20 Best Things to Do in Bendigo this Weekend

The Golden Dragon Museum is an Australian national tourist attraction and hub of Chinese culture. The collection includes an impressive selection of formal costume costumes from the late 19th century adorned with gold thread. The ancient artifacts there date back to around 1 600-1126 BC.

A variety of exhibitions are on show, including textiles, dragons, and more. Bendigo experienced a Chinese immigration boom during the Gold Rush. This museum explains the reasons why Chinese people live in Bendigo, where they went following the Gold Rush, and the impact this had on the community at the time.

He was the architect who created most public buildings in Bendigo during the 1890s. Impeccably maintained is the second largest municipal fountain in Victoria. Charing Cross is the crossroads of View Street and Pall Mall, which is practically in the middle of Bendigo. Its composition combines Harcourt granite with iron and painted stone and includes four allegorical female characters above, spouted horse elk and dolphin.

It is the second-largest municipality fountain in Victoria, towering 8.5 metres tall and situated in a 15-meter-diameter circular pool. It is immaculately maintained.

The art gallery was established in 1887 and was created in the volunteers’ rifle room. The most recent building is an arresting sculpture gallery built in 2001 and designed for Melbournes Fender Katalidis Architectural Group. The Bendigo Art Gallery has an extensive catalogue of paintings, photographs, and paper works. It is free to enter in the main gallery, which features a range of exhibits and artists.

The collection is primarily substantial due to European and Australian paintings of the 19th century. It includes paintings of painters such as Ernest Waterlow, Arthur Streeton, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Charles Conder

Pristine forests surround its lake, and its paths traverse the peaceful forest surrounding its shoreline. You would never guess that the region around this lovely lake was formerly a dusty mining site. Take the bikes and take a 20-minute (ideal for young children) ride around the lake, or simply stroll the grounds and let the children play on the playground while you go for a coffee.

This is a terrific location for a day trip and includes barbecue facilities. A café on Eastshore has light lunches or one scoop or three gelatos, and kids run wild through the sizeable outdoor playroom. The most stylish way to get there is to use the historic tramway.

Henry Backhaus (1811-1882), the first Catholic priest at Bendigo, financed the most considerable portion. He amassed massive wealth during Bendigo’s early boom years and left everything to construct an impressive cathedral. The 87 m-high spire is the second-most high after St Patrick in Melbourne.

The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a stunning illustration of English Gothic design. The cathedral offers guided tours to guests and hosts masses and sacraments like weddings, baptisms, and pre-marriage instruction.

After St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne, Sacred Heart Cathedral is one of the biggest and tallest churches in Australia. Australia’s Bendigo, Victoria, on MacKenzie Street. Planetaria and observatories

One of the most revered objects is the Jade Buddha for Peace. The highest Buddha was created from gemstone jade on the planet. The massive stone that made the sculpture was discovered in Canada in 2000. On tour, you can view these and many additional artifacts.

In Buddhism, a stupa usually referred to as a pagoda, is the most revered structure. A stupa represents the way to enlightenment and the enlightened mind. The Buddha’s and other highly realised beings’ sacred relics may be kept in a stupa as a reliquary. Take a self- guided or guided tour to this unusual sight, then stroll through the Peace Garden that surrounds the Pagoda.

Go-karts, skating, mini golf, laser tag, and many more activities are available in The Zone Fun Park, which is packed with family-friendly attractions. The Kids Zone was where we stayed, which is the ideal option if you have young children. The play area, maze, and kiddie go-karts make up the Kids Zone.

There are also many beautiful sub-gardens in the park, including Northern Victorian garden cottages, Aboriginal gardens, habitat gardens, National Canna and Lavender collection. A Triumph Arch (1926), a picnic pavilion (1910), and an Aviary – an award-winning play area based on Alice in Wonderland – exist.

Spend entire day at these stunning gardens that are close to the CBD. The play area with a fort, secret garden, and roly-poly lawn will be a hit with children. Make sure to see the unique pheasant and parrot aviary, as well as the wetlands and billabong garden.

There is no better way to experience Bendigo’s attractions than by riding on one of our renowned Vintage Talking Trams. Allow the vintage tram to do all the talking as you sit back and unwind. A Vintage Talking Tram Tour is the fastest way to view the city’s most important sites and monuments, whether you’re visiting Bendigo for the weekend.

There’s a bus from Bendigo city centre to the central gold mine. Ride a heritage tram to get to nearly everything in Bendigo with an easy hop-on hop-off trip and see some exciting attractions.

