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Cemetery Tours Toowoomba

Cemetery Tours Toowoomba offers a fun, unique, and professional way to explore the rich history of the Darling Downs region. Run by researcher, author, and journalist Lisa Herbert, this small, local business provides a fascinating deep dive into the lives of the pioneers buried at the heritage-listed Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery. What makes these tours stand out is the commitment to historical accuracy. Lisa's expertise ensures that the tours are more than just a walk through a graveyard; they are a journey through captivating stories of hardship and triumph, ingenuity and tragedy, ingenuity and innovation, mischief and murder. You'll learn about the region's fascinating and sometimes confronting past while exploring cemetery symbolism, craftsmanship, and burial practices from a bygone era. Cemetery Tours Toowoomba is dedicated to making history accessible and fun for everyone. Tour options include: A two-hour walking tour for those who want a comprehensive experience. A 90-minute "Stroll and Roll" tour, specifically designed for individuals with mobility challenges. This tour accommodates wheelchairs, walkers, and those who prefer a slower pace, ensuring that no one is left out. In addition to scheduled tours, private tour enquiries are welcome, catering to both large and small groups, often on short notice. For anyone with a curious mind or a love for history, these "grave encounters" ensure the region's stories are never dead and buried.

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A smiling group pf people in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery

Stunning marble cherub memorial stands over a grave at the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery

A cemetery monument with two hands clasped together

A tour group smiles at the camera in the cemetery, a selfie taken by guide lisa in the foreground

Tall trees line a cemetery avenue, with historic headstones beside them.

A sign that reads 'First Avenue' with historic graves in the background

A large number of graves with trees and blue skies in the background

A large family plot with a wrought iron fence and a large monument with a broken column

A thin roadway with tall trees either side

Six people smiling at the camera after a cemetery tour, the guide wearing a large hat and lime shirt

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Location and DirectionsCnr Anzac Ave and South Street Harristown Queensland 4350 Australia

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Cultural and Theme Tours
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QLD - Queensland Country Tourism

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This two-hour, time-travelling adventure and walking tour brings the Toowoomba region's incredible history to life. With its first burial in 1850, the heritage-listed Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery is one of Queensland's oldest surviving cemeteries. The real lives and deaths of locals reveal gripping stories of hardships and hangings, triumph and tragedy, ingenuity and innovation, mischief and murder. Your lively, experienced Cemetery Tours Toowoomba guide will unearth the stories of some fascinating people who rest in the cemetery. You will explore cemetery symbolism, craftsmanship, and funeral and burial practices of a bygone era. For anyone with a curious mind or a love for history, this walking tour provides an entertaining, professional, and insightful 'grave encounter' that ensures the region's stories are never dead and buried.
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Facilities found here
- Carpark
- Non Smoking
- Pet Friendly - Enquire
- Public Toilet
Tour Type
- Half Day or Less
- Cultural and Theme Tours
- Walking and Biking Tours
Tour Format
- On-site Experience
- Small Group Tour
Difficulty
- Basic
Start Location
Cnr Anzac Ave and South Street, Queensland, 4350, Australia
Start Area & Region
Toowoomba Area, Queensland Country Tourism
End Location
Cnr Anzac Ave and South Street, Queensland, 4350, Australia
End Location Area & Region
Toowoomba Area, Queensland Country Tourism
Tour Price
$34 to $38
Suitable for wheelchairs, wheelie walkers, and those who don't want to walk too far, this stroll-n-roll tour of one of Queensland's oldest surviving cemeteries brings the Toowoomba region's incredible history to life. Discover ordinary people who did extraordinary things to make the Toowoomba region what it is today: a war hero, a mischievous youngster, farming battlers, an outback queen, a grieving father, an Italian angel, and a pioneering poet, to name a few. This tour covers about 450 metres of bitumen over one hour and 15 minutes. Along with unearthing the stories of some fascinating people who rest at the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, the tour will explore cemetery symbolism, craftsmanship, and funeral and burial practices of a bygone era. For anyone with a curious mind or a love for history, Cemetery Tours Toowoomba provides an entertaining, professional, and insightful "grave encounter" that ensures the region's stories are never dead and buried.
Book now
Facilities found here
- Carpark
- Non Smoking
- Public Toilet
Tour Type
- Half Day or Less
- Cultural and Theme Tours
Tour Format
- On-site Experience
- Small Group Tour
Difficulty
- Basic
Accessibility Information
- Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
Start Location
Cnr Anzac Ave and South Street, Queensland, 4350, Australia
Start Area & Region
Toowoomba Area, Queensland Country Tourism
End Location
Cnr Anzac Ave and South Street, Queensland, 4350, Australia
End Location Area & Region
Toowoomba Area, Queensland Country Tourism
Tour Price
$22 to $25

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