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Easy Access Cemetery Tour
Highlights
- Discover the rich history of Queensland's past through the stories of extraordinary individuals at Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.
- Explore fascinating cemetery symbolism and craftsmanship while enjoying a comfortable stroll over 450 metres of bitumen.
- Engage with captivating tales during a professional tour that brings Toowoomba's heritage to life in just over an hour.
Suitable for wheelchairs, wheelie walkers, and those who don’t want to walk too far, this stroll-n-roll tour of one of Queensland’s oldest surviving cemeteries brings the Toowoomba region’s incredible history to life.
Discover ordinary people who did extraordinary things to make the Toowoomba region what it is today: a war hero, a mischievous youngster, farming battlers, an outback queen, a grieving father, an Italian angel, and a pioneering poet, to name a few.
This tour covers about 450 metres of bitumen over one hour and 15 minutes.
Along with unearthing the stories of some fascinating people who rest at the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, the tour will explore cemetery symbolism, craftsmanship, and funeral and burial practices of a bygone era.
For anyone with a curious mind or a love for history, Cemetery Tours Toowoomba provides an entertaining, professional, and insightful “grave encounter” that ensures the region’s stories are never dead and buried.
Tour details
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Single Available from 18 April 2026
Features
Service facilities
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
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)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
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)
- Grab rails in the bathroom
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
Operation information
Cemetery Tours Toowoomba
Cemetery Tours Toowoomba offers a fun, unique, and professional way to explore the rich history of the Darling Downs region. Run by researcher, author, and journalist Lisa Herbert, this small, local business provides a fascinating deep dive into the lives of the pioneers buried at the heritage-listed Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.
What makes these tours stand out is the commitment to historical accuracy. Lisa’s expertise ensures that the tours are more than just a walk through a graveyard; they are a journey through captivating stories of hardship and triumph, ingenuity and tragedy, ingenuity and innovation, mischief and murder. You’ll learn about the region’s fascinating and sometimes confronting past while exploring cemetery symbolism, craftsmanship, and burial practices from a bygone era.
Cemetery Tours Toowoomba is dedicated to making history accessible and fun for everyone. Tour options include:
A two-hour walking tour for those who want a comprehensive experience.
A 90-minute “Stroll and Roll” tour, specifically designed for individuals with mobility challenges. This tour accommodates wheelchairs, walkers, and those who prefer a slower pace, ensuring that no one is left out.
In addition to scheduled tours, private tour enquiries are welcome, catering to both large and small groups, often on short notice.
For anyone with a curious mind or a love for history, these “grave encounters” ensure the region’s stories are never dead and buried.
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Memberships
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- QLD – Queensland Country Tourism
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