Kiama's First World War walking tour app

Published on 23 July 2021

Kiama Library’s latest self-guided tour lets you experience what life was like in Kiama during the First World War.

Using your smartphone and the Kiama Library Tours app, you can take the 2.3-kilometre WWI tour at your leisure, stopping along the way to learn about a soldier’s story or a site important to Kiama’s World War One history.

The Kiama WW1 tour begins at Kiama Library, circles around the old recruitment camps at the Showground, along the Coastal Walk, follows the Waratah March down Terralong Street past the War Memorial Arch, and concludes at Black Beach.

The tour includes 15 stops, with each relating a story about either a soldier or a site relevant to Kiama’s World War One history.

The tour takes 1-2 hours, and requires only yourself and a smartphone, sun protection (or an umbrella) and water.

Download the Kiama Library Tours app on Apple and Android devices via your app store.

Other tours available via the app include a 'My place' digital tour of historic locations in Kiama, a Charmian Clift walk, and a Lloyd Rees walk.

The Kiama WW1 tour was designed by Library intern Joe Edwards, who is currently studying History and Politics at the University of Wollongong, and is based on research by the late Ken Donnellan (former librarian at Kiama Library), and Joe Edwards.

Image: Joe Edwards shows Mayor Mark Honey the new walking tour app