Ploddipop

I absolutely love this place - they offer a wide range of teas and speciality drinks, as well as breakfast, snack and lunch options. Very funky store with long wooden tables and a great atmosphere. The staff are very friendly and you can literally hang out there for hours as they always have plenty of magazines and papers on hand.

This is a great shop that sells bonsai's, pots and also services your existing bonsai. The staff are a little bit abrupt but they are very passionate about bonsai and do a great job and give free advice!

This is a great gift shop that stocks a range of home and beauty-type products - the perfect place to get a wedding gift or birthday present (or something to treat yourself) - it also has a cute cafe at the back of the store which has amazing choc chip cookies.

This is a really great little bookshop that stocks a lot of ABC products. They have all the bestseller titles aswell as some other, more obscure titles. I like to use the shop to buy gifts too as they often have good deals on.

Wilsons is renowned in Ballarat as being the place to go to get really fresh, good quality fruit and veg - they always have really good quality produce and there is a great range.