Within walking distance to the Comfort Inn Main Lead is the Gold Museum, on Sovereign Hill, which the property calls ‘a recreated 1850s township where real gold flows in the creek and history comes alive’. The central business district is nearby too. This hotel is also close to the Eureka Stockade war memorial, Ballarat Botanical Gardens and Ballarat Wildlife Park, which is home to koalas, kangaroos, emus, crocodiles and other native animals in a tranquil setting covering 16 acres.