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General information

• Minimum numbers, or covering the cost for minimum numbers, apply for all tours.
• Read the information for your preferred tour carefully to ensure conditions are suitable for your group.
• Bookings must be made at least seven (7) days in advance.
• All bookings are subject to guide availability.

COVID – conditions of participation

The health and safety of visitors remains paramount. As such, we continue to follow COVID-19 directions and advice from the State Government. Visitors are required to comply with NSW Government guidelines and must follow rules around social distancing and basic hygiene. If any members of your group are unwell or have flu like symptoms we ask that they do not attend the tour. 

Please note: Defence of Sydney and Tunnels and Gunners tours have high touch points including hand rails and includes entry into confined spaces. We recommend providing own hand sanitiser and wearing a face mask.

Cost: $11 per adult, $8 per child, $8 per concession, $8 per senior | Duration: 90 minutes 

During our 90 minute Tunnels and Gunners Tour, an experienced volunteer guide will lead you through two sets of demilitarised fortifications set within coastal bushland, including tunnels off limits to the general public. The tour concludes at the Headland Park Artist Precinct, which is home to a thriving community of painters, potters, sculptors and photographers.

• Content warning: Although this is an all-ages tour, people under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Further, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are advised that the tour contains stories (and may contain images and/or visuals) of deceased people.
  
  
• Site conditions: This tour includes steep stairs and underground tunnels and some uneven surfaces, and it is not suitable for wheelchairs and mobility scooters. A moderate level of fitness and mobility is required. You must comply with all directions of the Guides, Rangers and Security.
  
  
• What to bring: Suitable walking shoes, a sunhat and wet weather gear (if needed).  This tour has high touch points including hand rails and includes entry into confined spaces. As such, we recommend providing own hand sanitiser and wearing a face mask.
  
  
• Weather conditions: Tours will proceed regardless of weather conditions except in the event of extreme weather. Participants will be notified via email if the tour is cancelled and a full refund of the ticket price will be made. 
  
  
• COVID-19 safety: The health and safety of visitors remains paramount. As such, we continue to follow COVID-19 directions and advice from the State Government. Visitors are required to comply with NSW Government guidelines and must follow rules around social distancing and basic hygiene. If you are unwell or have flu like symptoms please rebook for another day.
  
  Please note: This tour has high touch points including hand rails and includes entry into confined spaces. We recommend providing own hand sanitiser and wearing a face mask.

Cost: $11 per adult, $8 per child, $8 per concession, $8 per senior | Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes

The Defence of Sydney Tour is an opportunity to walk in the footsteps of the men and women who served at North Fort. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, you will marvel at heritage gun emplacements, once capable of firing 26.4km, and descend into the 200-metre-long military tunnel complex. Finally, our guide will demystify an underground bunker once shrouded in secrecy: The Plotting Room. As you explore this facility, concealed within bushland, you’ll hear how our specialist volunteers faithfully restored it.

• Content warning: Although this is an all-ages tour, people under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Further, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are advised that the tour contains stories (and may contain images and/or visuals) of deceased people.
  
  
• Site conditions: This tour involves underground tunnels, a steep incline and some uneven surfaces, and it is not suitable for wheelchairs and mobility scooters. A moderate level of fitness and mobility is required. You must comply with all directions of the Guides, Rangers and Security. Dogs, bicycles and smoking are not permitted.
  
  
• What to bring: Suitable walking shoes, a sunhat and wet weather gear (if needed). Please provide your own torch for the tunnels (phone torch is adequate).  Please note: This tour has high touch points including hand rails and includes entry into confined spaces. As such, we recommend providing own hand sanitiser and wearing a face mask.
  
  
• Weather conditions: This tour will proceed regardless of weather conditions except in the event of extreme weather. If the Rural Fire Service declares an extreme or catastrophic fire danger rating for the Greater Sydney Region (area 4), tours will be cancelled. Participants will be notified via email if the tour is cancelled and a full refund of the ticket price will be made. 
  
  
• COVID-19 safety: The health and safety of visitors remains paramount. As such, we continue to follow COVID-19 directions and advice from the State Government. Visitors are required to comply with NSW Government guidelines and must follow rules around social distancing and basic hygiene. If you are unwell or have flu like symptoms please rebook for another day.

Cost: $11 per adult, $8 per child, $8 per concession, $8 per senior | Duration: 60 mins | Note: Tours will run on scheduled dates while group tours can be arranged by appointment.  

During this 60-minute tour, a knowledgeable guide will share stories of those who succumbed to the ravages of small pox, the plague and other epidemics. Attendees will also experience the natural beauty of this final resting place, including unspoiled views of Sydney Harbour. 

• Content warning: Although this is an all-ages tour, people under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
  
  
• First Nations disclaimer: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are advised that the tour contains stories (and may contain images and/or visuals) of deceased people.
  
  
• Conditions: A moderate level of fitness and mobility is required on this tour. The tour includes uneven surfaces and bush tracks and is not suitable for wheelchairs, mobility scooters or prams . You must comply with all directions of the Guides, Rangers and Security.
  
  
• What to bring: Suitable walking shoes, a sunhat and wet weather gear (if needed). Long pants recommended.
  
  
• Weather: This tour will proceed regardless of weather conditions except in the event of extreme weather. If the Rural Fire Service declares an extreme or catastrophic fire danger rating for the Greater Sydney Region (area 4), tours will be cancelled. Participants will be notified via email if the tour is cancelled and a full refund of the ticket price will be made.
  
  
• COVID-19 safety: The health and safety of visitors remains paramount. As such, we continue to follow COVID-19 directions and advice from the State Government. Visitors are required to comply with NSW Government guidelines and must follow rules around social distancing and basic hygiene. If you are unwell or have flu like symptoms please rebook for another day.