© Peter Kervarec
Craigs Hotel
Cultural heritage
as tailored touring.
Country towns have an enormous collection of little known markers of history. Stopping a while to seek out these historical places enriches our life and enhances the pride that the locals have of their community’s stories.
Our unique self guided tours are designed to invoke joy, delight and knowledge about historic places in country towns in Australia. Learn to read the cultural story of a place through its architectural and decorative design details. historic building materials and the craftsmanship of the skilled artisans. You will discover historic places with a focus on beautiful architecture, cultural landscapes, memorials, sculptures, and infrastructure such as bridges, postboxes, bluestone spoon drains, and gold mining landscapes.
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Soldiers Hill Heritage Precinct- The Management of Change
Historic Infrastructure – a suburban perspective.
Inter-War Architecture – a suburban perspective.
Federation Architecture – a suburban perspective
Victorian Architecture – a suburban perspective
Ballarat’s Oldest Suburb
Self Guided Walking Tours are available in two formats.
- Install the free app PocketSights and follow the tour using the GPS activated audio tour.
- PDF format for your phone or tablet, or print
Self Guided Tours located in Australian Country Towns.
ChatTouring respectfully acknowledges the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Warring people who are the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work. We extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.