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✅ Before you start

  1. Allow GPS access in your browser. When you press Start Audio Tour, the browser will ask for location permission — tap Allow. Without GPS the tour cannot trigger commentary as you move.
  2. Set your screen to never sleep.iPhone: Settings → Display & Brightness → Auto-Lock → Never. Android: Settings → Display → Screen timeout → longest option.
  3. Plug into a car charger — GPS and audio drain battery fast.
  4. Connect to car Bluetooth or AUX so all passengers hear the commentary.

📍 During the tour

  1. Press Start Audio Tour — the interest categories menu opens automatically.
  2. Tick the categories you want (Historical, Nature, Shopping, Wildlife, Photo), then press Done.
  3. Tap 🚗 DRIVING or 🚶 WALKING — the suggested route loads onto the map as a dotted blue line. Just follow it. Or take your own route — commentary will trigger automatically whenever you pass any landmark within ~50 m.

Both GUIDE and PODCAST are ON by default (lit buttons) — everything plays automatically as you drive. You can turn off either button any time:

  1. Tap PODCAST — button fades. Only attraction commentary plays as you approach each landmark (non-stop Australia narration stops).
    Tap GUIDE — button fades. Nothing plays automatically — tap ▶ Listen on any card to play that attraction manually.

🔴 Reset (red R button, top-left next to the day/night toggle): the tour remembers which attractions you have already heard on this device — even the next day — and won't repeat them. If the attraction cards look greyed-out (marked ✓ Played) and stay silent as you pass them — that's why. Tap the red R to erase that history so the whole tour plays again from the start — use it to reuse the guide on another day, or when running the tour repeatedly. It also clears the route from the map and brings back the 🚗 DRIVING / 🚶 WALKING route buttons so you can load a route again.

🗺️ Map controls: tap the compass icon to switch North Up / Heading Up — Heading Up turns the map with you and tilts the view like a car navigator. Two-finger gestures are enabled: twist to turn the map, slide both fingers up or down to tilt, pinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in. On a computer hold Ctrl and drag; + / − to zoom. Tap any pin to bring that attraction’s card to the top of the list.

ℹ️ Good to know

  • This is a browser-based web tour — runs on your phone; in any car the audio plays through your car speakers via Bluetooth, no app download required.
  • Mobile data is required to stream audio. Keep this tab in the foreground — switching apps may reload and restart the tour.
  • Works equally well in a car, on a bicycle, or from a hop-on bus — GPS adapts to your speed.
  • Tunnels: in Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Cross City Tunnel and underground car parks audio and maps pause until signal returns.
  • Manual controls: tap a pin or ▶ Listen on any card to play manually. Tap Navigate to open Google Maps directions. Use SORT BY DISTANCE / NUMBER. Toggle ☽ for day/night theme.
  • Fullscreen auto-activates on Start. Exit via Stop Tour, swipe down (mobile), or Esc (desktop).
  • ⚠ Do not reload this page while touring — reloading resets all progress and settings.

By using this tour you agree to our Terms & Conditions. Keep your eyes on the road at all times. Anonymous GPS session data is logged for service improvement.