Brisbane: Fortitude Valley Historical Crime Walking Tour
ID: GYG432129-778328
Category:
Country: Australia
Duration:
01:30 hours
Description
Experience the vice-filled Fortitude Valley in Brisbane and learn about the neighborhood's glamorous yet dark past on a walking tour. Retrace the steps of the most infamous spots from the city's past.
Take a walk through Fortitude Valley neighborhood in Brisbane on this walking tour that focuses on the area's dark and corrupt past. Beautiful one day, deadly the next, and corrupt the day after that, follow your guide through the dark history of this Brisbane district.
Meet your guide and explore Fortitude Valley, a rough and tumble place where the lights of Brisbane shone the brightest during its most corrupt era. Forget the stories you've heard about Brisbane, and join this trip down its glamourous, glitzy, and corruption-laden past.
Learn about the complete history of vice from Queensland's infamous past of which Fortitude Valley was the capital. Discover stories from past key players and visit locations where the biggest news stories broke.
Hear stories of the ultimate fate of the kingpins of the 1980s of both the underworld and the police as you walk through history.
Take a deep dive into the corruption that once scourged this city. See infamous spots, including illegal casinos from days gone by, the Whisky Au Go-Go and Beat nightclubs, Les Bubbles Restaurant, and more.
Highlights
- Feel chills as you visit the headquarters of the underworld kingpins of the 80s
- Discover the secret location of illegal casinos where dark acts took place
- Drop in to the Whisky Au Go-Go nightclub that mysteriously caught fire in 1973
- Uncover the complete history of the Fitzgerald Inquiry's Corruption Commission
- Follow your local guide through the vice-filled streets of Fortitude Valley
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Meet your guide at the corner of Church Street and Wickham Street in Fortitude Valley, next to the Church, which is across the road from the Fortitude Valley police station.
Your guide will be wearing a Dark Stories uniform with a logo and holding a lantern.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
