BBQs | City of Ballarat

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Dog parks | City of Ballarat

Playgrounds | City of Ballarat

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Accessibility | City of Ballarat

Outdoor Pools and Splash Parks | City of Ballarat

Playgroups | City of Ballarat

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
BBQs \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/community/recreation/bbqs	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/	1
Health and Wellbeing \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/community/health-and-wellbeing	1
All News \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/news	1
Dog parks \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/community/recreation/dog-parks	1
Playgrounds \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/playgrounds	1
LGBTIQA+ Ballarat \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/community/lgbtiqa-ballarat	1
Accessibility \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/community/accessibility	1
Outdoor Pools and Splash Parks \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/pools	1
Playgroups \| City of Ballaratwww.ballarat.vic.gov.au/playgroups	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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