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Cultural Caper Adelaide Walking Tour
Adelaide, Australia
Enjoy an easy-paced 2 hour small-group walking tours along North Terrace in the city of Adelaide. The focus of the tour is on history, heritage and culture and covers not only the architecture and history of the varying buildings but also the people who have been associated with them, and the stories about Adelaide's development from colonial times to today. Most of the sites visited are public institutions, statues and monuments and tour participants, whether they are locals, interstate visitors or from overseas get to experience the essence of what Adelaide is all about.
The Culture Capers walking tour of Adelaide visits the following sites:
Parliament House: Introduction including brief history of Adelaide and its development, route of tour, duration and other housekeeping. Talk about early government in South Australia and ground-breaking decisions made in Parliament including votes for women. Discuss Old and New Parliament House and intro of responsible government. (10 min)
South African War Memorial - Discuss South Australia's contribution to Boer War, casualties, significance of statue (5 min)
Government House - outline history, mention noted governors, ghost reference and outline of murder in the 1800's ( 10 min)
Dame Roma Mitchell Statue - Brief overview of Dame Roma Mitchells career and the importance of her work and legacy ( 5 min)
South Australian Busts - talk about noted South Australians on busts including Sir Mark Oliphant, William Bragg, Mary Lee, Howard Florey (10 min)
Venere Di Canova Statue - discuss significance of statue (5 min)
Adelaide Club - brief history, current use and connection to Venere Di Canova Statue ( 4 min)
Matthew Flinders Statue - overview of Flinder's career, significance to Australia and South Australia, legacy ( 5min)
War Memorial - mention its significance, point out sculpted figures and their meaning (5 min)
Old Destitute Asylum/Migration Museum - discuss relevance and history of site, conditions of inmates, subsequent and current use (10 min)
Science Centre - Talk about usage of building - connection with Sir Douglas Mawson (5 min)
Artlab - outline usage of building and its inhabitants - significant project pieces completed (5 min)
Old Police Barracks - brief overview and history of police force, usage of buildings, stories of noted policemen, subsequent and current use of site (10 min)
Art Gallery - history of Art Gallery, benefactors, collections, buildings and architecture (5 min)
Adelaide University site including Mitchell Building, Elder Building and Bonython Hall - discuss brief history of Adelaide University, its historic buildings and benefactors (8 min)
Previous Royal Exhibition Building in Adelaide University grounds - history of showgrounds, buildings, use, famous people attached (3 min)
Museum - history of Museum, benefactors, collections, buildings and architecture (5 min)
State Library - history, collections, architecture particularly of Institute Building, associated stories and people connected with it (10 min)
I would highly recommend this walking tour as an orientation to the city of Adelaide. Graham, the guide from Down to Earth tours was very welcoming and he displayed an excellent knowledge of the distinctive history of Adelaide and the cultural district along North Terrace. Even though I was the only participant on this tour, it still operated, which I was grateful for. Jenny
Review by: Tracey L, September 2017
The Cultural Caper Adelaide Walking tour was a great way to see some of the history of Adelaide that you might otherwise miss. I greatly appreciated the fact that Graeme continued the tour even though I was the only one booked on the Sunday morning. We had an excellent two hours exploring North Terrace.. Graeme was very knowledgeable and had a folder of images showing the buildings as first built which helped the visitor to appreciate the development of Adelaide since its inception based on utopian ideas. The tour was well paced and there was plenty of time to contemplate the work that had gone into to developing the buildings with the available construction equipment. I came away with a lot of appreciation for the city and the people that have built the city over the years. The Cultural Caper Adelaide Walking Tour is a great experience.
Review by: Eva L, May 2017
Greame was amazing! it was just me and him and he explained the city very well to me. He is really nice. Totally recommended if you wish to understand the history of the city.
Review by: Mitch, April 2017
My wife and I really enjoyed this couple of hours walking around Adelaide city getting a awesome history lesson from Graeme, he really knew his stuff and was happy to explain anything to us, it's a great way to start of a visit to a city you are visiting for the first time.
Review by: Anne S, January 2017
Enjoyed our walking tour of Adelaide despite the fact it was raining. Graham, our guide was undaunted by the rain, and enthusiastic about sharing the history of buildings and statues Enroute. It was a good grounding for our two days in Adelaide. I would recommend this tour.
Review by: Geoff C, December 2016
We took this tour while in Adelaide on a cruise. Great walking tour. Graeme was very informed and we would recommend this tour to anyone interested in Adelaide's history. Meeting the Governor's wife was an unexpected highlight.
Review by: janielkins, December 2016
This was a wonderful surprise. Our guide is 3rd generation Adelaide and even though there were only 2 of us, he did not cancel the tour. It happened to be the annual Christmas parade, with 300,000 people lining the street. We connected downtown, he modified the tour so we were away from the parade and had the city to ourselves. What FUN! He took us to out of the way places and made sure we got back for the end of the parade with bag piper and confetti and then got us into the beautiful library which looks like it came direct from Harry Potter. After our tour was finished, he gave us ideas and directions for the remainder of the day. Strongly recommend.
Review by: Moira M, November 2016
Graeme was very informative and friendly. Would recommend this to everyone. Not too strenuous so suitable for all age groups.
Review by: Max B, September 2016
Well worth doing. Had a great guide who was extremely knowledgable. Pointed out lots of things you would probably miss on your own.
Review by: Paul R, July 2016
Graham ran the tour even though there were only the two of us. It was informative, interesting and entertaining. I recommend it to any Adelaide visitor.
Review by: Greg B, April 2016
an excellent start for a visit of Adelaide gave us a good background of what to see further after the tour the guide was very knowledgeable thumbs up
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