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COVID-19 UPDATE
OUR TOURS ARE FULLY AVAILABLE AGAIN!

Our educational tours of Christie Walk are now in full swing again.
For your protection and ours, we will let you know any Covid-19 requirements before your tour.

Tours of Christie Walk Ecocity
in the very heart of Adelaide

Our tours offer inspirational and practical examples of a more sustainable way of living, with relevance to a wide range of people:

- - primary, secondary and tertiary students
  - home renovators or those planning to buy or build a home
  - architects, builders and city planners
  - workplace and community groups
  - anyone with an interest in community and the interaction of natural and built environments.

Tours typically visit all areas of Christie Walk, including the outstanding roof garden as well as spending time inside one of our homes.

Booking is essential

Please email urbanec@urbanecology.org.au or call Simon Fisher on 0405 060 510.

A tour can be arranged on any day of the week, provided one of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable guides is available.
Minimum tour fee $100 (see per person rates below).
Maximum group size 15 per guide.
We can have 2 guides touring with separate groups at the same time.

Student tours

Tours can be adapted to suit particular curriculum needs of school or tertiary students.
Student tours generally last one hour. We will try to accommodate your preferred date and time.

Price per student:

- - Primary students $8.50
  - Secondary students $9.50
  - Tertiary students $15
  - No charge for accompanying lecturer/teacher

Public tours

Tours for workplace groups, community groups, professional organisations and members of the public can be customised to suit your interests and available times. We will be happy to book a tour just for you, your family and friends or special interest group.

Public tours last up to 1.5 hours. We are also open to making special arrangements for your group.

Price per person:

Adult $25
Concession $20 (pensioner/senior/student/child under 18)

NEW!! TOUR WAITLIST (ideal for local Adelaide residents)

If you are interested to join a public tour sometime soon, maybe at short notice, why not ask us to waitlist you? We will contact you as soon as there is a tour coming up. But there’s no obligation – if the first tour date doesn’t suit you, maybe the next one will. Just give us your name, email, and preferably a mobile number – and an indication of how available you are.

Tour content

A typical tour (student or public) will demonstrate the following and can also be adapted to suit visitor interest:

energy and resource efficient home design (including time inside one of our homes)
a variety of construction materials, including extensive use of recycled materials
solar energy for hot water and electricity generation
stormwater harvesting and recycling
extensive recycling as part of everyday living
alternative transport options including car share
community produce garden
rooftop garden (a first for Adelaide)
biodiversity restoration
benefits of developing local communities
tips for reducing your carbon footprint

Your comfort and safety

Dress appropriately for the weather as you will be outside on reasonably smooth and level paved areas for most of the time. There are sheltered areas if weather is showery. There are stairs to the roof garden so please wear comfortable shoes – a lift is available if you find stairs difficult.

Please also note the roof garden has two active beehives.

Getting here

Tours start at our front gate, beneath the Christie Walk sign at 101-105 Sturt Street, Adelaide.
Our guide will meet you there.

Christie Walk is 2 streets south of the Adelaide Central Market, or a similar 5 minute walk along Sturt St from the City South tram stop.

Adelaide Metro’s free City Connector buses 98A, 98C, 99A and 99C stop right next to us on Sturt Street. For details see this page on the Adelaide Metro website.