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Time Safaris Walking Tours Rockhampton

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  • History & Heritage

Highlights

  • Explore Rockhampton's rich history through its heritage buildings, revealing stories of bushrangers and gold heists.
  • Uncover the city's darker past on a ghost tour, wandering through alleys where legends of Jack the Ripper linger.
  • Engage with prehistoric wonders at the Rockhampton Zoo, touching real fossils from Australia's ancient mega-fauna.
  • Delve into the mysteries of Southside Cemetery, learning about the town's troubled past and its intriguing inhabitants.
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Time Safaris Rockhampton Walking Tours visits the history of the city, its roll in WW2, and the Bank Robberies and bushrangers – while the night tours are about the ghosts, murders. And if Jack the Ripper lived here?

For the last 20 years Phil has been a museum educator and designed tours for world leading institutions including: Australian War Memorial. the Smithsonian, Chicago’s Field Museum, London Natural History Museum, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Capricorn Caves and National Film and Sound Archives .

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Rockhampton Historic Day Walking Tour

Rockhampton Historic Day Walking Tour

Visit the State’s largest regional collection of heritage buildings and learn about the people and the events that created the city. Tours cover the city’s history, bushrangers, gold heists, roll in WW2 and the time the city almost became a state capital.

Ghost, Murder and Jack the Ripper Night walking Tour

Ghost, Murder and Jack the Ripper Night walking Tour

Did Jack the Ripper once stalk the dark alleys of Rockhampton? Join this evening tour through the cities streets and alleys and discover the darker side of Rocky. 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.

Prehistoric Zoo Walk

Prehistoric Zoo Walk

T. rex, Giant Crocs, killer birds and monster wombats.

Join Time Safaris as you take a walk through the Rockhampton Zoo and chat about the monstrous prehistoric relatives of the animals living inside the zoo. Touch and see real fossils from dinosaurs and the Ice Age mega-fauna that once stalked Australia.

Bookings essential and there are only 15 tickets each session so tickets will sell out fast.

Cemetery Walk (Rockhampton)

Cemetery Walk (Rockhampton)

Visit Rockhampton’s historic Southside Cemetery and learn about the amazing history of the town and visit the troubled, soldiers, victims and other oddities that occupy the cemetery.

Join them as they pull apart mysteries and murders from Rocky’s long, dark past.

It is strongly suggested you take the Ghost/Murder walk and even the Adults Only walk before this as you will visit the graves of many of the people mentioned on these tours. (Not necessary but will enhance the tour).

Memberships

  • Visitor Information Centre
  • QLD – Capricorn Tourism

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