Rockhampton Heritage Walking Tour: Explore Historical Buildings and Mystical Evening Stories

Step back in time and unravel the mysteries of Rockhampton on our Heritage Walking Tour. Explore historical buildings, hear eerie evening stories, and discover the city’s dark past.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Rockhampton Tourism Area - Visit the State’s largest regional collection of heritage buildings. See and learn about the people and the events that created the city.
    Join the DAY TOUR with our experienced tour guide along Rockhampton’s scenic Riverside Precinct and travel back in time to when the Fitzroy River, Quay and East Street suffered female…
What's Included
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • bug spray (please bring your own)
Additional Information

Day and Night Tours - Explore the state’s largest collection of heritage buildings. Discover the stories of the people and events that shaped the city.
Day Tour - Accompanied by our knowledgeable tour guide, stroll along Rockhampton’s picturesque Riverside Precinct and journey back in time. Learn about the Fitzroy River, Quay, and East Street, which…

Location
The Criterion Hotel Motel
Quay Street
In the historic hotel foyer where you can see dozens of historic photos and take in the hotels classic architecture while you wait or grab a drink at the 'Cri's' bar. Please arrive a minimum of 15 min early
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Kimb
Aug 6, 2024
Informative and entertaining! A very enjoyable way to learn a little of Rockhampton’s colourful past :) - Phil was very informative and very animated and engaging in his description of events…This is the third of Phil’s tours that I have participated in, and they are always interesting and entertaining! awesome !
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Veelovestotravel
Jul 15, 2024
Enjoyable, definitely worth the money! - Very enthusiastic guide who knew his stuff. Added a little bit of humour but also took the pretty horrible/sad/ tragic stories seriously. The walks wasn’t far and there were places to sit at some “stops”.
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H2016bnjulieh
Jul 11, 2024
Rocky walking tour - We were the only guests on the tour Phil was great with his knowledge and stories and very entertaining. Wonderful old buildings with their own story of the city of Rockhampton Good value for money. Well worth doing.
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Z5038slkrystalm
Apr 9, 2024
Amazing! Great guide and information - Amazing!! Guide was friendly, funny, extremely patient and very informative. Really looked as though he loved the history and showing kids and adults all things dinosaurs and fossils! My family had an amazing time and recommend this to all our family! Thank you thank you 🙏🏼
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Navigate61054002932
Mar 25, 2024
Don’t miss the Night Tour - interesting & informative - I loved the Night tour. A great way to view the town, and have a very informative, interesting and fun night. It was raining lightly for most of the tour, I did bring an umbrella but we were able to duck under awnings for most of it so the rain wasn’t a bother. I definitely recommend this for any one of all ages no matter the weather.
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Mrsb4701
Mar 4, 2024
Recommended History and Mystery night walking tour - 👻 🔪 🛶 🐊 A great stroll through the CBD last night with Time Safaris Walking Tours- Rockhampton on the Ghost, Murder and Jack the Ripper Night Walk. Interesting, engaging and informative. Being locals, we’ve heard a lot of history about Rocky in the past but almost all these stories were new to us! I’m keen to do more of the walks offered with this guide, Phil Hore, author, historian and worldly museum educator. 💥 RECOMMENDED 💥
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H6707xelauram
Feb 17, 2024
Best activity in Rockhampton - I went on the night tour and guide Phil was so knowledgeable and engaging. The night tour isn't scary, however, due to the content of the stories, I would recommend it for teenagers and older if considering a family outing. I highly recommend visitors and locals to go on one of Phil's tours to see a different side to Rocky.
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Noel
Aug 21, 2024
Very informative and entertaining - All good. I never give 5 out of 5. There ia always room for improvement. The Jack the Ripper connection was new to me and startling. I will recommend this tour to my friends.
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Happiness36097363775
Mar 6, 2024
Meh, average night... - Was an average night. It was interesting to learn the history of my city but honestly was expecting a more spooky experience considering it was halloween and an "18+" event. It had the potential but fell way short of expectations. The host made the whole experience funny instead of even slightly scary. I laughed more than anything as he had the gift of the gab and as very comical. I wouldnt class any of the stories as 18+, they were PG rated at best. Went with a few of the girls and we all agreed it could of been so much better. My tip for future halloween events, is to make it less funny and more spooky. After all who goes to something like that on halloween and expects anything less? 4 out of 10stars, I personally wouldn't go again.
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Toni_p
Jun 30, 2024
Nope, that's not right - Far fetched, totally unbelievable made up stories. The guide clearly had done some research on his various characters but after hearing the Jack the Ripper story and knowing it to be far from the truth, I began questioning everything he'd said. If you want ridiculously contrived stories, this is your tour, he's a great spinner of yarns. But if you want truth, this isn't for you.
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