In her 2007 book, ‘Tasmanian Tales of the Supernatural,' Margaret Giordano writes of the apparition of a man seen wandering the Richmond Congregational Cemetery on Torrens Street. The old cemetery is now a reserve.
Reports indicate that the apparition is of a man seen as ‘hazy.’[1]
Location: Humbug Scrub Wildlife Sanctuary - Humbug Scrub South Australia
Location type:Animal Sanctuary
Location status: Private Residence and Animal Sanctuary
Website: http://www.humbugscrubsanctuary.org.au/
The Sanctuary opens at 10am until 5pm, after hours tours can be arranged by phoning the sanctuary direct
History
Situated
on a hill in Humbug scrub wildlife sanctuary sits a cottage with over a
century of history attached. Built by Thomas Bellchambers, the cottage
was used as a family home up until the late 1980's.
Current
caretaker of the sanctuary, Neville Bellchambers (Grand son of Tom)
tells stories of glowing fireplaces when no fires were lit, strange
lights floating around the sanctuary (There is no electricity available
in the Humbug scrub area) and eerie, unexplainable noises.
Just
past the Sanctuary boundary lies the ruins of an old gold mining town -
many open mines are still present, and some buildings still stand
(although many are just ruins) - but also there are a few graves
present. This was a harsh area, in harsher times, many people died
(including a young girl aged 7) in the quest for personal gain - could
the spirits of old miners still be haunting the area and the sanctuary?
Visit Humbug Scrub Wildlife Sanctuary between 10am and 5pm 7 days a week - night tours can be arranged by asking Neville
The Grave of Thomas and Eliza Bellchambers
Thomas
and his wife Eliza were both interred on the Wildlife sanctuary's land.
Their grave can be found on the top of the hill behind the Red kangaroo
enclosure.
You can visit Toms cottage at Humbug Scrub Wildlife Sanctuary at One Tree Hill South Australia. 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm
Open Gold Mine
One
of the many open mine shafts around the Humbug Scrub region - this one
is being re-dug and maintained by a long term volunteer at the
sanctuary. Other mine shafts have had fences placed around them by the
Friends of Parra Wirra volunteer group.
Investigation
This
is a site the Eidolon Paranormal team has visited on many occasions,
day and night. Allen was once a volunteer here and learned first hand of
the haunting and associated stories, and through is volunteering at the
sanctuary was granted special permission to conduct numerous overnight
stays and investigations in the cottage and surrounding sanctuary - even
venturing further out into the local ruins that surround the area.
It
was here Eidolon Paranormal team members, and associated volunteers,
experienced such paranormal phenomena as disembodied voices, being
touched, temperature spikes, EMF Spikes and visual phenomena such as
lights and mists.
The
sanctuary contains no electricity, nor are there power-lines close by,
so EMF readings can be considered of an unnatural phenomena.
Being
set 2kms in from the nearest road, the cottage sits on a small hill in
the centre of tree surrounded valley with very little distractions other
than the sounds of the animals in the sanctuary itself - this makes for
a very spooky setting for investigation, it also allows much greater
freedom in conducting experiments, of which we did many on our numerous
visits to the cottage..
Eidolon Paranormal looks forward to returning to the cottage and sanctuary for further investigations soon
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Australia has a fascination with the Gold Coast in Queensland and the theme parks it offers, but did you know the rest of Australia has also had a share of theme parks, but sadly, most have shut their doors and since made way for redevelopments and urban renewal.
Today I am going to present a small list of some of the abandoned, closed, redeveloped, or “newly” reopened theme parks around this great country of ours.
Some may also be haunted......
Canberra
Canberry Fair – Now a Housing Development
New South Wales
African Lion world - Warragamba - Bullen Animal Park: are essentially the same place, run by the same man, an Ex-Circus owner who died in 2001, both places now appear to be closed to the public
El Caballo Blanco – Destroyed by fire, the site is now used for equestrian events
Magic Kingdom, Lansvale NSW - There are attached stories of haunting to the location, which has been abandoned for some time this link shows an aerial view of the location, note the large yellow slide, still intact!
"I went to another place one time with some mates one random night, Its at Liverpool or Lansvale, its called magic city or magic kingdom. It used to be a theme park like wonderland but got shut down because some of the rides killed people and pretty freaky going there at night, Hearing shit and seeing shit I never want to go there again I get freaked out easily with ghost and stuff like that hahaha "
"Well apparently the place is haunted. There are many witness accounts to the mystery. My cousin and his friends also went there once and my friend was with them. She told me she saw a white ghost figure opposite the big slide. Off course they all then ran away. They also mentioned an old lady who lives in a house just outside the park and that she's a bit scary too."
