We are collective of energetic historians, storytellers and professional tour guides that specialise in Sydney’s past. Our walking journeys are curated to be as close to the experience of time travel that on-foot physics allows. Immersive, entertaining and full of debaucherous detail: we invite you to step back in time, delve into crime and discover the true heritage of this strange, sinister and sensational city we call Sydney.
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SPECIALITY TOURS & EVENTS
SYDNEY CBD
STEP BACK IN TIME AND EXPLORE THE FORGOTTEN CORNERS OF SYDNEY’S CBD
URBAN ODYSSEY
A SHADOWY UNDERWORLD OF OPIUM DENS, FLESH MERCHANTS AND MYSTERIOUS MUDERS — DISCOVER STORIES SYDNEY HAS LONG FORGOTTEN ABOUT
$58 pp — 5:30 pm start — 2.5 hrs
Starting with a drink at Since I Left You
Fridays
PADDINGTON
CRIME & ARCHITECTURE WALKING TOUR
PADDO(C) WALKING TOUR
NOTORIOUS CRIMES, ECCENTRIC ARCHITECTURE, COLOURFUL CHARACTERS AND UNSOLVED MYSTERIES – DISCOVER PADDINGTON’S PAST
$55 pp — 11:00 am start — 2.5 hours — by The Historyteller
Finishing with a complimentary drink
Sunday, 6 April & 4 May 2025
PRIMARY TOURS
PUBLIC TOUR: EXPLORE THE CRIMINAL HISTORY OF THE ROCKS
SYDNEY’S CONVICT COLONY
THE INCREDIBLE STORY BEHIND SYDNEY’S ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT OF THIEVES, RUM AND RED-COATS
$49 pp — 2.5 hours — 10:30am start — Historian Guide — Over 1000 five star reviews — Small group tour (max. 15 guests)
KINGS CROSS
KINGS, QUEENS & CLUBS OF THE CROSS
The notorious story of glamour, gangsters, showgirls, bohemia, brothels, cut-throats, corruption, clubs, neon, nightmares, murders, mysteries & martinis that came to define The Cross.
$55 pp — 2.5 Hours — Ends at Kings Cross Hotel
SURRY HILLS
GANGSTERS, GIRLS & GROG
The story of the female mob bosses & razor gangs who ruled Sydney’s underworld of the 1920s — 30s.
$55 pp — 2.5 hours — 2:30pm start — Ends on Crown St
PADDINGTON
ONCE UPON A TIME & CRIME IN PADDINGTON
A twisted true crime tour that takes on Paddington’s peculiar past and sinister stories.
Crime, Culture & Architecture
$55 pp — 2.5 hours — 11:00am start — Ends at the Royal Hotel at Five Ways
SYDNEY CBD LANEWAYS
URBAN ODYSSEY
An exploration of the strange and often sinister stories lurking in the streets, structures and sculptures squeezed into our city’s sensational past.
$58 pp — 2.5 Hours — Starting with a drink at Since I Left You, Kent Street Bar