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Ghosts of the Old City, Williamstown, Melbourne
Explore King William's Town by lamp light. All ages $15-$25pp
Departs every Saturday night 7.30pm. Book using the link above.
Ghosts, Gas lamps and Ale, Williamstown, Melbourne
Visit three infamous hotels of the 1840s. Adults only $15-$25pp
Departs everyFriday night 8.30pm. Book using the link above.
Friday 13th August Haunted Weekend Away
Brave black cats and walk under ladders on the most
superstitious night of the year all in the magical, haunted ghost town of Talbot. Visit ghost town of Amherst,the J Ward Lunatic Asylum and the famous Talbot Farmers' Market.$275 PP all inclusive. Bookings essential email us .
Bring comfortable walking shoes, umbrella & camera
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"I've lived here all my life and never even noticed some of the places we visited. Thanks for a fantastic evening, I see Williamstown in a different light" Ann
Ghosts of the Old City
Evening Tour
Every Saturday 7.30- 9.30pm
Any other night on demand (minimum 8 people at full price)
Departs from Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Center, Nelson Place Williamstown
Explore King William's Town, the original capital of Victoria, by lamp light. Steeped with history, apparitions, alleyways and lager it was once a thriving town full of colourful ladies, drunken sailors and convicts. Explore hidden lanes, abandoned morgues and forgotten cemeteries to discover the darker side of one of Australia's most historic sea ports.
Bring comfortable walking shoes, an umbrella and camera.
Adults $25, Children 16 and under $15, Family $60.
For a private tour with minimum 8 people email us.
"Thanks for the night. I was really impressed. It was really professionally run and I didn't want it to end. See you soon." Ben
Ghosts, Gas lamps and Ale
Every Friday 8.30pm to 10.30pm
Visit three of Williamstown's infamous pubs of the 1840s frequented by bushrangers, ladies of the night, and gold seekers. Hear of the Reverand who was convinced he could switch the locals from ale to water, the unfortunate sailors who were Shanghai'd to work and Williamstown's oldest resident, still hanging the washing out to dry although she has been dead over 100 years.
Adults only $25 pp
"What an an amazing weekend. I didn't expect the accommodation to be so luxurious, I didn't expect so much ghostly activity and it was AMAZING value for money. You should charge more...no don't!!!" Andrew
Talbot & J Ward Lunatic Asylum
Haunted Weekend
Friday 24th to 26th Sep, Friday 26th to 28th Nov,
Friday 3rd to 5th Dec
Any other weekend on demand (minimum 8 people)
Visit the magnificent Bull & Mouth Hotel haunted by Mrs Chesterfield in historic Talbot, enjoy dinner at a haunted restaurant, a cemetery tour, Talbot tour and an evening visit
to the Ararat Lunatic Asylum where the most depraved and dangerous men were housed. All ages welcome.
Click here to readwhat guests have to say. Click hereto view photos.
Cost
$275pp superior accommodation, 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts, J Ward tour, Talbot tour, Cemetery tour, ghost hunt
Click here to book online or call (03) 8340 0428
"We love Doug, he is the best tour guide I have ever seen and J Ward is so creepy. We couldn't sleep that night" Kasia
J Ward Lunatic Asylum
Dinner and Tour
Saturday 14th August, Saturday 25th September Saturday 30th October, Saturday 27th November Saturday 4th December
Any other night on demand (minimum 15 people full price)
Share a 2 course meal with the inmates of J Ward Lunatic Asylum and enjoy an extended tour visting the cells of notorious Garry Webb, Bill Wallace who lived here for over sixty years and died in his 108th year and stories of escapes and suicides of the many men, women and children incarcerated here.
Click here to readwhat guests have to say. Click hereto view guest photos.
$50pp
Thanks for the greatest weekend. Catered for everyone. If you want some of the greatest photos opportunities of orbs. highly reccommend or just a fab weekend. Highly recommend the Lantern Ghost Tours to Talbot in Victoria. Cheers!!!! Michelle
In the Steps of Goldseekers:
Friday 13th Special
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th August
Brave black cats, walk under ladders and learn just what the Canterbury Tales, Knights of the Templar and blacksmiths all have in common on the most superstitious night of the year all in the magical, haunted ghost town of Talbot. The weekend includes a Talbot Friday 13th town tour by candlelight, 2 nights haunted accommodation at the haunted Bull & Mouth Hotel, a guided tour around the ghost town of Amherst, a visit to the Ararat Lunatic Asylum and the famous Talbot Farmers' Market.
$275p includes superior accommodation, 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners, Amherst tour, J Ward tour, Talbot Tour and Farmers Markets.
