Goolwa Ghost Walk

Goolwa Ghost Walk

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Posted 2016-01-20 by Karen Rossfollow

Sun 30 Oct 2016

I'd been hearing about the Ghost Walk in Goolwa for some time and decided to join in at the next opportunity.

The walk is conducted at least twice each year and is organised by the local community radio station, Alex FM, and hosted by local clairvoyant Kym Stevens.

Rumour has it there are at least four 'haunted buildings' near Goolwa's main street and many locals have experienced 'sightings'.



And so I joined 40 interested others last weekend to see what it was all about. After leaving the Alex FM building (which reportedly has a ghost or two), we went to the Goolwa RSL. Kym gave us a brief overview of the history of the old stone building as well as a few ghost stories. In keeping with the fact that the RSL building was originally horse stables, one of the stories Kym told involved a ghost called 'Plodder' who was actually a horse!



With interests piqued our group left the RSL and walked on to visit 'The Australasian' (formerly one of Goolwa's original hotels), the original Goolwa Maternity Hospital and the 'bow-fronted shop', which was a bakery during the 1850's (and now a lovely florist).

I was interested to hear a bit about the history of Goolwa which thrived between about 1853 and 1913 when 37 paddle-steamers, 23 barges and Australia's first public railway were built here.

Apparently all the building and paddling activity back then caused frequent accidents and drownings, and the bodies of victims were laid out in the cellars of The Australasian and other hotels. For some reason the publicans got sick of this arrangement, resulting in the building of the morgue in 1883.

Tension mounted as we headed for the Old Police Station and Courthouse. It was here that 'orbs' and apparitions had appeared in photos taken during the previous Ghost Walk.



This building is now the venue for the South Coast Regional Arts Centre and having visited there often to see exhibitions, I must admit I have always felt a certain 'power and presence' inside. I'd heard stories from friends who reported feeling a strong pressure on their back, particularly in the vicinity of the witness box.



Sadly, my camera caught no orbs or apparitions this time.

From here we visited the old Goolwa morgue building. "No ghosts here," said Kym, " everyone was already dead when they came here". Nevertheless something made me shiver!



The next Alex FM Ghost Walk will be held on Sunday October 30 at 7.30pm.

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!date 30/10/2016 -- 30/10/2016
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