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Self Guided Historical Walking Tour in Syndey
New South Wales
About
This self-guided adventure through The Rocks reveals the real Sydney, raw, rebellious, and absolutely fascinating.
Walk 3.3km through 18 historic sites where convicts, sailors, and survivors built a city from nothing. But you're not just seeing buildings, you're meeting the people who lived, loved, fought, and died here.
28 Captivating Audio Stories bring colonial Sydney to life. Hear about the families who thrived against impossible odds, the Green Bans, and of course the convicts
Discover what they ate, how they survived, and the legacies they left behind.
Total Freedom: - Explore at YOUR pace, linger or breeze through - Start anytime, morning, afternoon, or evening - Pause, reread, r...
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
IMPORTANT: Download PDF walking route, notes and audios before your walk u start your walk
Meeting Points
Departure
Circular Quay Wharf 2
This is the starting point for your Self Guide Walk
Return
The Rocks Centre
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Toilets are available on the route
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Cafes are available on the route
Cancellation policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
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This self-guided adventure through The Rocks reveals the real Sydney, raw, rebellious, and absolutely fascinating.
Walk 3.3km through 18 historic sites where convicts, sailors, and survivors built a city from nothing. But you're not just seeing buildings, you're meeting the people who lived, loved, fought, and died here.
28 Captivating Audio Stories bring colonial Sydney to life. Hear about the families who thrived against impossible odds, the Green Bans, and of course the convicts
Discover what they ate, how they survived, and the legacies they left behind.
Total Freedom: - Explore at YOUR pace, linger or breeze through - Start anytime, morning, afternoon, or evening - Pause, reread, r...
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
IMPORTANT: Download PDF walking route, notes and audios before your walk u start your walk
Meeting Points
Departure
Circular Quay Wharf 2
This is the starting point for your Self Guide Walk
Return
The Rocks Centre
Itinerary
1
Circular Quay
The Gadigal people called this place Warrane. In 1788, eleven ships arrived carrying over a thousand desperate souls to an unknown land.
10 minutes
2
Customs House
Built in 1845 by workers who knew every stone. Despite the the opinion of some, the First Fleet didn't land here—but generations of Sydneysiders have passed through its doors.
10 minutes
3
First Fleet Park
Mary Reibey arrived in chains at age 13. Isaac Nicolas was transported for theft. Both became respected businesspeople. How did they rebuild their lives from nothing?
10 minutes
4
Fortune of War
For a century (1820s-1920), sailors, convicts, and locals drank side by side. Get arrested? The Police Station was next door. But the police were often as crooked as the convicts themselves.
10 minutes
5
Suez Canal
The colony's first patients suffered here in canvas tents. Later, this narrow lane saw the colony's first street gangs clash.
10 minutes
6
Greenway Lane
Francis Greenway was transported for forgery, yet designed some of Sydney's most beautiful buildings. Can a criminal successfully return to his chosen profession?
10 minutes
7
Cambridge Street
Irish orphan girls, some as young as 14, arrived alone and terrified. Mary Driver was one. She made this street her home
10 minutes
8
Argyle Cut
Convicts chiseled through 140 metres of solid rock with hand tools. Every chip tells a story of backbreaking labor.
10 minutes
9
The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre
Long's Lane, Cribb's Lane, and Caracher's Lane - Beneath your feet: 33 homes where real families lived, loved, and struggled. Archaeologists found their cups, their toys, their secrets.
10 minutes
10
Susannah Place
Edward Riley was an ex-convict. How did he afford these terrace houses? The answer might surprise you.
10 minutes
11
Globe Street
Jack Mundey mural - One union leader in the 1970s said "no." Without Jack Mundey's green bans, bulldozers would have erased all these stories.
10 minutes
12
Nurses Walk
Ann Smith, a convict nurse, ran away. For years, male convicts "nursed" the sick. Imagine being cared for by them.
10 minutes
13
Harrington Street
Behind Harrington Street is Well Courtyard - William O'Neal's child drowned in this well. A parent's worst nightmare, preserved in stone.
10 minutes
14
Harrington Street
Reynolds Cottages can be found here - 200 years old, built by convict hands, nearly demolished. The secrets of how they survived involve lies, luck, and determination.
10 minutes
15
The Rocks Centre
Rest, refresh, and reflect on the people whose struggles built this place.
