• Hyde Park Barracks - You will begin at Hyde Park Barracks. Here you will be given your first clue to solve the challenge that awaits you, which will unlock the next part of the story and give you the directions to the next stop.

• Real ghost stories and documented hauntings at every location
• Murder mystery storyline with a ghost mother searching for her lost son
• Self-guided ghost mystery walk with 11 stops through central Sydney
• Clues and a map in the app from Hyde Park Barracks to the Harbour Bridge
• Audio narration and video clips at each stop for full immersion

• Live tour guide (this is a self-guided activity)

As your first day of guiding at Hyde Park Barracks concludes, you feel a chilly touch on your shoulder. A spectral woman appears, pleading for help to find her son. Embark on this self-guided mystery walk, following Alice through Sydney’s most haunted streets to solve the murder of Thomas.

Unravel clues at the convict barracks where 1,700 men once slept in hammocks teeming with lice. Stroll through the Forgotten Songs laneway, then venture into The Rocks to explore Australia’s most haunted hotel, an opium den from the 1840s, and a pub with a hidden smuggling tunnel.

The path leads past the Dead House, where the Shark Arm Murder was investigated, the Merchant’s House, where the spirit of a strangled wife still roams, and ruins where a ghost perfectly matches the description of her 1831 murder. Each stop is steeped in real hauntings.

With 11 stops over 100 minutes from Hyde Park to the Harbour Bridge, this is Sydney’s most comprehensive ghost walk, ideally experienced after dark. Download the Questo app, start whenever you dare, and assist Alice in finding her missing son.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.