Dave’s Travel Group is looking for more good people to join our Newcastle and Hunter Valley team for the upcoming cruise season.
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.
We’re looking for confident, engaging guides who are comfortable talking to groups, telling a good story, reading a crowd and looking after guests.
We’re particularly interested in experienced guides and people with a strong connection to Newcastle and the Hunter who can confidently lead a group, tell a story and give visitors a genuinely local experience.
The work
We currently have 16 cruise dates between October and April, representing around 100 guide shifts, with other work potentially available as well.
Newcastle sightseeing tours
Walking and history tours
Newcastle food tours
Hunter Valley wine tours
Occasional pub tours
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.
For strong guides, there are also opportunities to work in our other cruise regions, including Sydney,
Hobart and Melbourne.
A driver’s licence is useful, and passenger transport/P2P accreditation is an advantage, but neither is essential for all guiding work.
Becoming a Dave
Before guiding paid tours, recent guides go through our Aspiring Dave process. Allow roughly 8–10 hours initially, depending on your experience and what you already know.
That includes familiarisation, self-directed learning, practical training/mock touring and a short assessment before you're signed off.
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.
Interested?
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 (Newcastle City Council)
🏢 Dave's Travel Group
📍 Newcastle City Council
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