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Experience the thrill of Bendigo’s gold rush with the Bendigo Explorer Pass The Bendigo Explorer Pass includes admission to:
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Gear up in overalls, boots, a miner’s hat and lamp to travel 85 metres underground in a real gold mine and explore the fascinating history of Australia’s richest goldfield. Climb ladders, work a mine drill and search for gold with finder’s keepers. This tour also includes a miner’s lunch served underground in the Crib Room and a miner’s cup and miner’s rights certificate as a memento.
Sit back, relax and let the tram do the talking. Bendigo’s famous talking tram tour explains the golden past of the city founded on one of the world’s richest goldfields. Each hop-on, hop-off tour includes a visit to Australia’s oldest operating tram depot and takes in the sights. Your tram ticket is valid for two consecutive days.
A visit to the famous Bendigo Pottery (est 1858), Australia’s oldest working pottery and home to a number of heritage-listed beehive kilns, is an experience you can really ‘throw’ yourself into. Create your own clay masterpiece onsite with guidance from an expert potter during the one hour wheel throwing lesson and take your creation home as a memento. There is also an interpretive museum, café and gallery to explore.
Experience a living history of the Chinese people of Bendigo from the gold rush to the present at the Golden Dragon Museum and Chinese gardens. The museum beautifully displays processional regalia, intricately craved furniture, delicately embroidered costumes and items from renowned artisans and craftsmen of China. The museum is also home to the world’s oldest imperial Chinese Dragon, Loong and the world’s longest imperial Chinese Dragon Sun Loong.
