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Welcome to Depot Adventures!

Melbourne Walking Tours, Free Tours, Bar Tours & Food Tours in Melbourne & Sydney, Australia

Depot Adventures is Australia’s largest accredited walking tour operator, with tours running in Melbourne and Sydney. It was created by a group of ex-European tour leaders to bring the quality of Europe’s great walking tours to Aussie shores. Our team of tour guides are your new local mates — passionate musicians, tattoo artists, beer-makers, and performers who don’t just guide through the city, they live and breathe it. They will personalise your tour experience and show you the best parts of the city with unrivalled knowledge and professionalism.

Our Tours

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Uncover Hidden Laneway Bars

Visit Melbourne’s legendary hidden bar scene and uncover the newest, most undiscovered watering holes in the greatest bar city in the world.

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Purchase a Gift Card

Give the gift of a walking tour. Our gift cards are valid for three years and let the recipient choose their own departure date.

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Complete Melbourne Walking Tour

Our longest-running walking tour gives you everything you need to know about Melbourne’s architecture, laneways and history in just three hours — it even includes coffee and a beer.

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Melbourne After Dark

As night falls on the city, the nature of it changes. Join this after-hours extravaganza and discover the bits of Melbourne only accessible by moonlight.

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Complete Sydney Walking Tour

Our “Complete” tour comes to Sydney, showing you the best of the city in three hours.

Bespoke Tours Given By Passionate + Experienced Guides

Depot is proud to offer local tours given by guides who know and love their city. Their passion will shine through as they take you on a journey through history and modern culture, showing you local spots and under-the-radar points of interest.

Experienced Guides

Who have led tours all over the world

Personalized Experience

Personalized interaction and recommendations

Insider Access

Experience special places you can only find with a local

Last-Minute

Most of our tours feature last-minute availability

Fun & Friendly

Mixing history with fun facts and unbelievable stories

Highly Acclaimed

Over 3,000 5-Star Reviews

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Depot guides Sara, Will and John about to lead 3 different Melbourne Hidden Bar Tours

Experience Meets Passion

Our Guides

Both local and international, our guides each have years of experience leading tours throughout Europe and the rest of the world. They bring their own fascinating individual stories to put a personalised spin on what their city means to them through their tours.

Meet Our Guides

A Year Off that Never Ended

Our Story

Depot was founded by “American John,” a European Tour Leader who went overseas for a year only to never return. He spent years working in tour guiding, branding, and operations for a plethora of international travel companies through Europe, the US, and Australia.

John was inspired by all the free walking tour companies in Europe, and wanted to bring the concept over to Australia after moving here. He has since hired a top-notch team of international guides who share his passion and enthusiasm for sharing the magic of the city they love.

Learn More About Us Here

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See What People Think About Us

We are so proud to have over 2,500 5-star reviews across many different booking platforms. See what people have said about us here:

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“I have to say this is my favourite tour I have ever done, Kimmie our tour guide was fantastic, passionate and knowledgable. Kimmie took our group to some really amazing places.”
RaleralphNewcastle, Australia

“The tour was excellent. The bars chosen were secluded and really cool. Very good to go on even for locals looking for unique places to go. The guide (Mark) was very knowledgeable and friendly.”
davidcA3695SGMelbourne, Australia

“I live in Melbourne and this was the first time I have done a walk, and it's absolutely fabulous.
Our guide was Max, he was not only knowledgeable, but funny too.”
StkelliMelbourne, Australia

“This tour was amazing! Kellie took us all around Melbourne showing and telling us about the history of the city! She was engaging and funny and made the whole tour really fun.”
alicegriffiths5

“This was a wonderful tour to introduce us to Melbourne. Kimmie was a fabulous guide with so many interesting stories and knowledge to share.”
GabrielleW265

“Kelly was very knowledgeable and the tour was amazingly informative without being too formal. She was fun and always spoke in an understandable voice which can be hard with alot of foreigners.”
Julien P

“This tour was one of the best I've taken in cities around the world! Kellie was a great tour guide who showed us a lot of the many interesting things Melbourne has to offer.”
Cody H

“My friends and I had such a laugh. I have been living in Melbourne for many years and I didn't know these bars existed. John the guide was full of historical information and took us to great bars.”
543lisandracMelbourne, Australia

“Kimmie was our guide and we learnt so much of Melbourne's cafe culture and of course its history too! Kimmie is really energetic and knowledgeable and we really enjoyed the tour!”
nespresso123Singapore, Singapore

“I think I’m very lucky Max was our tour guide. He knew lots of great stories and was very enthusiatic. I loved his energy and sense of humor.”
joycewijkHanoi, Vietnam

“Our guide Kellie was really informative, she kept up the energy even though we had some truly horrible weather. We saw quite a lot of the city in a short space of time.”
rebecca_tinksBristol, United Kingdom

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25 October 2021

A Tour for TikTokers

If you're reading this, its likely because I sent you here from our TikTok campaign, which has brought lots of attention to my little tour company. As thanks to all…

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Destinations Melbourne

19 October 2021

Introducing our Christmas 2021 Tours!

Introducing our Christmas 2021 Tours Introducing our Christmas 2021 Tours, We can't wait to be back in the city and bringing together the rich history of Melbourne along with its…

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BEST DAY TOUR FROM MELBOURNE

6 October 2021

HOW TO PICK THE BEST DAY TOUR FROM MELBOURNE

Why go on a day tour from Melbourne? There's so many places to see in Melbourne, but this is a big place. In fact Melbourne is so big that it…