Historic Hunts
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GPS treasure hunts through real history

Historic
Hunts

Riddles lead you between real landmarks. Your phone's GPS confirms every arrival, and each find unlocks the true story of where you're standing. Play solo or drag your crew along; one phone runs the hunt.

Newtown, Sydney · 8 marks · ~3.5 km

Camperdown Lodge

A sermon painted by night, a ticket office in the air, a lawn with sixteen thousand sleepers, and a bride who may never have been jilted at all.

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Chatswood, Sydney · 8 marks · ~3.6 km

Chattie’s Wood

Somme roses, a signal room that refused to leave, a battleship that showed movies, and the poem that named a suburb.

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Paddington, Sydney · 8 marks · ~3.5 km

Iron Lace

A convict fortress, a buried reservoir, a gin palace, and the exact patch of grass where Australia was born.

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Mooloolaba, QLD · 7 marks · ~4.8 km

Safe Harbour

A timber baron's river, a fleet of prawn trawlers, eleven brave dogs, and a warship that guards the fish now.

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Narrabeen, NSW · 6 marks · ~3.8 km

Two Waters

A granite wall, a homesick tram, a pub that raised a band, and the beach that gave the world its surfboard.

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Waterloo, Sydney · 5 marks · ~3.7 km

Lost Waterloo

A vanished swamp, a pony racecourse that heard Australia's first aeroplane, and the speech that shook a nation.

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