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Vice City – Fortitude Valley's True Crime Tour
Highlights
- Explore Fortitude Valley's vibrant history as you walk through its glamorous yet corrupt past.
- Discover intriguing tales of crime and corruption that shaped Brisbane's nightlife and culture.
- Uncover the secrets of the Fitzgerald Inquiry and its impact on the city's reputation.
- Enjoy a family-friendly tour that reveals the hidden vices of a city trying to forget its past.
Take a Walk down Vice City…
Beautiful one day – deadly the next – and corrupt the day after that.
Enjoy a leisurely guided walking tour retracing the steps of a criminal but alluring past.
Learn all about the vices of the town we were told didn’t exist.
From brown bags full of cash to casinos to nightclubs and political intrigues.
Experience a taste of the findings from the infamous Fitzgerald Inquiry and learn if you were in on the joke.
Book your ticket for a unique investigation into the corruption that scourged this fine city.
Travel to the Fortitude Valley, a rough and tumble place where the lights of Bris-Vegas shone the brightest during its most corrupt era.
Forget the fake news stories about Brisbane, and join us for a memorable trip down the glamourous, glitzy and corruption-laden past.
…vices the city tried to forget…
Tour details
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Available from 5 December 2019 to 30 September 2029
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.
- 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)
Operation information
Vice City – Fortitude Valley's True Crime Tour
Take a Walk down Vice City…
Beautiful one day – deadly the next – and corrupt the day after that.
Enjoy a leisurely guided walking tour retracing the steps of a criminal but alluring past.
Learn all about the vices of the town we were told didn’t exist.
From brown bags full of cash to casinos to nightclubs and political intrigues.
Experience a taste of the findings from the infamous Fitzgerald Inquiry and learn if you were in on the joke.
Book your ticket for a unique investigation into the corruption that scourged this fine city.
Travel to the Fortitude Valley, a rough and tumble place where the lights of Bris-Vegas shone the brightest during its most corrupt era.
Forget the fake news stories about Brisbane, and join us for a memorable trip down the glamourous, glitzy and corruption-laden past.
…vices the city tried to forget…
Memberships
- National Trust
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