Sydney Guided Walks - Balmain

Balmain Walk

The choice is yours:
Balmain Town Hall 2 hours  or Gladstone Park 2 hours

Both walks contain a lot more than can be mentioned here - very enjoyable and fascinating walks.

Balmain Town Hall 1.5 hours

This special suburb has developed on one of the first land grants in the colony.

William Balmain was granted 550 acres by Governor Hunter in 1800. Why did Dr. Balmain sell the land after only 15 months,
to a man who had never resided in Australia, for just 5 shillings?
This answer and many other fascinating facts about the suburb of Balmain will be revealed during this walk.

We will trace Balmain from its early years as a place to hunt to its development as a heavily industrialised and maritime suburb to its present day 'gentrification'.

Through it all, Balmain still retains its special atmosphere, full of history, people and life.

This walk can start at either - Balmain Town Hall next door to the James Barnett designed Post Office and Court House from there we meander down the hill past cottages, cafes, pubs and churches,
weaving in and out of Darling Street to finish as the very historic Balmain Watch House.

1.5 hours (approx)

$20.00pp  (Group Discounts Available)
 

Gladstone Park 2 hours

Start at Gladstone Park, which has something very surprising beneath it, and take a loop around the backstreets past the endless variety of workers cottages, past the ornate Exchange Hotel and we turn at the Grande Balmain Post Office and Court House to walk down cosmopolitan Darling Street to finish at the Watch House.

2 hours (approx).
$20.00pp  (Group Discounts Available)

KNOWLEDGE, FRIENDSHIP AND SOCIAL INTERACTION ARE THE GREAT OUTCOMES OF A WALK WITH SYDNEY GUIDED WALKS.