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Historical Walks

Sydney's history is etched into its buildings, streets, monuments and sites. Learn more about Sydney's past, its people and the places they built, and appreciate the charms of our beautiful historic city. So, take a walk and have a talk with our well-informed guides who will reveal the wonders of Sydney.


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$81 Limited inc GST / $73

The Improving Macquaries: Elizabeth

<p>This walk will help you re-imagine early nineteenth-century Sydney under Governor Macquarie.  It encompasses both the natural environment and built heritage. Elizabeth’s husband had to bring order

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$47 Limited inc GST / $42

Castle Hill - A Walking Tour

<p>On 4 March 1804 convicts rose from this Castle Hill penal settlement for the Battle of Vinegar Hill. Today we can retrace their steps, exploring the now-lovely parkland to discover the traces of a

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$130 Limited inc GST / $117

Take Me to the River - Windsor History Walk

<p>This is a five-hour walk starting and ending at Windsor railway station. Settlement along Dyarubbin / Hawkesbury River saw the best and worst in survival behaviour. The walk takes in the cemetery

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$123 Limited inc GST / $111

Glenbrook - Railways, Tunnels and Geology

<p>The foothills of the Blue Mountains are interesting for the geology, which posed a challenge to railway makers. On this five-hour train-friendly walk from Glenbrook to Lapstone you will learn about

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$59 Limited inc GST / $53

Surry Hills and Darlinghurst - The Highs and Lows of Sydney

<p>Upper classes are on the high lands and the lower classes beneath them, and the buildings – gaols, courts, police lock-ups, churches, and schools – were there to process the haves and have-nots

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$81 Limited inc GST / $73

Victorian and Federation Sydney - Sydney CBD Walking Tour

<p>The story of the founding of colonial Sydney is well known, but what is less well known is the Victorian and Federation period, where the city we know today really took shape. Between 1850 and 1900

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$81 Limited inc GST / $73

Art Deco and More - Sydney CBD Walking Tour

<p>When we think of Sydney, the first things that spring to mind are often the magnificent harbour, our unique Opera House and the mighty Harbour Bridge. But often unnoticed is its wealth of beautiful

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F2F ONL

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$59 Limited inc GST / $53

The Twisted Rocks

<p>The Rocks is the oldest neighbourhood in Australia, filled with buildings from 1815 on, all bearing witness to a varied, quirky, story-rich past.  Join us exploring these winding paths, discovering

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$47 Limited inc GST / $42

Fishing Nets to Olympic Rings - The Many Chapters of Sydney Olympic Park

<p>Storyteller Jo Henwood will share tales of the Blaxlands and the Wentworths, and the colonising farmers before them who, from 1788, claimed the tidal wetlands of the Wangal. We will be looking at a

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$59 Limited inc GST / $53

Liverpool - A Colonial Legacy

<p>What do Lachlan Macquarie, Eber Bunker, Francis Greenway, Maria Lock, and Surgeon John White have in common? They have all contributed to making Liverpool an important colonial heritage precinct

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