Journey Walks in The Rocks, Sydney | Tour guide

Journey Walks

Locality: The Rocks, Sydney

Phone: +61 421 269 240

Address: Alfred St 2000 The Rocks, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.journeywalks.com

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25.01.2022 Kings Cross street-wall prophecy spotted on our history tour through the infamous main strip today

24.01.2022 Fire in the hole!! A perfect day to lay anchor and explode into Sydneys history! @ Macquarie Place Park

24.01.2022 Retro Sydney Pics! George St CBD and Taylor Sq Oxford St in the early 1960s

24.01.2022 This building has decorated Sydneys skyline for over 200 years and is passed by every single person who crosses the Harbour Bridge every day...yet no-one seems to know it exists. During its long-standing career, it has seen time as a barracks, a military hospital, the first model high school in Sydney and the headquarters of the National Trust....in consequence I try to make an effort (pull up my pants and say Gday) every time I pass it. You should too. Come check out why these colonial relics are so important to our contemporary city on a unique private tour of Sydneys history: https://journeywalks.com/private-tours/

24.01.2022 The gift that keeps on giving

23.01.2022 All smiles after guiding a big group tour through The Rocks : Tour Guide Jocie Gulliver an absolute asset to Journey Walks!

23.01.2022 History in a box. Look out for our new pop up wooden flyer case in The Rocks this season!

20.01.2022 Central Station Kiosk 1920s

20.01.2022 The original Harbour Bridge road toll station in the 1930s. Toll collectors are absolutely flat out processing this Friday afternoon peak hour traffic!

19.01.2022 Descending into the Doss House to discuss despicable deeds over delicious drinks @thedosshouse

18.01.2022 A short review / article on our infamous Convict History Tour. www.journeywalks.com/tours/convict-colony-2019/

17.01.2022 A painting of old south head road (1842) above Rushcutters Bay (Approx Edgecliff station today) by Frederick Garling

17.01.2022 From city-slums to city-chic. Surry Hills got trendy fast but it wasnt always that way. Join guide-historian April McNee on a Journey Walk adventure that winds back the clock to a time when cut-throat razor gangs hid in the alleys and female-mob bosses ran an empire of illegal liquor dens and backstreet bordellos. Our History Tour of Surry Hills and Darlinghurst kicks off mid-October and runs every Saturday, Thursday and Tuesday afternoon. 2.5 hours with a speakeasy bar and drink included : www.journeywalks.com/tours/surryhills

17.01.2022 The Notorious Ladies of Sydney’s lustful late-night history. This week in The Rocks: Learn about the legendary ‘Ladies of the night’ who lurked in local laneways throughout the 1870s & 1880s (tours available Thur, Fri, Sat at 10:30am )..............In Surry Hills where Nellie Cameron aka ‘The Kiss of Death Girl’ incited cocaine- fuelled razor gang attacks between her lovers and clients throughout the 1920s & 1930s (tours available Thur & Sat at 2:00pm )..........and in Kings Cross where the spectacular Carlotta stunned audiences in ‘Les Girls’ throughout 1960s & 1970s (tour available Sat at 1:30pm)..........Visit www.journeywalks.com for more details and come discover the great Dames of Sydney’s past!

16.01.2022 As the busy season starts to kick off, Journey Walks is proud to rank in the top 10 of over 500 tours across Sydney! (Even if only just ). With three different tours running that explore three fascinating areas and periods of Sydneys history (The Rocks, The Cross & Surry Hills) plus multiple private tour options and history events to join us on, we are set for our busiest and most diverse season yet! Thanks so much to everyone who has toured with us and supported us over the last 2.5 years we cant wait to see you again for another Journey Walk soon! X

16.01.2022 And thats a wrap! Thanks to everyone who joined us at Chowder Bay today to share in the secrets and stories of this mysterious piece of Sydneys history

