🕵️ Whodunit · Game Journey

Barossa Valley Whodunit

Walk the streets of Tanunda and discover who stole the prized vine cuttings from the Goat Market. Name who, how and where they went.

🚶 Walk 🕵️ Whodunit 🏛️ History 👥 Solo or Team 📍 Tanunda
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Evidence Stops
5
Suspects
2 hrs
Est. Duration
100%
Fun
Community Event 1868
Date
September 1868
Location
The Ziegenmarkt
Stolen
A bunch of prized vine cuttings
Circumstance
Cuttings were to be auctioned that day, but stolen sometime in the morning
Puzzle
Was this a case of making money or saving a town…
“It’s been a mystery for the town.”

What happened to the Shiraz Vine Cuttings?

This Whodunit in Tanunda, set in the 1800’s, has you discovering one of Tanunda’s old secrets; Where did the prized vine cuttings go and who took them from the Goat Market?
Visit 6 locations to gather evidence and sift through the 5 suspect alibi’s to solve the mystery.

The scene:
One Thursday morning, every second year, a quiet back-street square in Tanunda turns into a goat market.

Auctioneers in period costume climb onto the back of a flatbed truck. Mettwurst is sold by the yard. There is Rote Grütze made with sago and red grape juice, and the whole thing finishes with the sale of an actual goat.

This year there was one lot nobody expected: a bundle of cuttings taken from an ancestor-vine block — old wood, the kind of vine material that money can’t really buy. It was carried into the square at eight. By ten it was gone.

The crate turned up by the cottages, empty, its newspaper lining still damp. Nobody in Tanunda will say a word against a neighbour, but everybody has a theory.

Uncover the truth: Walk the town. Six stops. Make your accusation: ‘who took the cuttings’, ‘what was used’ to get them out, and ‘where the cuttings spent the night’.
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Start Area
Murray St
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Travel Mode
Walking
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Duration
2-3 hours
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Players
1-2

Five people had a reason. Only one had the key.

Every suspect has an alibi. Every alibi has a hole in it. Read the statements at each stop, weigh them against the evidence, and decide who you’ll name.

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Suspect 1
The Auctioneer
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Suspect 2
The Grower
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Suspect 3
The Baker
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Suspect 4
The Bandmaster
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Suspect 5
The Collector

Six stops.

Each location unlocks when you arrive. Here’s the shape of the walk — not what you’ll find.

Goat Square
Where the event took place.
Apex Bakery
Early starters and noticed evidence.
Tanunda Town Band Hall
Where the play list may be key.
Tabor Lutheran Church
What was going on here taking photos?
Tanunda Kegel Club
Members only.
Chateau Tanunda
Root stock was purchased.

Three answers. One shot.

Gather the evidence, then lock in your verdict. Get all three right and the case is yours.

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Who
Name the person responsible
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What
The thing used to get them out
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Where
The cuttings stayed the night

What to expect along the way

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Real locations that build the story
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Suspect statements and alibis to pick apart
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Play solo or with a friend — compare theories as you go
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Cafes and pubs along the route if you need to regroup
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