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Colonial Brisbane: A Convict's Quest for Justice

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🧩 Gamified Discovery: Solve 11 location-based puzzles to unlock hidden stories and secret spots.

📍 Starting Point: The Old Windmill, Spring Hill QLD 4000, Australia

🛡️ Free Cancellation: Cancel up to 24 hours before your planned start for a full refund.

🌐 Available In: 🇬🇧 English

Places you will visit

11

It will take you

29-59 mins

You will walk

3020 steps

Total distance

2.3 km

Route you will explore

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Starting point The Old Windmill
Spring Hill QLD 4000, Australia

About this quest

Step into colonial Brisbane's convict era as a falsely accused convict seeking justice. Decode secret messages, forge alliances, and confront your accusers as you strive to expose the corrupt officials who framed you. 

At the same time, discover insights into Brisbane's convict past. A unique blend of storytelling and riddles awaits history enthusiasts and puzzle solvers alike until the final revelation.

Highlights

  • This walk offers a glimpse into Brisbane's colonial life, with accurate historical locations tied to a convict story.

  • You will visit sites like the convict-built Windmill and Commissariat Store.

  • As a convict, determined to seek your freedom, you will need to decipher codes and solve mysteries.

The mission: Your story in Brisbane

Learn about colonial Brisbane in 1830, as a convict, wrongfully accused, setting out on a quest for justice. 

You're armed with a mysterious journal and cryptic clues, having to navigate a web of corruption, and betrayal within the colony. 

Determined to seek your freedom, you must decipher codes, forge alliances, and confront your accusers in a trial that will decide your fate and shape the colony's future.

Each site visited is historically accurate.

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Flexibility
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Requires advance booking
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Passive listening to a guide
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