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Secrets of the CBD, Sydney

$ 30 per person

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Highlights

An engaging and entertaining exploration of how Sydney became the great city it is today
Hosts of historic buildings and sculptures from across the ages
Discover the city's oldest district as well as its most famous
Recommended pub stops featuring the city's longest-running pub
Clues and riddles sent to your phones with help available, the perfect difficulty for all
St Andrew's to The Rocks

Description

An interactive walking tour around Sydney, solve riddles as you journey through the CBD and into the historic Rocks. This puzzle-filled journey shows you the highlights and hidden gems of two the city's most vibrant areas, exploring Victorian architecture, monumental statues, striking street art, great pubs and cafes and little-known snippets from local history. Which park was once used as an aboriginal ritual contest ground? Which street was the birthplace of a coup d’etat that overthrew colonial rule for almost 2 years? The answers to these questions and many more await you in the Secrets of the CBD.

Along the way expect to see: the Town Hall, the Victoria Building, Hyde Park, St Mary's Cathedral, Martin Place and First Fleet Park. All this plus puzzles, challenges, great bars and cafes and plenty of surprises!

A riddling deep dive into the beating heart of Sydney. Those who want a true taste of this great city need look no further!

Please be aware that this route has overlap with the Death on the Rocks route.

How It Works

Your team will receive clues on your phones that, once deciphered, will guide you to interesting and scenic parts of the city.

The route is walking distance and features optional breaks at great pubs, bars and cafes along the way. The clues require no prior knowledge and come with hints to make the experience something everyone can enjoy.

Plan your day

Timings

Start at anytime, although we do recommend daylight!

1.5 - 2.5 hours across 4.2 km / 2.6 miles

Start Location

St Andrew's Cathedral

End Location

Playfair St

Communication Methods

TELEGRAM , WHATSAPP

Rated 4.9/5 on Google

Rated 4.7/5 on TripAdvisor

Ready? Book your adventure today

Reviews

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Dinos

Really enjoyed the time!

Meg’s Minions

Amazing experience! Loved it

The Ealing Explorer’s

Absolutely LOVED the experience! It fulfilled my dream of doing RATW (which I hope might be a reality one day)! It enco…

West Country Wanderers

Great adventure but pretty exhausted now!

Sisters!

Amazing experience! 10/10 and well worth the money. A must for an exploration around hidden gems around London.

Mace Across The World

This was so fun! Saw lots of londons hidden gems and had a great time!!

Willpower and Wobble

Great fun, would really recommend this. I have lived in London my whole life but some spots I would have never visited …

Lost & Loving it!

This was awesome. Highly recommend it. You’ll need your thinking caps on for it but it was great fun from start to fini…

Birketts on Tour

Brilliant fun The children loved it and it was such fun as a whole family getting out and doing something different! Lo…

Lynchcraft

Great experience! Fun clues & a wonderful opportunity to berth friends & learn about London

Cute & Relocated

Great experience. Discovered new areas of London and hidden treasures. Thank you for a memorable race! Team Cute & Relo…

Meophamites

Brilliant day out, lots of fun and very well olpuy together!

Who cares, we showed up!

Had a great time exploring sights I’d not come across before

Collared Doves

What a fabulous experience! We visited places and areas in loved that we didn’t know existed! I would 100% recommend th…

The Lighting Bolts

Wow what a fantastic day, definitely would recommend to all. A fun activity to see places you would never usually see a…

Purple Piranha

Good fun!

The Baps

Brilliant day out , really enjoyed it all. The challenges were well thought out, the way it was run with the updates an…

Dad'n'girls

Exciting day out. Very good trail and riddles

Georgia's Birthday Besties!

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Red hot

Very good and well organised

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FAQs

: Click 'Book Now' and enter your details and select the number of tickets to match the number of participants.

Once paid you'll receive an email with login credentials to your setup dashboard.

On the dashboard find your booking, optionally split into teams, enter a team name and phone numbers.

