Vice City - Fortitude Valley's True Crime Tour

About this tour

Take a Walk down Vice City...

Beautiful one day - deadly the next - and corrupt the day after that.

Enjoy a leisurely guided walking tour retracing the steps of a criminal but alluring past.

Visit the Headquarters of the Underworld Kingpins of the 1980s.

Learn the location of the casinos that didn't exist.

Drop into the Whisky Au Go Go Nightclub Firebombing of 1973

Re-enact sting operations from years gone by.

Uncover the complete history of the Fitzgerald Inquiry's Corruption Commission

Book your ticket for a unique investigation into the corruption that scourged this fine city.

Travel to the Fortitude Valley, a rough and tumble place where the lights of Bris-Vegas shone the brightest during its most corrupt era.

Forget the fake news stories about Brisbane, and join us for a memorable trip down the glamourous, glitzy and corruption-laden past.

...vices the city tried to forget...

Why we list this tour

We're an independent backpacker guide to Byron Bay. This tour is part of the broader Viator catalogue we list to give you a complete picture of what's bookable in the region — beyond our hand-picked editorial directory of local operators we know personally.

When you book through the link on this page, the price you pay is the same as booking direct on Viator or via the operator. We earn a small commission from Viator (currently 8%), which funds the site without changing the price for you. We don't pick tours based on commission — we list them based on whether they're relevant to backpackers visiting the region.

For more context on tour-booking economics + how we work with operators, see our operator partnership page. For the local-operator alternatives we know best (Soul Surf School, Go Sea Kayak, Cape Byron Kayaks, Sundive, Aunty Delta Kay's Bundjalung walks), see our editorial things-to-do directory.