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Ultimate Aussie Food Tour (Semi Private Tour)
Highlights
- Savour native Australian flavours with a shared grazing platter featuring kangaroo, crocodile, and emu meats at the Opera House.
- Drift through Sydney's history as your guide shares stories while you taste iconic treats like Tim Tams and Anzac biscuits.
- Experience the vibrant café culture with a flat white coffee, showcasing Australia's casual yet sophisticated dining scene.
- Explore the city centre's culinary gems, looping from Customs House to Circular Quay, with mouth-watering food stops along the way.
Taste your way through Australia’s history on this expert-led Sydney walking tour, where each bite helps tell the story of a nation’s evolving food culture.
Perfect for those who have just arrived, as well as locals and those who want to go deeper in learning about Australian food, history, culture and more.
Starting from Customs House, your guide will give you a brief introduction to Sydney’s history and the significance of where the tour starts.
You’ll then head off for a coffee and learn how Australia’s casual, healthy cafe culture has been exported around the world.
Afterwards, you’ll venture into the city centre, towards the Queen Victoria Building, before looping back towards Circular Quay, with a range of mouth-watering food stops along the way.
You’ll finish at an Aboriginal-led restaurant under the sails of the Sydney Opera House with harbour views of the Bridge, with a shared grazing platter of native Australian foods.
Foods and drinks sampled on this tour (indicative only):
Flat white coffee
Vegemite toast
Tim Tams
Anzac biscuits
Gourmet meat pies
Strawberry watermelon cake
A surprise Asian-Australian fusion dish
Native Australian food platter including kangaroo, crocodile and emu meats
Tour details
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Available from 27 October 2025 to 31 March 2027
Features
Service facilities
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
Operation information
Local Sauce Tours – Sydney
Local Sauce Tours is an award-winning Sydney-based tour company focused on bringing locals and guests from all over the world together on small-group walking tours.
Tours include food tours “secret bar crawls”, street art tours and history walks. Their guides are passionate and knowledgeable locals who love to show visitors the hidden gems of their cities through fun half-day or evening experiences.
Tours are perfect for solo travellers, couples or small groups. On each tour, there is a maximum of 12 guests, so you’ll make new friends while discovering Sydney’s secrets!
Accreditations
- China Ready and Accredited Program
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
Memberships
- Australian Tourism Export Council
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