TOUR DESCRIPTION:

Private Group Tour

Together we will rediscover the stories and secrets of Sydney’s original convict colony and how this scallywag settlement transformed into a notorious harbour-side hot spot for sailors, whalers, soldiers, street gangs, crooks and craftsmen over the 19th century.

Includes:

• The transformation of Warrane into Sydney Cove into Circular Quay
• Inside Customs house: historic, maps models and paintings
• Quay quarter historic installations
• Macquarie Place: Forgotten relics, monuments and hidden structures
• Sydney’s lost fresh water stream
• Sydney’s first hospital
• Convict quarries, bakeries, homes and taverns in The Rocks
• 19th century hotels, police stations, storehouses and cellars
• Street gangs that lurked in the laneways
• Former slums and ruins
• The Argyle Cut : the last convict engineering project in Sydney
• Millers Point historic pubs and houses
• Outbreak of the black plague
• The creation of Walsh Bay and its shipping industry
• The transformation of the area in the 20th century and heritage protection

PRIVATE TOUR :  Corey Beat

DATE:  Sunday 20th December 2022

TIME: 5.00pm 

MEETING: In front of Customs House, Circular Quay

COST: $270  flat rate for 1-4 pax private tour