- INN/CHALET YEAR BUILT - 2004 ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION - **STAR RATING 4.5** **PLEASE ADD AN ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL ETA WHEN BOOKING THIS PROPERTY** THE BEST WESTERN LAKE INN IS A NEW PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IS IN TOWN AND APPROXIMATELY 1 KILOMETER FROM THE CBD AND CLOSE TO THE FAMOUS LAKE WENDOUREE, WHICH HAS WALKING TRAILS, BOATING, AND FISHING. BALLARAT IS VIBRANT APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES FROM THE MELBOURNE CBD AND ALSO FROM TULLAMARINE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. BALLARAT IS A MAJOR REGIONAL CITY IN VICTORIA WITH GREAT UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS, SPORTING EVENTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND WORLD CLASS INDUSTRIES. DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF GOLD MINING AND VISIT THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF SOVEREIGN HILL, WHICH HAS THE HISTORICAL GOLD MINING VILLAGE AND EVENING OF SOUND AND LIGHT SHOW. VISIT THE NUMEROUS LOCAL WINERIES OF THE PYRENEES AND BENDIGO REGIONS, FAMOUS FOR SOME EXCELLENT WINES, OR VISIT THE MINERAL SPRINGS AND SPA COUNTRY OF DAYLESFORD, JUST 40 MINUTES AWAY. THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND LAKE WENDOUREE ARE WELL WORTH A VISIT AND THERE IS A NEW AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR MEMORIAL WALL DEDICATED TO ALL AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR.