Receive the welcome message on your phone, you're all good to go!
: The duration of each of our trails is different, you can see specific information on the "plan your day" section of the specific trail. In general our routes aim to last around 2.5 hours on average.
: Of course! After purchasing you can login to your dashboard, where you can enter your number of teams followed by each team's name and member details. Set up within a couple of minutes.
: Once booked, and you've logged into the dashboard, you'll be able to choose how many teams you'd like for your booking - once submitted you'll then be able to fill in team names and member details straight away.

We recommend a team size around 5, with a minimum of 2 people and around 8 as a maximum.
: You can take extra breaks or come back to your route at anytime. Just continue from where you left off at your own convenience. We can't stop your team clock from ticking, but not everything's a race!
: Some of our trails have specific time slots that you should start within, this is usually due to closing public areas that you'll be travelling through. Some adventures can be played at any time so you can start whenever you're ready.

The latest start time assumes that you'll take no longer than the maximum duration, most teams will complete the trail within this time, if you'd like to go slower then start a bit earlier!
: Yes absolutely, add a phone for every member when setting up the team on the dashboard, or by forwarding them the extra-member join message you received at the start.
: WhatsApp & Telegram apps can be used to receive clues on all our trails
: All international phone numbers work with our system, using WhatsApp or Telegram will only use data so make sure you can roam whilst away.
: START: Commence the trail when you're at the start location.

HINT: You're at the correct location but don't know how to find the answer.
(1 Penalty Free)

LOST: Got lost on the route? We'll send a detailed path to get you back on route.
(1 Penalty Free)

SKIP: When you're on a set break but ready to move on.
: There are time penalties for; incorrect answers, hints and losts. You receive 1 penalty-free of each, but after that you'll have 10 minutes added onto your team time for each use.
: Simply; If you don't have a great time on our trail, let us know why and we'll give you your money back in full. Easy!
: All the trails can be completed with out any prior knowledge without an issue, a perfect way to explore a new city!
: We accept Google Pay, Apple Pay, Paypal, VISA, MasterCard and American Express. All processed securely by our payments provider Stripe.
: After purchase you'll receive login credentials to enter your dashboard. There you can enter a team name and phone numbers, upon submission you'll receive a message to confirm the booking with us.

WhatsApp Setup Guide

Telegram Setup Guide
: Whatsapp & Telegram integrations will use data, again if your contract has a set amount of data you should not be charged. If you have any questions or issues then please get in contact with us.
: We turn your city into a playground of clues! When you begin you'll receive the first clue. Solve the obscured directions to discover your path and lead you to answer the question. Use your surroundings to help guide you and find the answer to the clue. Once you've found it reply back to us to receive the next.

Along the way we'll take you to fantastic secret areas and breaks at brilliant pubs/cafes.

Check out our How it works page to see more.
: Perfect for couples, groups of friends, families, small businesses or large corporate team building days.

Our activities are perfect to get a bit of friendly competition going, simply let us know how you'd like your booking split into teams and we can get you setup with a live leaderboard too!
: For multiple teams you can start all at once or stagger start times by a couple of minutes - groups organically spread out and overtake throughout the activity. The fastest team may not be the winning group as there are time penalties for wrong answers, a fine balance!
: Absolutely, when you're booking you can select to choose your date later. If you've already chosen a date and would like to change this, just reach out to the team and we can process this for you, completely free of charge.
: Maybe. Depending on how busy the route is you might be on the tail of another group, overtaking or getting overtaken. It's a great way to meet other like minded adventurers on the way, don't forget to say hi to each other and get a bit competitive!
: Absolutely, each team's timer will start when they send 'start' and each team will receive their overall time (with penalties!) at the end for comparison.

If you'd like us to set you up a private live leaderboard for your teams, just ask!
: On your adventure you'll reach 'rest stops' where we'll recommend some great local businesses - feel free to enjoy a recommendation, find somewhere else or skip entirely - there is absolutely no pressure to enter or use any of the businesses mentioned.

The game timer will stop during the rest zone so feel free to relax!
: Either dress for the weather and take it in your stride! (Top tip, bring an umbrella!)

or simply let us know and we can re-schedule for you last minute.

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