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Balmain Historic Pub Walking Tour with Beer or Wine

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Duelling colonists, escaped convicts, gangsters, football players that can’t be killed and all of them in the place that has more pubs per person than anywhere else in Australia!

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Highlights

  • Enjoy a beer or wine at each pub that you visit
  • Discover the fascinating history of Balmain and all its character and dark stories
  • Learn about the gangsters, convicts and hard times of Australia back in the day whilst enjoying a nice drop

Description

If you ask a Sydneysider about Balmain, they think of 3 things: the Balmain Tigers footy team, Olympic swimming champion Dawn Fraser and pubs. Lots of pubs. In fact, Balmain has the highest pub-to-person ratio in Australia. This 3-hour walking tour of this peninsula on Sydney Harbour covers Balmain's sordid history of escaped convicts,dodgy gangsters and corrupt politicians. In between weaving the backstreets, you'll stop for a drink of craft beer, wine or cider in 4 of the area's most iconic and oldest pubs. You can enjoy a choice of craft beer or wine in each pub that you visit!  Tour highlights include:  Balmain's Oldest PubThe Balmain Watch House, and stories of Balmain gangstersThe Balmain Tigers' 'Team of the Penitentiary'Duelling colonistsThe murderous confectionerThe hidden treasure of Australia's most audacious robbery- and many more tales of murder, vice and intrigue

Includes

Choice of a craft beer, wine or soft drink (285ml or 10oz) at each of the 4 pubs 3-hour guided walking tour Local guide

Important Information

  • You must be older than 18 years to join this tour and a photo ID is required to drink alcohol
  • This is a walking tour, wear appropriate footwear
  • Other times and dates can be booked for private tours with a minimum group of 4 persons
  • No tours are available on public holidays, New Year's Eve and St. Patrick's Day

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