The Ballarat Town Hall bells will ring in 2022 on Friday night, but what else is happening in town?
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Several venues are offering celebration packages, and many attractions will be open on Saturday.
Kryal Castle will be closed for the Knight and Day music festival on Thursday and Friday, with Byron Bay hardcore legends Parkway Drive playing at midnight on Friday.
Monday, January 3 will be a public holiday in Victoria, and it's expected trains will run to a hot weather timetable on Friday, while the Ballarat Health Service drive-through testing clinic will also open and close early on Friday and Saturday.
WHAT'S OPEN AND WHAT'S CLOSED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY IN BALLARAT?
Supermarkets and shopping
- Woolworths - all open from 8am
- Coles - normal hours
- Aldi - all open from 10am
- Kmart - normal hours
- Bunnings - all open
Services:
- Pharmacies - UFS pharmacies all closed except the 24-hour pharmacy at 717 Sturt Street and Sturt Street West UFS at 1010 Sturt Street from 10am to 2pm on January 1, 2, and 3
- Medical - Eureka Medical Centre on Dana Street open 8am to 8pm
- Post offices - closed
COVID-19 testing
- BHS drive-through testing, Creswick Road - 7.30am to 1.30pm during the hot weather, returning to 9am to 6pm from January 2
- UFS testing clinic, Dana Street - closed January 1, reopening January 2 and 3 from 9am to 1pm.
- 4Cyte Pathology Skipton Street - closed
Attractions
- Ballarat Wildlife park - open normal hours
- Sovereign Hill - open normal hours
- Art Gallery of Ballarat - open normal hours
- Cinemas - all open
- Kryal Castle - closed
Transport
- V/Line services on Friday will run to a hot-day timetable, while regular weekend timetables will be in place on January 1 and 2.
- All travel will be free on New Year's Eve from 6pm, until the first V/Line service from Melbourne on New Year's Day.
- Services on Monday, January 3 will run to a Saturday timetable.
- The Ballarat Aquatic and Lifestyle Centre's 50 metre pool will be closed on December 30.
- The Black Hill and Brown Hill swimming pools will reopen January 2.
- Splash parks across the city will be operating.
WHAT ABOUT CELEBRATING NEW YEAR'S EVE?
Visit Ballarat has put together a superb list of venues open, many with packages lasting all night.
They include:
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