Observe demonstrations, participate in clay-based activities, and view interpretive displays to learn about the history and workmanship of Australia’s oldest operating pottery. Visit the Interpretive Museum to take a trip down memory lane and discover more about the traditional skills, equipment, and working conditions used by the Bendigo Pottery from its founding in 1858 to the present. Browse the expansive gallery filled with a wide variety of modern and traditional ceramics for sale while enjoying a coffee or small lunch.

Bendigo Pottery is now synonymous with quality. The historical site, dominated by wooden firing kilns, offers you a chance to learn more about pottery history. You can see live shows as well as try a pottery wheel.

The government camp was situated here in the early 1850s and is a peaceful idyll today. By 1855, there were proposed plans to transform the land into parks. The existing structure was determined in 1870

This has been a tourist destination since 1986, and the narrow main shaft was enlarged to improve guest comfort. Gold mining was a rebirth of a city gold industry, which was still working until the Second World War. The hotel is currently a tourist destination, and the shortened main shaft has been increased to improve the comfort of tourists.

The amount of sights in mines varies according to your sense of adventure. At the end of the historic “Talking Tram,” the Central Deborah Gold Mine offers guests an underground tour that takes them 61 metres down into a working gold mine.

Central Deborah Gold Mine should undoubtedly be added to your list of things to do in Bendigo. Take the youngsters on a tour of a mine to show them what life was like for miners underground. There is still a lot of the original equipment in use, and you can have a self-guided tour of the site above ground, but visiting the mine is the main highlight.

Watch out for the bizarre mirrors that reflect your odd appearance, the echoing chamber that amplifies your speech, and don’t forget to play some music on the thong-a-phone! Another well-known feature in the centre is the vertical slide. Bring your Museum Victoria membership card to the Discovery Science Center to receive free entry.

This science museum in Bendigo focuses on interaction through play. In dozens of educational and fun museums, children have the chance to discover the science in their imaginations. There’s an echo tube that’s nearly the width of the centre. This Planetarium also wows children, allowing them to discover all the planets in a bean bag. But the biggest attraction in the Southern Hemisphere is the highest vertical slope at seven m x seven m in height.

This is so big that it requires rotating the temporary exhibitions, and it features poignant works of “trench art” created on the battlefield as well as diaries, photos, documents, literature, weaponry, uniforms, identity tags, and side packs. In 1921 the Returned The Soldiers Memorial Institute Military Museum Hall in the Second Empire era was dedicated to those serving in the First World War.

After a two-year renovation and extension, the museum returned to its original location in 2017 and now has a vast collection. The size of these is sufficient for rotating a series of temporary exhibitions, which include diaries, photographs, documents, books, medals, weaponry uniforms, identification tags, side packs, and medical packs. Both locals and tourists alike recognise the Museum building as a key landmark in the City of Greater Bendigo.

You can learn more about the Chinese immigrants who long ago came to Bendigo in pursuit of gold at the heritage-listed Bendigo Joss House Temple. In 1871, the Bendigo Joss House Temple, a Chinese temple, was established. One of the few structures of its kind still standing in Australia is the Bendigo Joss House Temple, which has been standing for more than a century.

The Bendigo Stadium in Inglis Street will be overflowing with vintage-inspired items on June 13 and 14, 2020. This will be one of the largest indoor antique markets in regional Victoria with over 90 stalls from four states. This is how antique shopping was meant to be done: totally indoors with open access for all.

One of Victoria’s largest weekly markets, the Bendigo Showground Market happens every Sunday at the Prince of Wales Showgrounds near Holmes Road. This open-air free market welcomes dogs in designated outside areas and offers a wide selection of new and used items, food, coffee, and fresh fruit.

Bendigo’s Park Lane Play is an indoor play facility for children ages 3 to 14, with a toddler area for younger children. Outside, there is a jumping cushion and a BBQ area.

The multi-level indoor play structure features a flying fox, two trampolines, a soft ball cannon play area, a giant ball pit, five slides,  and more.

Bendigo Winery Tours will show you the inner workings of the winemaking process and introduce you to the produce of regional wine farmers. When you become hungry, there are cheese and meat platters to pair with the wine.

The abstract painting with pastel-colored bubbles of various sizes floating upwards was unveiled by Dr. Maggie McCormick, lecturer and major project coordinator for the Master of Arts (Art in Public Space) programme at RMIT University. Transspace is the space between spaces. The legendary Bendigo Talking Tram’s regular rattle gave the inauguration ceremony an extra dimension.