Foreign Language Services Visitor Information Guides , given out to all visitors on arrival, are available in Japanese, French, Italian, Chinese, German and Korean. Foreign language tapes in Japanese, Chinese and German give a guided tour of the Sovereign Hill site by day. Blood on the Southern Cross is available, via a foreign language service, for visitors who speak Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese, Japanese, German or Korean. There is no charge for the service. Wheelchairs are available free of charge from the Entrance Building and there is a special Visitor Information Guide for visitors who use wheelchairs.
Pushers are available for hire.
We recommend at least four or five hours to explore Sovereign Hill and the Gold Museum . Two Day Passes are available to give visitors the opportunity to visit all our attractions and enjoy our wide range of daily events. Weather Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, is in the mild to cool climate zone of Australia. Summers can be hot but with cool, refreshing evenings. Winter days range from 5 to 6 centigrade in the morning to 13 to 15 centigrade.