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Glenelg's Dark History: A Self-Guided Walking Tour
City of Holdfast Bay
À propos
Glenelg is one of South Australia's most beloved seaside destinations, but beneath its sun soaked foreshore lies a history of violence, tragedy, and unanswered questions. On this walking tour, you'll trace the crimes, scandals, and dark moments that unfolded in the very streets around you. Starting at the Glenelg Pioneer Memorial, where promises of fairness quickly unravelled, you'll follow the Patawalonga River past the site of a New Year's Day tragedy in 1932, through streets where a housekeeper met a violent end, and past the former Berkshire Court Hotel where a single punch ended a man's life. At Millers Corner, Constable Albert Ring was shot dead in 1908 after a humiliated fisherman swo...
Points forts
De 45 minutes à 1 heure et 15 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
De 45 minutes à 1 heure et 15 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Accès à vie à cette visite en anglais avant et après votre date de réservation
Accès hors ligne à l'audio, aux cartes et aux géodonnées
Flexibilité pour explorer à votre rythme avec une visite GPS autoguidée
Application pour Android et iOS
Indications pour le point de départ afin que lorsque vous êtes au bon endroit, la visite commence
Smartphone et écouteurs
Transport
Nourriture et boisson
Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Moseley Square
This tour starts at Glenelg Pioneer Memorial, Moseley Sq, Glenelg SA 5045, Australia. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Retour
Tour ends at Helmsdale, Brighton Rd, Glenelg East SA 5045, Australia
Informations importantes
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Accessible aux fauteuils roulants
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Les nourrissons et les jeunes enfants peuvent voyager dans une poussette ou un landau
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Animaux d'assistance autorisés
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Des options de transport en commun sont disponibles à proximité
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Les options de transport sont accessibles aux fauteuils roulants
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Toutes les zones et surfaces sont accessibles aux fauteuils roulants
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Adapté à tous les niveaux de condition physique
Politique d'annulation
Pour un remboursement complet, annulez au moins 24 heures avant l'heure de départ prévue.
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Pour un remboursement complet, vous devez annuler au moins 24 heures avant l'heure de début de l'expérience.
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Les délais limites sont basés sur l'heure locale de l'expérience.
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Si vous annulez moins de 24 heures avant l'heure de début de l'expérience, le montant que vous avez payé ne sera pas remboursé.
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Cette expérience nécessite un nombre minimum de voyageurs. Si elle est annulée parce que le minimum n'est pas atteint, on vous proposera une autre date/expérience ou un remboursement intégral.
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Toute modification effectuée moins de 24 heures avant l'heure de début de l'expérience ne sera pas acceptée.
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Glenelg's Dark History: A Self-Guided Walking Tour
City of Holdfast Bay
À propos
Glenelg is one of South Australia's most beloved seaside destinations, but beneath its sun soaked foreshore lies a history of violence, tragedy, and unanswered questions. On this walking tour, you'll trace the crimes, scandals, and dark moments that unfolded in the very streets around you. Starting at the Glenelg Pioneer Memorial, where promises of fairness quickly unravelled, you'll follow the Patawalonga River past the site of a New Year's Day tragedy in 1932, through streets where a housekeeper met a violent end, and past the former Berkshire Court Hotel where a single punch ended a man's life. At Millers Corner, Constable Albert Ring was shot dead in 1908 after a humiliated fisherman swo...
Points forts
De 45 minutes à 1 heure et 15 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
De 45 minutes à 1 heure et 15 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Accès à vie à cette visite en anglais avant et après votre date de réservation
Accès hors ligne à l'audio, aux cartes et aux géodonnées
Flexibilité pour explorer à votre rythme avec une visite GPS autoguidée
Application pour Android et iOS
Indications pour le point de départ afin que lorsque vous êtes au bon endroit, la visite commence
Smartphone et écouteurs
Transport
Nourriture et boisson
Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Moseley Square
This tour starts at Glenelg Pioneer Memorial, Moseley Sq, Glenelg SA 5045, Australia. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Retour
Tour ends at Helmsdale, Brighton Rd, Glenelg East SA 5045, Australia
Itinéraire
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Stand where South Australia's first European settlers came ashore in 1836 with promises of fairness and civility that quickly unravelled. Begin your journey through Glenelg's darker history at this monument marking the colony's earliest days.
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Stand outside the 1875 Glenelg Town Hall, where inquests were held and frightened communities gathered for answers. Reflect on how this civic landmark became the stage for some of Glenelg's most troubling moments.
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Réserve de Colley
Walk past the site of Colley Reserve's long-gone Luna Park, where a New Year's Day tragedy in 1932 shattered a holiday crowd. Take in this now-peaceful reserve, once host to fairground thrills and sudden heartbreak alike.
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Pass the William Storrie Memorial Bandstand, a delicate iron-lace rotunda built in Colley Reserve in 1926 for the Glenelg City Band. Picture generations of locals gathering here for open-air concerts long before the reserve's darker stories unfolded.
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Discover this restored diving chamber, built in the 1960s by pioneering geologist Reg Sprigg to explore deep-sea canyons off Kangaroo Island. Learn how this unique piece of engineering became a lasting monument to South Australia's early underwater exploration.
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Follow the Patawalonga River, known to the Kaurna people as Pattawilyangga, a waterway that claimed lives for over a century, from drownings to darker discoveries. Trace its course as it winds past the very streets where Glenelg's hidden stories unfolded.
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Pass Patawilya Reserve, a quiet green space directly opposite the Patawalonga. Take a moment here along the water's edge before continuing deeper into the neighbourhood's layered past.
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Pass the former Glenelg Fire Station, a distinctive building on Gordon Street built to serve the community's emergency needs. Picture the brigades that once responded here to the town's frequent moments of crisis.
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Route de la jetée
Walk along Jetty Road, Glenelg's main shopping and dining strip, lined with trams, cafés, and historic buildings. Take in the bustle of modern Glenelg as a contrast to the darker stories that unfolded in the surrounding streets over the last two centuries.
