Journey Walks and Max Burns-McRuvie have been features in a variety of media articles, tv & podcast productions.
MEDIA
NEWSPAPER FEATURES – COLLABORATIONS
ARTICLE FEATURES – COLLABORATIONS
History High Tales: Sin and the City
It lurked in the laneways, it peppered the newspapers and it often ended at Darlinghurst Gaol with the hangman’s noose. Some of these crimes were horrific and drenched in blood.
Eat Drink Play
From great escapes and infamous jailbreak stories matched with everybody’s favourite caffeinated cocktail; to an array of alcohol-related atrocities that once shocked the city, Escapes and Espresso Martinis will dig up dirt on Sydney’s true crime history through good old-fashioned storytelling.
BROADSHEET
“I believe these types of events sex up the way history is delivered and received, taking it out of the classroom and off the page so that it can be enjoyed as a live show in small bars such as Since I left You,”
BROADSHEET
With a drink in hand, discover the dope dealers and bottle men of “Razorhurst”. Unearth forgotten sex scandals that ended in sensational murders. And revisit the sly grog and black-market spirits trade that once flourished here in Sydney.
Ventuno Walsh Bay Historical Walking Tour & Lunch
As we roam the cobbled alleys, timber wharves and spectacular lookouts of this notorious neighbourhood, we’ll unpack the forgotten lives of its local scallywags, sailors, smugglers and legends.
BROADSHEET
With a cocktail in hand, delve into Sydney’s debauched history – from notorious criminals and gangs to juicy sex scandals and the drunkenness that plagued Sydney during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
TV FEATURES – WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? ON SBS
CHEF MATT MORAN
Season 13, Episode 6 – Matt Moran discovers a convict lineage hailing from Ireland, a criminal heritage that is broken by a heroic, hardworking ancestor, and a 100-year-old woman he met as a child.
JOURNALIST JENNY BROCKIE
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Written in Chalk – The Echo of Arthur Stace
A documentary that explores the story of Arthur Stace, the man who inscribed the word eternity throughout the streets of Sydney, and the cultural impact he has had on generations to follow.
NEWSPAPER FEATURES – SYDNEY CRIME STORIES
PODCAST FEATURES
Last Drinks
In 1887 there were no less than 22 hotels in Darlinghurst. Over the next century and a half, the character, culture and clientele of Darlinghurst pubs evolved. This story explores the impact on Darlinghurst of two episodes of liquor licensing restrictions in NSW: six o’clock closing and the Sydney lockout laws.