Alexandra Gardens

Girdlestone St, Ararat VIC 3377, Australia

Orchid House in Alexandra Gardens  Sep 2016

The Alexandra Gardens offers a beautiful scenery with a lot to offer including Asian Garden, Herb Garden, Native Garden, Fernery, Glasshouse and Shade House.

Aradale Asylum

Heath St, Ararat VIC 3377
Phone:03 5352 3357
Hours:  Each Sunday and Wednesday between 11am to 2pm. Night tours are also available.

The Aradale Asylum was a psychiatric hospital that was closed in 1998. Now offering tours to the general public, individuals can now walk through the various wards that housed the mentally ill for over 140 years.
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Ararat Court House

63-75 Barkly St, Ararat VIC 3377, Australia

The Ararat Court House was completed in 1866. It a small, symmetrical brick building that is of historical and architectural significance to the State of Victoria.
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Ararat Hills Regional Park

One Tree Hill Rd, Norval VIC 3377, Australia
Phone: 131963

One Tree Hill Lookout

The Ararat Hills Regional Park covers an area of 2,700 hectares. It is made up of three separate, easily accessable block. It offers panoramic views of the Grampians, Mount Lang Ghiran and Mount Cole. The park can be explored by foot or bike.
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Ararat Performing Arts Centre

Barkly St, Ararat VIC 3377, Australia
Phone:  03 5352 2181

The Ararat Performance Art Centre is situated in the old town hall. The Performing Arts Centre consists of a wide range of performance and events that will appeal to almost anyone.
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Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre

31/33 Lambert St, Ararat VIC 3377, Australia
Phone:  03 5352 1078
Hours:  11am to 4pm. 7 days a week

The Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre is a historical building that tell us the story of prospectors from Southern China during the goldrush.
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J ward

Governors House Girdlestone St, Ararat VIC 3377
Phone:  03 5352 3357
Hours:  Tours run every day at 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm. Extra tours run at 12pm and 3pm

J ward was previously an Australian Prison that was to hold the criminally insane. J ward was first opened in 1861 and was officially closed in 1991. Since 1993 the prison has been re-opened as a museum and has been opened to the general public ever since.
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Langi Morgala Museum

48 Queen Street, Ararat, Victoria 3377
Phone: 03 5352 3177
Hours  Tuesday to Thursday: 10am to 3pm; Saturday to Sunday: 1pm to 4pm

The Langi Morgala Museum is a beautiful bluestone and brick building. It is home of the Ararat and District historical society that displays various photographs, model, clothing and farm machinery. The Langi Morgala Museum’s focuses on the gold rush from the 1856.
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Old Ararat Post Office

91 Barkly St, Ararat VIC 3377, Australia

The Old Ararat Post Office was first opened in 1861 and remained in operation till 1979. Situated on the old police camp reserve, it now occupy the old police camp reserve. It is one of the oldest building in Ararat. In addition, the Old Ararat Post Office is one of the oldest remaining post office building that remain to be intact in the whole of Victoria.
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Mt. Langi Ghiran

Western Highway, Warrak VIC 3377

The Langi Ghiran State Park is 14km east of Ararat, Victoria. The Langi Ghiran State Park is a great location if you want to go camping, walking or even driving.
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Pyrenees House

Girdlestone St, Ararat VIC 3377, Australia

Pyrenees House was a Hospital in Ararat that was opened in 1886. It was then shut down in 1937, when a new hospital was built. It was remoulded to accommodate aged patients' and todays it currently used an administrative office.
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THE VINEYARDS, ARARAT

The vineyards in the area around the city of Ararat originated in the 1860s after the demise of the gold rush. There are numerous award winning wines produced by local wineries.

Photo above:  Montara Wines