Rockhampton Tours: Heritage and Mystery

Step back in time and unravel the mysteries of Rockhampton on our Heritage Walking Tour. Explore historical buildings, hear eerie evening stories, and discover the city’s dark past.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Rockhampton Tourism Area - Explore the State’s largest regional collection of heritage buildings. Discover the stories of the people and events that shaped the city.
    Join the DAY TOUR with our knowledgeable tour guide along Rockhampton’s picturesque Riverside Precinct and journey back in time to when the Fitzroy River, Quay, and East Street…
What's Included
  • All Fees and Taxes
What's Not Included
  • bug spray (please bring your own)
Additional Information

Day and Night Tours - Explore the state’s largest collection of heritage buildings. Discover the stories of the people and events that shaped the city.
Day Tour - Accompanied by our knowledgeable tour guide, stroll along Rockhampton’s picturesque Riverside Precinct and journey back in time. Learn about the Fitzroy River, Quay, and East Street, which…

Location
The Criterion Hotel Motel
Quay Street
In the historic hotel foyer where you can see dozens of historic photos and take in the hotels classic architecture while you wait or grab a drink at the 'Cri's' bar. Please arrive a minimum of 15 min early
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Visitcapricorncoast
Jun 4, 2025
Southside Cemetery Tour - Our tour through the Southside Cemetery in Rockhampton was fabulous! So great to learn about Rockhampton's past under the guidance of Phil - who is extremely knowledgeable. Would absolutely recommend this tour.
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Wendy
May 30, 2025
Rocky jack the ripper - Phil was very knowledgeable about the history and his theory's were good too. Very enjoyable. Learnt a lot about Rockhampton. And the old buildings there.
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453clareo
May 21, 2025
Amazing night walking through a historic cemetery. - What an amazing tour with a wonderful tour guide!! Who is such a knowledgeable character. We learnt so much about the cemetery and the history there.
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Kristaba6466ju
May 15, 2025
A must do tour when in Rockhampton! - This is the second guided tour of have done with Time Safaris and they never disappoint. Phil is an excellent storyteller and I feel his background as a historian means you won't discover this information anywhere else but on his tours. We did the new Night Historic Cemetry Tour - it was so interesting with just the right amount of spooky. We have also done the 'Murder and Jack the Ripper Walk' which is equally as entertaining. Rockhampton has an astonishing history and Phil is doing an excellent job of not only preserving it but also bringing it to life. Well worth the money.
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Pinotandcider
Feb 14, 2025
Fantastic and interesting 👍👍👍 - The tour was very well researched concentrating on the dark history of yesteryear. From the weird to the murderous - but mainly the latter. The research that went into this interesting walk, and presentation of stories related to all the macabre history of Rockhampton, was fascinating and well worth the time and low cost. Our host obviously enjoys his occupation. Well done to him. (He’d be a fantastic dinner party guest too. He is a cross between Vincent Price and the compare on Ripley’s ‘Believe it or not.’)
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Kerrys1653
Jan 30, 2025
Was awesome - Was very informative, funny and entertaining. He certainly knew his stuff. Would highly recommend the night tour too all my family and friends
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Kimb
Aug 6, 2024
Informative and entertaining! A very enjoyable way to learn a little of Rockhampton’s colourful past :) - Phil was very informative and very animated and engaging in his description of events…This is the third of Phil’s tours that I have participated in, and they are always interesting and entertaining! awesome !
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Veelovestotravel
Jul 15, 2024
Enjoyable, definitely worth the money! - Very enthusiastic guide who knew his stuff. Added a little bit of humour but also took the pretty horrible/sad/ tragic stories seriously. The walks wasn’t far and there were places to sit at some “stops”.
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H2016bnjulieh
Jul 11, 2024
Rocky walking tour - We were the only guests on the tour Phil was great with his knowledge and stories and very entertaining. Wonderful old buildings with their own story of the city of Rockhampton Good value for money. Well worth doing.
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Noel
Aug 21, 2024
Very informative and entertaining - All good. I never give 5 out of 5. There ia always room for improvement. The Jack the Ripper connection was new to me and startling. I will recommend this tour to my friends.
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From $14
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).