Sydney

Discover Sydney with 4 scavenger hunts full of riddles and puzzles at real landmarks.

Along the way you'll pass Sydney Fish Market, Dixon Street, Mamak, Circular Quay, Customs House, Royal Botanic Garden, Martin Place and Angel Place, among other spots.

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Hunts in Sydney

Sydney Food Walk

~75 min · 6 stops

Eat your way from the harbour's edge into the buzz of Chinatown. Start with the freshest seafood in the southern hemisphere, then dive into the yum cha, roti and Thai kitchens of Haymarket before finishing in a lantern-lit hawker laneway. Come with an empty stomach.

First stops

Sydney Fish Market — Start at the Sydney Fish Market in Pyrmont, the largest working fish market in the southern hemisphere. Trawlers unload here before dawn and it sells everything from Sydney rock oysters to the odd-looking Balmain and Moreton Bay 'bugs' — flat, sweet local shellfish.
Dixon Street — Walk to Dixon Street, the pedestrian spine of Sydney's Chinatown, framed at each end by ornamental ceremonial gates. On weekends its restaurants overflow for a Cantonese tradition of small steamed and fried dishes brought around the room on trolleys.
Mamak — Join the queue at Mamak, a Malaysian favourite where cooks work a hot griddle in the window, slapping and spinning discs of dough into a flaky, crisp flatbread served with curry dipping sauces. It's the kind of place worth lining up for.

Sydney Harbour Icons

~90 min · 7 stops

Walk the most famous harbour on earth, from the ferry wharves of Circular Quay to the great steel arch of the Harbour Bridge. Pass a sandstone customs hall, the colony's first garden, the bench cut for a governor's wife and the sail-shelled Opera House. This is the Sydney of a thousand postcards.

First stops

Circular Quay — Begin at Circular Quay, the busy row of ferry wharves that is Sydney's front door. This is where the First Fleet came ashore in 1788 on the land of the Gadigal people, and where ferries still fan out across the harbour today between the Opera House and the Bridge.
Customs House — Step into Customs House, the grand sandstone building facing the quay, from which the colony once controlled every cargo arriving by sea. Walk inside and look down through the glass floor of the lobby, where a remarkably detailed miniature is laid out beneath your feet.
Royal Botanic Garden — Wander into the Royal Botanic Garden, wrapped around Farm Cove. This green sweep beside the harbour was the site of the colony's very first farm in 1788 — the crops mostly failed in the sandy soil, but today it is one of the loveliest waterfront gardens in the world.

Hidden Laneways

~70 min · 6 stops

Slip off the main streets into the secret CBD that most visitors walk straight past. Hear a chorus of vanished birds in a hidden lane, admire a grand old post office and two glittering Victorian arcades, and end on the steps of the city's grandest town hall. Sydney's quiet side, block by block.

First stops

Martin Place — Begin in Martin Place, a long pedestrian plaza that is the ceremonial heart of the city, lined with grand banks and the old General Post Office. At its centre stands the Cenotaph, one of Australia's oldest war memorials, where the city gathers each Anzac Day before dawn.
Angel Place — Turn into Angel Place, a narrow lane transformed by the artwork 'Forgotten Songs'. As you walk it, you hear a shifting chorus of calls from fifty bird species that once lived in central Sydney before the city drove them out — and look up to see where the sound is coming from.
General Post Office — Pause at the General Post Office, a vast Victorian sandstone palace fronted by a long colonnade and a towering clock. When its clock tower was completed in 1891 it was the tallest structure in Sydney; during the Second World War the whole tower was taken down for fear it marked a target, and rebuilt years later.

The Rocks & Convicts

~75 min · 7 stops

Follow the oldest streets in Australia through The Rocks, the sandstone quarter where the convict colony began in 1788. Duck down narrow lanes, step into the country's oldest surviving cottage and a preserved workers' terrace, walk a passage hewn by hand through solid rock, and climb to an old harbour observatory.

First stops

Cadman's Cottage — Begin at Cadman's Cottage, built in 1816 and the oldest surviving house in Sydney. It stood right on the water's edge before the shoreline was reclaimed, and was home to John Cadman, a pardoned convict who became keeper of the governor's boats.
Nurses Walk — Slip into Nurses Walk, one of the narrowest and oldest lanes in the city. Its name recalls the earliest days of the colony, when the sick of the First Fleet — many with scurvy and dysentery — were tended in a rough hospital that once stood on this spot.
The Rocks Discovery Museum — Step into The Rocks Discovery Museum, housed in a restored 1850s sandstone warehouse. Its small collection tells the story of this patch of ground from the Gadigal people who lived here for millennia, through the convict slum, to the rowdy port neighbourhood it became.

Frequently asked questions

Scavenger hunts in Sydney: practical questions

How long does a scavenger hunt in Sydney take?

The hunts in Sydney take roughly 70 to 90 minutes and have 6 to 7 stops. You walk at your own pace and can pause and pick up again anytime.

How much does a scavenger hunt in Sydney cost?

A hunt costs €1.99 as a one-time purchase in the app — no subscription. You can also unlock the whole city with all themes at once.

Which themes are available in Sydney?

There are 4 hunts in Sydney: Sydney Food Walk, Sydney Harbour Icons, Hidden Laneways, The Rocks & Convicts. Each theme follows its own route past different places.

Can I play together in Sydney?

Yes — play solo, share one phone, or try the co-op duo mode (beta) with two phones. For groups and team outings there are private hunts everyone joins in the browser.

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