| Please click on the links below to access the following sites: Tourist information for Ballarat and district
Try either www.ballarat.com or www.visitballarat.com.au Both are excellent resources that will lead you on to explore what the region has on offer, whether it be sites, experiences, accommodation, food or entertainment. | Parkiteer: An accessible, secure undercover bike cage has been installed at Ballarat Rail Station. It's free. Accessible via swipe card (obtained by refundable $50 deposit). For bookings and details www.parkiteer.com.au Parkiteer just got a whole lot better from August 2010. Your swipe card entry gives you access to any Parkiteer cage in Victoria! | For the latest on competitive cycling for all age groups and for track, road and mountain bikes, see what the Ballarat Sebastopol Cyling Club is up to on www.cyclingballarat.com.au Competitive veterans cycling in Ballarat, with Eureka Veterans Cycling Club. http://evcc.org.au Off-road with an edge. Try Club Mud here in Ballarat. www.clubmud.com.au Leisurely group rides around Ballarat with Ballarat Scenic Cyclists http://sceniccyclists.ballarat.vic.au Bushwalking and organised bike rides in Ballarat area with Ballarat Bushwalking and Outdoor Club (organisers of the annual BAD ride on the first Sunday in May)
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www.gdt.org.au Ballarat City Council cycling information http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/Engineering/Public_Transport_and_Paths/Bicycle_Paths/index.aspx Ballarat City Council Ballarat Bicycle Strategy 2008 http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/library/scripts/objectifyMedia.aspx?file=pdf/70/98.pdf&siteID=1&str_title=Bicycle Strategy.pdf Ballarat's Public Transport Buses www.kefford.com.au/ballarat.htm Regional Travel www.viclink.com.au Cargo bikes: a Dutch idea for those seeking a load carrying cycling solution marketed directly from good old Ballarat. www.cargocycles.com.au For maps of Victoria and information on road rules
http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/BicyclesPedestrians/ Riding tips, capital city maps and more
www.urbanbicyclist.org Bicycle Victoria for advocacy and heaps of information on all things cycling in Victoria www.bv.com.au Cycling Promotion Fund. Promoting safe cycling. Sponsored by Australian cycle maufacturers, importers and wholesalers of cycling gear. http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1 Institute for Sensible Transport http://www.sensibletransport.org.au/ Boroondara Bicycle User Group for an example of an active metropolitan cousin http://www.boroondarabug.org Healthy Places and Healthy Spaces
A great new national guide and website for planning, designing and creating sustainable and healthy communities. This is a great resource for planning and design professionals, health professionals, property developers, government and the community who are keen to bring about positive community level change: www.healthyplaces.org.au Cycling Resource Centre
The Cycling Resource Centre includes a wealth of information on all aspects of cycling and you are encouraged to regularly visit the site as it includes regular news item and updates: http://www.cyclingresourcecentre.org.au/ Cycle Chic Get onto the movement that seeks to re-humanise bike riding. Advocating style over speed, and drawing inspiration from the Slow Food Movement and the focus it puts back on enjoying food in convivial surroundings, Cycle Chic wants you to feel good on your bike by just being everyday you and feel inspired to use your bike as it was intended -as an easy, fun and convenient way to move around urban areas. See www.copenhagencyclechic.com or for the Slow Bike Movement http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19375798739&v=info&ref=ts For the local variant see http://www.melbournecyclechic.com.au For international (and especially UK) cycling information www.bikeradar.com For some inspirational BMX riding take a look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctpVRPoHqhE&feature=related | 
