Australia Walking Tours

1. Walking the West End

In Walking West End, we invite you to join us, either on foot or online, in an exploration of the way in which place, history, individuals and memory come together to create a community and how this community in turn creates its own stories.

This download is from the website slq.qld.gov.au

Go to the website and right click to save the download and then add to your MP3 player and there is a brochure to download as well in pdf format.

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Brisbane

1. Transforming the Yarra

Transforming the Yarra is a multimedia walking tour celebrating the development of Melbourne’s Yarra River precinct since the 1980s from a post industrial wasteland to the centre of Melbourne’s public life and is from the website arts.vic.gov.au

iPhone directions: To download the iphone app the link will guide you to the application page and that will link through to iTunes where you can download the application for free.

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Melbourne

1. Canberra Civic Art Walking Tour

This walk provides you with a snapshot of some of the many types and styles of public art that have been commissioned for Canberra—the heart of our city —over the last forty years.

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the arts.act.gov.au.

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Canberra

1. The Rock and Roll Walk of Fame and Shame - Oxford Street

This walk is around Oxford Street and takes you to some of the birth places of Australian rock n roll in the 60's. The walk is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

Go to the website and right click to save the download and then add to your MP3 player and there is a brochure to download as well in pdf format.

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2. The Rock and Roll Walk of Fame and Shame-King Street and Enmore Road

This walk is around Newtown and adjoining suburbs Erskineville and Enmore and takes you to some of the birth places of Australian rock n roll. The walk is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

Go to the website and right click to save the download and then add to your MP3 player and there is a brochure to download as well in pdf format.

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3. Colony

This walk shows the remnants of early colony life that are still apparent in Sydney today. This walk starts at Custom House and walks through Millers Point and The Rocks.

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

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4. Commerce

This walk will take you through the heart of the City's financial and retail district pointing out landmarks, their architectural features and the history behind them. The walk starts at St James Station and finishes at the QVB.

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

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5. Community

This walk will take you from Town Hall, south into what was once the industrial backyard of Sydney. Today it contains Sydney's Spanish Quarter and Chinatown, along with arguably the most significant 20th century Aboriginal site in the City of Sydney. The walk concludes in Hyde Park.

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

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6. Passion - Kings Cross

This walk takes you through Kings Cross once the domain of grand houses and stylish apartments, it has also been the haunt of artists, actors, writers and musicians.Now it is a red light/entertainment area

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

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7. Port - Pyrmont

Departing from Pyrmont Bridge, this tour visits key sites in the industrial and maritime history of Sydney, as well as exploring an often overlooked Sydney community.

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

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8. Preservation - Glebe

This tour will explore an area which has not only a fascinating built environment but a long history of bohemian lifestyle, activism and intellectual pursuits.

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

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9. Sydney Heritage Walk

20 historic sites. Walk at your own pace. Compare past to present. See how Sydney has changed.

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

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10. Walk on Water

This walk is a guide to Sydney's water features and was developed in conjunction with the historical exhibition Water, Water Every Where. Thirty different water features are identified on the map along with photographs and historical information.

There is a pdf document only to download and is from the website cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

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11. The Rocks Walking Tour

The 'Painting The Rocks walking tour' iPhone App can be used in conjunction with a visit to the 'Painting The Rocks' exhibition at the Museum of Sydney or simply on a visit to The Rocks.

If you wish to download the iphone app the link will guide you to the application page and that will link through to iTunes where you can download the application for free.

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