Posted by Haunted, 2/07/2009 3:39:56 PM
"Sorry to say this, but the place's haunted. As it said that the Ghost Train caught on fire in 1979 and 7 people die. Some of my friends told me that if you visit the kingdom at day or night, you might hear strange noises or you might see a white figure near the big slide. I guess the 7 people died in the Ghost train are still there. So, I won't support the idea of restructuring or opening the kingdom. Mind you, what could happen if we do open it again?."
Manly Fun Pier– redeveloped, no longer there.
Old Sydney Town:
- http://www.oldsydneytown.com.au/ - Now used for movie shoots, this location has considerable historic buildings and rumours of hauntings
Wonderland – Sydney: complete demolition of the park was undertaken in September 2005
Queensland:
Marine Land - “The Spit” Gold Coast”: demolished in 1995, now the site of Sheridan Hotel
Marineland on "The Spit" - Gold Coast,
Amazons Water Park – Jindalee:Now a Housing Development
Grundy's Entertainment Centre: Now a “Timezone” or “Funtasia” games centre
Magic Mountain: Nobby Beach: demolished, the site is now resort-style apartments
Mirage Grand Prix – Oxley: all that is left of the former park is a rusted slide between the WOW, Harvey Norman and McDonald's (I have visited this site as I lived close by at one point and used to shop at "WOW: Sight and Sound" rather often, there was very little left standing at the time.)
Nostalgia Town, Pacific Paradise: Vacant lot ready for subdivision
Olympia Theme Park, Alexandra Head: now a “tourist park” (caravan/camping park)
Adventure Parc: Mt Tamborine: not really a theme park, more to do with “flying fox” style rides, and adventure climbing
South Australia
Luna Park: Glenelg – Luna Park became “Magic Mountain”, which was demolished and become “The Beach House” which is still in operation.
“The boy who fell off with his school bag was sitting on the hand-rail of the escalator (which is fairly low). That's why he overbalanced and went backwards over the edge - he was on the moving object (escalator) and he had this heavy bag on his back hanging over the side.
I heard the story about this person on Wednesday on the radio, then I didn't know what happened to him until I found this thread - I understand why they do it (prevent copycats, prevent dramatisation etc) but it's odd the way they have a media blackout in relation to suicides.
Sometimes you are late on a train one morning and wonder what happened and never know...I was there in 1994 ish prior to the sales being there when a guy fell/jumped...he landed down the bottom in that food section area. sorry, it's been a few years since I've been to Myer in Rundle Mall.
But it was horrible. I remember standing on one of the higher levels looking down and he was laying all 'crumpled' on the ground. Not actually sure what happened to him after that. But I think that's what prompted Centre Management to erect those white sails.”
The chapter called 'Suicide, Smoking and the Unsticky Cigarette' was particularly interesting. Do you Adelaideans remember the Myer Center suicides in 1996? First, there was an incident, a teenager fell off an escalator. There was confusion about whether it was an accident or suicide. And then, a few days later, there was a suicide. Both were reported widely in the media. Soon the Myer centre had an epidemic of suicides. There were between 12 and 15 suicides (and one or two attempted suicides) in all, I don't remember exactly. I was working there at the time, and it was chaos. At one stage there was a suicide (or attempt) every week for two months. After a woman (who actually survived) landed one table away from some people sitting and eating on the basement level, a net went up briefly as an emergency measure and was then removed in favour of the sails. Shoulder high perspex sheets went up around the higher levels to stop people climbing over the rails. The media stopped reporting the suicides very early on, and at the time I thought that was wrong, but now I realise it was entirely the right thing to do.
Victoria:
African Lion Safari: (Rockbank) – Now a garden nursery
Dinosaur World, Creswick: all that is left is a couple of old sheds
Dreamland, St Kilda: this attraction would have sat roughly where “Luna Park” sits today
Dreamland circa 1908
Hi Lite Park – Geelong: demolished to make way for foreshore redevelopment
Leisureland Fair, Langwarrin - now a housing estate
Rosebud fun and Picnic Park: Golf Course
The Swagmans Hat Amusement Park: Corinella – Unknown if the site is occupied
Wirths Olympic Circus: now the site of the Melbourne Arts Centre
Wobbies World:
A plant nursery now resides on the Springvale Road site as well as the Saxon Wood townhouse estate, with the concrete castle, bridges, a train station, the Birthday Room and the miniature golf course still remaining (within the nursery) from the former amusement park.
Western Australia Action Park, Mirrabooka: Was located at the back of the ice rink next to where ‘World 4 Kids’ toyshop used to be, now just a vacant sandy block.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-03-22/the-once-and-future-king/374976 Since its closure in 1990, the park has been abandoned and vandalised.
The site is currently owned by property developers, the Fini Group. A plan has been put forward to the City of Wanneroo to develop the area into a mix of retail, commercial and entertainment land uses. In the plan, key features of the Marine Park such as King Neptune would be retained.
This website is by far the most descriptive of the sites current conditions – looks like an excellent place to investigate – but needs more research at this point: http://escobar.id.au/articles/atlantis.php