15.01.2022 Favourites Wexford St, Surry Hills 1911 "A thirty-foot lane across a dirty, infested slum packed thick with fan-tan shops(gambling) and opium-dens and far w...orse places; eight acres, dreaded of the respectable, and known mainly to the police, with a death rate 20 per cent worse than the rest of Sydney." The area was demolished and widened to become Wentworth Avenue Surry Hills. x Picture from State Library NSW See more

14.01.2022 Into the belly of the beast. Crossing in the 1930s

12.01.2022 Love how the Sydney Morning Herald Releases this article the same month we launch our new Harbour Bridge History tour : stranggggggge timinnnnnnnggg smh?? Come see this beast in the flesh, nuts bolts and all, on our HARBOUR BRIDGE ADVENTURE https://www.smh.com.au//how-the-sydney-harbour-bridge-coul

11.01.2022 We are really proud to enter the beautiful Sydney Spring with a Trip Advisor ranking in the TOP TEN list this year! A journey of 10 thousand years begins with a single click : So book yourself a piece of history today! www.journeywalks.com

10.01.2022 Williams Street looking towards Kings Cross, Sydney 1969

10.01.2022 Last minute special: Two for One ticket offer for tomorrow’s Convict Colony Walking History Tour in The Rocks at 10:30am. Find out how this mischievous gentleman in chains went from Con-man to Convict to Colonial Architect in Sydney as Historian-Guide Danica Micallef winds back the clock to share Sydney’s secrets and stories. Tour lasts 2-2.5 hours and ends at the a classic old pub in The Rocks. Private Message me for a voucher code to get two tickets for the price of one ($36) and please share with bored friends and family who could use a fun day out of the house to learn more about their fascinating city! https://journeywalks.com/tours/the-rocks-walking-tour/

09.01.2022 The true spirit of Sydney...would have to be rum. 65 thousand litres were shipped over on the First Fleet alone and that was just beginning. By the late 19th century whisky and brandy imports filled Sydneys long list of Hotels and Liquor Shops, while countless unlicensed Grog Shops still sold cheap fiery spirits to sailrso and stragglers at all hours of the day particularly in The Rocks. Long before we were a classy nation sipping expensive Rose and Vodka lime and sod...as, we were renowned for the rascally conduct of our drunken behaviour and the sculling of spirits. This engraving of a youth passed out on a barrel outside a Sydney spirit store was a common sight! Join us in The Rocks to learn and laugh about how Sydneys rum infused history kicked off and continued to influence society, politics, architecture, currency and even medicine throughout the early years of the colony. https://journeywalks.com/tours/the-rocks-walking-tour/ See more

09.01.2022 Surprise visit to giant stone jail ruin near South West Rocks courtesy of @rockyrhys : just when you think NSW has run out of strange stories you explore something as bizarre as this relic and you realise you are only ever scratching the surface.

08.01.2022 We are proud to announce the 2nd edition of "THE CURIOUS CASE OF MACQUARIE & GREENWAY" A unique collaboration between Journey Walks & Jardin St James (Sydney Restaurant Group). 31. 10. 18 This event includes: ... - A two hour history & architecture tour - Lunch (main course) inside St James church crypt - With a glass of wine of course We recommend you book on early as both tour slots were quick to sell out last time! Bookings / enquiries via the link below: https://jardinstjames.com.au/historical-walking-tour

07.01.2022 A little snippet from one of our speciality tours today: The Curious Case of Greenway & Macquarie with @jardinstjames . Discussing The Palace for Horses designed by the convict architect as the governors stables 1817-1821

07.01.2022 Sorry, this is not the Sydney Harbour Bridge! This is a post card of the Hell Gate bridge in New York - completed in 1916 (16 years earlier than the SHB) it was the major design inspiration behind our Sydney icon. As of September Journey Walks has launched The Sydney Harbour Bridge Adventure: and it really lives up to its name! ... Check it out on our website www.journeywalks.com/tours/sydneyharbour/

07.01.2022 So proud of team Journey Walks today! We ran three awesome history tours in three fascinating parts of Sydney (The Rocks, Kings Cross & Surry Hills) for three lovely groups. Jump onboard this week to discover the secrets of Sydney’s past with our team and help support local culture and tourism!

