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Title: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: Lebay8 on February 18, 2009, 03:43:57 PM
Monthly Tours leave from Necropolis Circuit at 10am and run for 2.5 hours
2 tours are run on each tour day - the heritage walks and a themed tour.

Sunday 1st March 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 1 or Murder & Mayhem

Sunday 5th April 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 2 or 19th Century Sydney

Sunday 3rd May 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 1 or Plague & Pestilence

Sunday 7th June 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 2 or Ships & Shipwrecks

Sunday 5th July 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 1 or Our Convict Heritage

Sunday 2nd August 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 2 or The Railway Walk

Sunday 6th September 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 1 or The Irish Tour

Sunday 4th October 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 2 or Flowers, Gardens & Symbolism

Sunday 1st November 2009 - Heritage Walk Part 1 or Funerary Symbolism & 19th Century Landscapes

We look forward to seeing you there.
Drinks are available for purchase and after the monthly tours there is a sausage sizzle available for lunch. There are also Rookwood souvenirs available, as well as the very yummy Rookwood Honey.

Don't forget to Slip, Slop, Slap and be sure to wear sturdy comfortable shoes.
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: Christine on February 18, 2009, 03:49:37 PM
I can't wait to get to Sydney to do this tour.
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: Salt Breeze on February 18, 2009, 07:00:51 PM
Rookwood is a fantastic old cemetery.  What a great assortment of tours.  Thanks for the info Lebay.
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: Lebay8 on February 19, 2009, 09:05:59 AM
I cant wait to do them all!
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: Salt Breeze on February 22, 2009, 10:31:55 PM
Don't forget to post all about it if you do them.   Should be really cool. 
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: Lebay8 on March 20, 2009, 09:45:41 AM
Last Sunday Mr 15 and I did the last Twilight tour of Rookwood for the year. The twilight tours are run during the summer months to beat the heat. The tour was quite small, just Mr 15 and I and 2 guides. It covered some headstone symbolism, some history and quite a lot of talk about conservation of the cemetry.

We saw the grave of the bushranger Capt Moonlite, Louisa Lawson (mother of Henry), the 1st train driver in NSW, and several others of interest. We heard the tale of the murder of the Catholic caretaker. We saw the vaults of the Toohey (I feel like a Toohey's) family. We saw the bee hives that are kept in Rookwood to help propergate the plant life (the scent of the honey was delish!)

I was disappointed that I didn't learn a little more, but for someone that knows nothing about Rookwood this is a great beginners tour. It covers a very small section of the cemetery but there are not enough hours in the day to do a walking tour of Rookwood all at once.

I am looking forward to doing a few more of these tours :) We took lots of photos and they are loaded onto my facebook, if anyone wants to see just email for my name and I will add you.
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: Christine on March 20, 2009, 10:11:01 AM
Cool, thanks for the write up.
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: Salt Breeze on March 20, 2009, 11:26:12 AM
Thanks for the update Lebay
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: mysterydistrict on September 25, 2009, 02:01:39 AM
Am looking forward to taking this tour however am recovering from a knee reconstruction and so it looks like all ghost tour plans have to be placed on hold until next year!
Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery tour timetable for 2009
Post by: bixter76 on October 03, 2009, 02:27:24 PM
I'd LOVE to do this!  Have emailed you Lebay
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