- 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 bushrangers, bank heists, floods and helped the WW2 war effort.
NIGHT TOUR - Did Jack the Ripper once stalk the dark alleys of Rockhampton? Join our 45 min - to 1 hr. evening tour through the streets and alleys and discover the darker side of the city. Learn about the ghosts that haunted Quay st, the city’s first recorded murder, the Rockhampton gold heist that created Sherlock Holmes and modern forensics and yes, learn the bizarre and true history of Jack the Ripper’s connection to Australia and Rockhampton.
- The Criterion Hotel Motel - Visit the foyer and enjoy the architecture and learn about the hotels long, funny and dark history
- Rockhampton Customs House - Discover why there is such an iconic customs house inland and what goods once flowed through its control
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- All fees and/or taxes
- bug spray (please bring your own)
Tours in the Day and Night - Explore the most extensive assortment of historic buildings in the state. Discover the individuals and the incidents that shaped the city. Take part in the DAY TOUR with our knowledgeable tour guide across the picturesque Riverside District of Rockhampton and journey to a time when the Fitzroy River, Quay, and East Street faced female outlaws, banking thefts, floods, and contributed to the WW2 war operations. NIGHT TOUR - Was Jack the Ripper ever present in the shadowy lanes of Rockhampton? Participate in our night tour, lasting 45 min - 1 hr., through the city’s thoroughfares and passageways to uncover its darker past. Learn about the apparitions that supposedly haunt Quay st, the city’s inaugural recorded homicide, the heist of Rockhampton’s gold which gave birth to Sherlock Holmes and contemporary forensics, and indeed, gather the peculiar and factual narrative of Jack the Ripper’s tie to Australia and Rockhampton.
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