06.01.2022 There are many angles to The Rocks...but I think this perspective is hard to beat! Discover what lurks behind this charming facade as we dig up the dirt on Sydneys Convict Colony.

06.01.2022 Another awesome Harbour Bridge Adventure Tour. Finding great angles, taking great shots!

06.01.2022 Please check out todays Tour Trailer Video: SLUMS, SLASHINGS & SLY GROG The story of Sydneys underworld Queens and Razor Gangs in Surry Hills and Darlinghurst.... Join historian-guide April McNee as she brings to life the sinister Underbelly of the 1920s/30s. If youve heard of Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine, then come walk in their shadows as we explore a world of crime, murder and corruption in the chic streets of Surry Hills and Darlinghurst. Highlights include a visit inside the grounds of Darlinghurst Gaol (now the National Art School) and finishing the tour at a local speak-easy bar with a delicious drink included. What more could you want? See the Journey Walks website for details and come support culture and tourism in NSW. https://www.youtube.com/watch

06.01.2022 One of the hidden back-lanes of Darlinghurst where former bordellos and sly-grog stores once kept Sydneys vice alive & kicking. Come rediscover the wild years of this unique enclave while walking in the footsteps of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine: Sydneys notorious female mob bosses. Our new tour : Slums, Slashings & Sly-grog brings Sydneys razor gang underworld history to life. Tours kick off Saturday October 19 $46 : 2.5 hr : Speakeasy Bar & whisky included. www.journeywalks.com/tours/surryhills

06.01.2022 New Decade. Same old Magic Journey Walks 2020

05.01.2022 Couldn’t help but repost our first tour review in months due to Covid hibernation and also our 250th 5 star review on Trip Advisor. A heartwarming reminder that as we fight to get back on the horse as a small business, we are so fortunate to have the support and praise of so many former Journey Walkers across Australia and the world. If you have toured with us in the past and wish to share a review or recommendation to help us restart then 1. You’re and absolute rockstar 2. Here is an easy link: https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g255060-d1

04.01.2022 JOURNEY WALKS RETURN TO SYDNEY Emerging from hibernation to embrace the Spring, Sydneys Best Walking Tours return to the streets on September 10th. If you cant travel abroad right now, then travel back in time on a guided journey into Sydneys fascinating and often notorious past. We recorded four short Tour Trailer videos just before hurricane Corona hit our shores, it is now time to release them. The first: Sydneys Convict Colony The true story behind Sydneys first ...settlement of thieves The Rocks See the Journey Walks website for more details and come support NSW culture and tourism! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ-mKGiUWRU

03.01.2022 Hi friends! Please check out our exciting new HISTORY TOUR of KINGS CROSS & POTTS POINT now available to book through Airbnb Experiences! Be one of the first to delve back into the Golden-eras of The Cross : A place renowned for its unique blend of sin, sophistication & sleaze and learn how it continuously evolved over 19th and 20th Centuries. ... Well also finish up with a free drink in the heart of action and see how Sydneys infamous entertainment mecca is currently picking itself back-up with brand-new venues, vibes & valiance! Check out the tour on this link (more photos coming soon) and please share! https://www.airbnb.com.au/experiences/464867

03.01.2022 Some shady characters on my Kings Cross Walking Tour today!

01.01.2022 Our exclusive private tours treat you to the best views and stories of historic Sydney. The panorama from Observatory Hill in The Rocks offers a fantastic perspective and photo-opp of the Bridge and Millers Point. Over the ages, this great spot has gone by the name Windmill Hill, Fort Phillip and Flagstaff Hill...remnants of these early names and their meanings still exist on the historic Sydney hilltop today!