Ballarat Tramways Museum

Ballarat, Victoria

The Ballarat Tramways Museum is located in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens just next to Lake Wendouree in Ballarat's west. It's about an hour and a half drive from Melbourne in Victorias mid-west. The museum operates a tourist tram service around the area as well as hiring trams out for functions. There is a large workshop on-site where you can see several trams being restored. Considering the elaborate timberwork in most of these trams, restoration is a very specialised task. You can see several trams in various state of restoration.