The Spit
The Spit is a locality in City of Ballarat, Victoria. The Spit is situated nearby to the locality Convent Corner, as well as near West Shore Ferry Landing.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballarat Tramway Museum and Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Museum
Photo: Peterdownunder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ballarat Tramway Museum is an operating tramway museum, located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The museum is run by volunteers and has a fleet of trams which operate on part of the original horse tramway around Lake Wendouree and the Botanical Gardens.
Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Tortoise42, Public domain.
The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial was dedicated on Friday, 6 February 2004. It is located on the southern approaches to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, on Wendouree Parade and adjacent to Lake Wendouree.
Loreto College
School
Loreto College, Ballarat is an independent Roman Catholic secondary day school for girls, located in central Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballarat and Miners Rest.
Ballarat
Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballarat is a city about 110 km north-west of Melbourne in the Goldfields region of Victoria. Ballarat is most noted as a former goldmining town with excellent examples of Australian colonial architecture, and as the site of the famous miners' revolt at the Eureka Stockade in 1854.
Miners Rest
Suburb
Miners Rest is a suburb north of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on the north-western rural-urban fringe of the city, 11 kilometres northwest of the Central Business District. Miners Rest is situated 8 km north of The Spit.
Warrenheip
Suburb
Warrenheip is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on the eastern rural-urban fringe named after nearby Mount Warrenheip. At the 2021 census, Warrenheip had a population of 721. Warrenheip is situated 9 km east of The Spit.
The Spit
- Type: Locality
- Location: City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.55435° or 37° 33′ 16″ southLongitude
143.82415° or 143° 49′ 27″ eastOpen location code
4RJ5CRWF+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1621349398OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover The Spit from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “The Spit”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Convent Corner and West Shore Ferry Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Thérèse of the Little Flower Church and Fish pond.
Victoria: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Melbourne, Geelong, CBD, and Ballarat.
Curious Localities to Discover
Uncover intriguing localities from every corner of the globe.