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Beyond the Flood Levels – Heritage Walk
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- Explore Maitland's flood history through immersive augmented reality experiences at ten interactive stops.
- Scan QR codes to unlock life-sized recreations of significant flood events, including the 1955 Maitland Town Hall.
- Discover specialised flood rescue vehicles and archival images that bring local stories to life.
- Enjoy a family-friendly adventure with convenient facilities like carparks and public toilets along the route.
Maitland City Council has launched a new innovative self-guided walking tour that explores local flood history using interactive experiences, augmented reality and digital storytelling.
Using a smartphone to scan QR codes at stops during the tour, you can access 10 immersive augmented reality experiences that depict Maitland’s flood history – from life sized recreations of Maitland Town Hall during the 1955 floods to specialised flood rescue vehicles and archival images.
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Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
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Beyond the Flood Levels – Heritage Walk
An innovative self-guided walking tour that explores Maitland’s flood history through immersive, interactive experiences using augmented reality and digital storytelling.
Delving beyond a record of flood levels, the tour looks into the human stories surrounding these disasters and explores Maitland’s flood history, which has been documented since European settlement.
At each stop along the walk, augmented reality will transport you by blending the physical world with digital recreations of flood scenes.