Brisbane: Fortitude Valley Historical Crime Walking Tour – Brisbane, Australia

EXPERIENCE

Take a walk through Fortitude Valley neighborhood in Brisbane on this walking tour that focuses on the area’s dark and corrupt past. Beautiful one day, deadly the next, and corrupt the day after that, follow your guide through the dark history of this Brisbane district.

Meet your guide and explore Fortitude Valley, a rough and tumble place where the lights of Brisbane shone the brightest during its most corrupt era. Forget the stories you’ve heard about Brisbane, and join this trip down its glamourous, glitzy, and corruption-laden past.

Learn about the complete history of vice from Queensland’s infamous past of which Fortitude Valley was the capital. Discover stories from past key players and visit locations where the biggest news stories broke.
Hear stories of the ultimate fate of the kingpins of the 1980s of both the underworld and the police as you walk through history.

Take a deep dive into the corruption that once scourged this city. See infamous spots, including illegal casinos from days gone by, the Whisky Au Go-Go and Beat nightclubs, Les Bubbles Restaurant, and more.

HIGHLIGHTS

Feel chills as you visit the headquarters of the underworld kingpins of the 80s
Discover the secret location of illegal casinos where dark acts took place
Drop in to the Whisky Au Go-Go nightclub that mysteriously caught fire in 1973
Uncover the complete history of the Fitzgerald Inquiry’s Corruption Commission
Follow your local guide through the vice-filled streets of Fortitude Valley

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