The Central Deborah Gold Mine is a non-active gold mine and tourist attraction in Bendigo, Australia. It was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register on …
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Jan 20, 2025
We enjoyed a fantastic mine tour with Baz. He was a most engaging guide. The tour was more informative than others in Victoria. Thanks Baz and all the team from Central Deborah!Full review by lisakS2341UH
Jan 14, 2025
Great tour and experience. The guide Jas was knowledgeable. Overall would highly recommend.- with high risk comes high reward!Full review by Curious51798459119
Jan 9, 2025
Well done team n Sarah especially. Safe, really well presented - informative, considerate, humorous - look into the past. Hope Deborah returning better financial rewards for you than as did as a mi…Full review by Aussie P
The trip below ground was a real highlight of our 6 month tour of Australia. I am currently updating our travel website and would love to know if the re-opening proved successful. We visited Deborah in 2005/6. At that time we had a personal tour as we were the only ones to book the longer tour on that day. Officially two hours the docent was so enthusiastic we were down there for over 3 hours. We were told they had been building a new shaft and would fairly soon be bringing up the first gold in recent history. I can find no information online about the mine being operational and wonder if there is current production at the site. Thankyou. Sue, Ontario Canada
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Thank you for responding. They had been working on the re-opening since 1998 and it was, they hoped about to come to fruition, what a great shame.
Age limits do apply to the underground tours. The level 2 Mine Experience is suitable for 3+ years & takes 75 mins (acess via a lift), the Underground Adventure Tour for Level 2 & 3 is 8+ …
Age limits do apply to the underground tours. The level 2 Mine Experience is suitable for 3+ years & takes 75 mins (acess via a lift), the Underground Adventure Tour for Level 2 & 3 is 8+ years & takes 2.5 hrs (acess via lift & ladders), then the Nine Levels of Darkness Tour is 14+ years, takes 3.5 hrs (acess via 1940's lift & ladders). Otherwise you can do the upper ground level for $6.50 (adult) & $4.00 (child) or a family is $19.00, which has no underground experience.
Did anyone feel claustrophobic when going down the mine?
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Most people would already know if they suffer from severe claustrophobia. I have taken groups of 25 university students at a time down it annually for many years (20 plus years?). I …
Most people would already know if they suffer from severe claustrophobia. I have taken groups of 25 university students at a time down it annually for many years (20 plus years?). I think there was a single case of a student feeling claustrophobic that I recall, but not seriously. The main drives (tunnels) are open and wide, the underground access is via a roomy "raise climber", not via a small cage (it is as big as a hospital lift or bigger). It is not physically demanding. The only place it gets narrower is if you choose to go down the ladderway to an interesting lower level, but if it worried anytime one could ask the guides to stay in the main tunnel - from memory they split into two groups in that instance (and of course everyone is always in the presence of a guide at all times). The guides are conscientious about how people feel.
Hi I was just wondering if you can just book in to do the gold panning...My daughter who is 9 really wants to pan for gold and actually get some....I thought i would ask you first before our other option which is all the way down ballarat, and will cost a forfune just to get in the gates to buy a bag of dirt with some guaranteed gold in it for kids to pan... Thanks Paula
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They don't actually have a gold panning pond like Ballarat do. They have an area with some large metal containers filled with water and dirt that you pan in. This is all included in the …
They don't actually have a gold panning pond like Ballarat do. They have an area with some large metal containers filled with water and dirt that you pan in. This is all included in the initial mine entry ticket. The Bendigo mine, although really interesting, is not as extensive as the 'township' set up in Ballarat. For a day out for a 9 year old I would recommend Ballarat over Bendigo
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