This could be the most fun I’ve had with a couple of whores ever!

Queenie Bon Bon and Jenna Love are wonderfully funny and bounce off each other with practiced ease as they lead Whore Walk around the west end of Adelaide.

Don’t expect to be titillated in this true history crime tour. Sure, it takes the slant of focussing primarily on sex work, but when you throw in police action, political game playing and shady characters, you soon learn that it ain’t the whores who are necessarily the real criminals, sweetheart.

The research done by Jane Whatsername (not her real name, surprisingly) and presented by the two hosts, is exceptional in both content and delivery. Over the course of slightly more than a “professional hour”, they take us from the 1800s to present day, looking at the places and people who have taken sex work from grimy slums to the attention of modern day puritans. 

History and understanding are the two key takeaways from Whore Walk and regardless of your views on the subject, it’s difficult not to walk away with a greater understanding of why people do it, where they do it, and the absolute need for safety to become the first priority of the law.

Along the path to redeeming your false assumptions, you’ll laugh a lot, feel anger, be shocked, and laugh some more. Sadly, the season is a quickie, running this weekend only, but in that time, these whores have catered to the masses by being well-miked to beat the traffic noise and by including an interactive, non-walking version of the tour for those unable to become a street walker for the 1.7km route.

With more personal stories to tell and a whole lot of history still to be uncovered, this unique and utterly fascinating history of Adelaide and Australia is one not to be missed… next time.