southern Cross”.

Day 2: Travel Ararat, Hall’s Gap, “Brambuck Cultural Centre”, Grampians, Boroka Lookout, Reid’s Lookout, McKenzie’s Falls, Victoria Valley, Warrnambool, overnight Warrnambool, “Shipwrecked”.

Day 3 : Tour of Warrnambool, Bay of islands, Port Campbell, Loch Ard Gorge, 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay, Lorne, Geelong and return Melbourne Hotel or other location.

Specialty Tours

Got friends or relatives coming from interstate or overseas? Let us show them around Ballarat or the Region for a few hours or a day.

Visiting Friends & Relatives

Got friends or relatives coming from interstate or overseas? Let us show them around Ballarat or the Region for a few hours or a day.

Geneology Tours

We have access to many old Goldfields records. Do your own research & we will guide you around the Goldfields towns and cemeteries or we will research for you and see “who you think you are.”

Joseph Jenkins Swagman Tour

Based on the diary extracts in the books “Diary of a Welsh Swagman” and “Pity the Swagman” we follow this man’s incredible if not sad journey from Wales to the Victorian Goldfields from 1869 to 1894 and back to Wales. This tour can take in Forest Creek, Castlemaine, Muckleford, Walmer, Maldon, Smeaton, the Hepburn property and Ballarat.

Gardens, Galleries and Antiques Tour

Taking in a selection from Ballarat Art Gallery, Convent Gallery, Wombat Hill & Castlemaine Botanic Gardens, Buda Historic Home & Garden, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Maryborough Railway Station, Ballarat Antique Centre are just a part of the list of options available for selection.

Corporate/Industrial & Conference Delegate Tours

Designed for corporate guests wanting information prior to relocating to Ballarat, visiting as a Conference delegate or representatives of Companies planning expansion into the area and needing information on utilities, access, land, warehousing, schools, housing, sporting facilities etc.