Here it is people.
I don’t want to do it but I have to do it.
Nine months into it, nine haunted sites down, and with 72 poems written, it has all finally lead to this: a night at Australia’s no. 1 haunted location, Port Arthur.
It’s been one hell of a great adventure but let me share a few things I have discovered along the way.
1. It is possible to feel incredibly lucky/privileged and sick with nerves at the same time. (Something I learnt one night amid the moonlit ruins of Norfolk Island.)
2. You are allowed to pass through an airport metal detector while eating a chicken salad. (as long as your fork is plastic!)
3. A hearse can get pretty uncomfortable.
4. Good ideas/poems come from sheer hard work. Even when you are sure you are out of good ideas/poems.
But let’s talk about Port Arthur. Of course we all know it was a hell-on-earth convict settlement back in the 1800s, a place of unimaginable cruelty. Now it is a hive for tourists and ghost hunters, with ghost tours being conducted every night. Reports of paranormal activity are legion, and people are scared witless as they are taken through buildings such as the Commandant’s Cottage, Jetty Cottage and Tower Cottage.
I am staying the night in one of Port Arthur’s most ‘haunted’ : the Parsonage.
Weird activity associated with this building includes, moaning noises, bright lights, the smell of rotting flesh, knocking noises, footsteps, ghostly figures ie. a little girl and the ‘lady in blue’.
All right… starting to scare myself now! But read more about what I’m in for at the links below. And wish me luck!
http://vt.essortment.com/ghostsportarth_rnas.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1114833.htm
http://www.paranormalaustralia.com/tours/revportarthur.html
I don’t want to do it but I have to do it.
Nine months into it, nine haunted sites down, and with 72 poems written, it has all finally lead to this: a night at Australia’s no. 1 haunted location, Port Arthur.
It’s been one hell of a great adventure but let me share a few things I have discovered along the way.
1. It is possible to feel incredibly lucky/privileged and sick with nerves at the same time. (Something I learnt one night amid the moonlit ruins of Norfolk Island.)
2. You are allowed to pass through an airport metal detector while eating a chicken salad. (as long as your fork is plastic!)
3. A hearse can get pretty uncomfortable.
4. Good ideas/poems come from sheer hard work. Even when you are sure you are out of good ideas/poems.
But let’s talk about Port Arthur. Of course we all know it was a hell-on-earth convict settlement back in the 1800s, a place of unimaginable cruelty. Now it is a hive for tourists and ghost hunters, with ghost tours being conducted every night. Reports of paranormal activity are legion, and people are scared witless as they are taken through buildings such as the Commandant’s Cottage, Jetty Cottage and Tower Cottage.
I am staying the night in one of Port Arthur’s most ‘haunted’ : the Parsonage.
Weird activity associated with this building includes, moaning noises, bright lights, the smell of rotting flesh, knocking noises, footsteps, ghostly figures ie. a little girl and the ‘lady in blue’.
All right… starting to scare myself now! But read more about what I’m in for at the links below. And wish me luck!
http://vt.essortment.com/ghostsportarth_rnas.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1114833.htm
http://www.paranormalaustralia.com/tours/revportarthur.html
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