Beyond the Flood Levels – Heritage Walk
Highlights
- Explore Maitland’s flood history through immersive augmented reality experiences that bring the past to life.
- Delve into human stories behind local floods, revealing personal narratives that connect you to the community.
- Scan QR codes along High Street to unlock interactive digital storytelling at each significant stop.
- Experience a unique self-guided tour that combines walking with innovative technology for a memorable adventure.
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.
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Beyond the Flood Levels – Heritage Walk
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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