Shop small and support local in Ballarat this Christmas

Show your support for Ballarat's small businesses by shopping locally this festive season.

To get you started, we've put together a list of some of our favourite local retailers...

Something special

• Collins Booksellers Ballarat on Lydiard, 22 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
• The Essential Candle Co, 610 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• The Crafty Squirrel, corner of Errard and Urquhart streets, Ballarat
• Alexa's Treasures, 44-46 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Gems & Jewels, 424 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Playing in the Attic, 119a Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Nicola Cerini, 36a Main Road, Ballarat

Food and drink

• Eat Drink West hampers
• Hydrant Food Hall hampers, 3 McKenzie Street, Ballarat
• Hattie and the Wolf hampers, 218a Skipton Street, Ballarat
• Vegas and Rose hampers
• Grounded Pleasures hot chocolate, chai and marshmallows
• Lucky and James handmade chocolate
• Sovereign Hill hampers, Bradshaw Street, Ballarat
• Campana's hampers, 301 Mair Street, Ballarat
• Mitchell Harris Wines, 38 Doveton Street North, Ballarat
• Kilderkin Distillery, 11a Michaels Drive, Ballarat
• Red Duck Beer, 11a Michaels Drive, Ballarat
• Michael Unwin Wines, 10 Powells Road, Windermere
• Saltbush Kitchen gift packs, Commercial Street, Buninyong

For the home

• Ivy and Coco (pictured above), 85 Bridge Mall, Ballarat
• The Foundry, 411 Mair Street, Ballarat
• When Polly Met Murphy, 26 Doveton Street North, Ballarat
• Such N Such, 811 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Wen & Ware Living, 52 Bridge Mall, Ballarat
• Green Loft, 1213b Sturt Street (down Quarry Lane), Ballarat
• Pieces of Joy, 500 Barkly Street, Ballarat
• Little Square Garage, 81a Humffray Street North, Ballarat
• The Old Vicarage Shop, 708 Warrenheip Street, Buninyong
• Overwrought Garden Art, 3409 Midland Highway, Blampied
• Creswick Woollen Mills, Railway Parade, Creswick

Vintage finds

• Rocket and Belle, 37 Mair Street, Ballarat
• The Amazing Mill Markets, 9367 Western Highway, Warrenheip
• The Known World Bookshop, 28 Main Road, Ballarat
• Vintage 216, 216 Skipton Street, Ballarat

Fashion

• Teddy & Fletch (pictured above), 1/225 Grant Street, Ballarat
• Studio g.a.s, 207a Creswick Road, Ballarat
• Cami and Co, 8 Shepperd Street, Ballarat
• Tee Pea Boutique, 202a Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Sista215, 215 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Stryde, 211 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Boho & Blush, 40a Armstrong Street South, Ballarat
• Such N Such, 811 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• The Outpost, 1 Doveton Street North, Ballarat
• The Farmer's Wife, 49 Albert Street, Creswick
• Creswick Woollen Mills, Railway Parade, Creswick
• Three Times Blest, 308a Warrenheip Street, Buninyong

For the little ones

• Country Kids, 25 Bridge Mall, Ballarat
• Tilly Mint, 202 South Street, Ballarat
• Arabella + Autumn Scandinavian-style gifts for babies and toddlers
• Foxes & Flamingos homemade baby products
• Leroy Mac Designs pure merino wool baby garments and blankets

Health & beauty

• Sweet Fern Fragrance Boutique (pictured above), 114 Armstrong Street South, Ballarat
• Acorn & Oak Apothecary, 46 Armstrong Street North, Ballarat
• Ballarat's Sanctuary Day Spa, 613 Main Road, Ballarat
• Peace & Quiet Day Spa, 719 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Elysium Day Spa, 24 Doveton Street South, Ballarat

Creatives

• Art Gallery of Ballarat shop, 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
• Rach Jackson paintings and tea towels
• Ruby Pilven Ceramics
• Heaps Good Leather Work
• Rachel Grose Jewellery
• Homelea Lass contemporary crochet and pompom kits
• Wyatt Art 

Experiences

• Paint and Sip experience at Pinot & Picasso Ballarat (pictured above), 204 Sturt Street, Ballarat
• Tickets to Sovereign Hill, Ballarat Wildlife Park or Kryal Castle 
• High tea at Craig's Royal Hotel, 10 Lydiard Street South, Ballarat
• Beer School at Aunty Jacks, 315-317 Mair Street, Ballarat
• Cooking masterclasses at Carboni's, 152 Eureka Street, Ballarat
• Trout fishing at Tuki Trout Farm, 60 Stoney Rises Road, Smeaton