Job Description
Tour Guide – Newcastle & Hunter Cruise Season
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Dave's Travel Group is looking for more good people to join our Newcastle and Hunter Valley team for the upcoming cruise season.
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We run tours for visitors arriving into Newcastle — everything from walking, food and sightseeing tours around the city through to full-day Hunter Valley wine tours.
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We're looking for confident, engaging guides who are comfortable talking to groups, telling a good story, reading a crowd and looking after guests.
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We're particularly interested in experienced guides and people with a robust connection to Newcastle and the Hunter who can confidently lead a group, tell a story and give visitors a genuinely local experience.
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The work
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We currently have 16 cruise dates between October and April, representing around 100 guide shifts, with other work potentially available as well.
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Newcastle sightseeing tours
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Walking and history tours
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Newcastle food tours
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Hunter Valley wine tours
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Occasional pub tours
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Some guides will work across a range of tours and dates; others may suit a particular type of tour or only be available for certain cruise days.
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For strong guides,



there are also opportunities to work in our other cruise regions, including Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne.
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A driver's licence is useful, and passenger transport/P2P accreditation is an advantage, but neither is essential for all guiding work.
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Becoming a Dave
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Before guiding paid tours, new guides go through our Aspiring Dave process. Allow roughly 8–10 hours initially, depending on your experience and what you already know.
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That includes familiarisation, self-directed learning, practical training/mock touring and a short assessment before you're signed off.
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Our first Newcastle training opportunities are 1, 2 and 3 October, with our first cruise arriving 8 October. There will be further training opportunities throughout the season.
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Interested?
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We're not looking for professional video production. We want to see how you communicate, tell a story and come across naturally — because that tells us much more about a potential guide than a polished CV.
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📌 Tour Guide - Newcastle & Hunter Cruise Season (New South Wales)
🏢 Dave's Travel Group
📍 New South Wales