"Thanks for a great birthday weekend for my family and me. I loved the Walhalla experience, it is a magical place." Margaret
In the Steps of Gold Seekers : Walhalla
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th October
Any other weekend on demand(minimum 8 people)
Join us for a haunted weekend away to the beautiful, historic and haunted gold mining town of Walhalla. The tour includes 2 nights accommodation in a beautiful, haunted building, breakfast and dinner provisions, a WH&DL ghost tour by gaslight, a ghost hunt and a cemetery tour. All ages welcome.
Click hereto read about our last trip to Walhalla orclick hereto view photos.
$275pp superior accommodation, 2 dinners, 2 breakfast provisions, cemetery tour, ghost hunt
Loved Talbot and can't wait for the new adventure, count me in Sally
Halloween Special
Friday 29th to Sunday 31st October
Join us on our Halloween spectacular. You are invited as a dinner guest to the departed Currie family’s gracious homestead built in 1865, visit the Ararat Lunatic Asylum where the most depraved and dangerous men in Victoria were housed and visit the historic and beautiful gold town of Maldon.
$275pp superior accommodation, 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts, J Ward tour, Maldon tour, ghost hunt
Visit Victoria's best preserved gold town, complete with historic buildings, a lunatic asylum and of course, plenty of ghosts.
Beechworth Lunatic Asylum
Weekend Away
Saturday 6th to 7th November GUY FAWKES SPECIAL
Any other weekend on demand (min 8 people)
Stay at the former Beechworth Lumatic Asylum, hear stories of former patients, workers and those that still linger on. The weekend includes a 'Beechworth Ghost Tour' through the former asylum, one night's haunted accommodation complete with swimming pool, tennis courts and parkland, breakfast provisions, a haunted dinner and a Beechworth town tour.
$150pp standard accommodation, dinner, breakfast, town tour, twilight ghost tour
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the experience
on camera
Margaret and Irene in the loungeroom
J Ward Lunatic Asylum Copyright J Ward
I took this picture in one of the exhibition rooms full of shoes...there was noone infront of the camera when I took it...
Site of ladies of the night taken by Sarah
Site of hanging man taken by Sarah
Medieval Murder Mystery Party
J Ward Copyright Michelle Borserio
Paul, Glen, Margaret, Jules, Devi, Sam, Andrew, Irene, Betty, Daniel, Julie, Sez Taken by Lee
Haunted by the man in drain- Sarah
Taken by Daniel
Mrs Chesterfiled is buried with her second husband who she despised. Notice his section of the gravestone has perfectly eroded despite being newer than Mrs Chesterfields. Taken by Jacqui
Our haunted accommodation
Rosie, Debbie, Hugh, THANK YOU Monica for the picture
Our Tall Ship
Taking a break from ghost hunting in our jacuzzi
Site of Crawcour murderers' ghosts and Frances Dalziel Taken by Sarah
Our haunted accommodation with Mrs Chesterfield and her children on the balcony
Thank you Jeff Saker for sending a copy of this photo of his great great aunt.
Hidden cellar with Betty and Sez, notice the orbs
Windsor House B&B Walhalla
Eerie tour of Ballarat- notice the orbs. Taken by Devi
Thank you to Ken Robertson for this photo
Thank you Monica for the picture
Hugh Thanks for the picture Monica
I took this picture in sleeping quarters, I was the only one in the building at the time.....
Our haunted accommodation taken by Devi
Hidden cellar taken by Jacqui
Seaworks sheds haunted by Stevedores Copyright Ronnie Price
The ko
Balcony Copyright Michelle Borserio
Crawcour Murderers haunt old nightman lane. Copyright Ronnie Price
Our accommodation Copyright Michelle Borserio
J Ward Copyright Daniel Taylor
Craigintina Building haunted by the Woman in White Copyright Ronnie Price
Crawcour Murderers haunt the nightman lane Copyright Ronnie Price
J Ward Kitchen Copyright Kathleen Higgins
Staircase Copyright Michelle Borserio
Crawcour murderers haunt the old nightman lane copyright Roni Price
J Ward Kitchen Copyright J Ward
J Ward Copyrigh Daniel Taylor
Living in a Williamstown ghost town
BY GOYA BENNETT
AFTER dark, a whole other world emerges in Williamstown. Fresh from visiting a coffin exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Jacqueline Travaglia of Lantern Ghost Tours is back at her favourite haunts. Last week, the 'ghost host' gave the Williamstown Advertiser a personal tour of the town's most paranormal places Read full article.
GeisGeisterstunde in Williamstown: Melbournes Geschichte wird lebendig
GESCHRIEBEN VON: JANA DOEBLER
Die Kieselsteine knirschen unter unseren Füßen. Wie bestellt erleuchtet der runde Vollmond ereignisschwanger die kalte Nacht am Nelson Place in Williamstown. Read full article.
Chesterfield House, Talbot & J Ward Lunatic Asylum, Ararat
BY AMA NAZRA
Now this has been my best ghost tour to date. The guide, Pauline, was clear, concise and informative, with a little bit of fun thrown in, and she obviously enjoyed what she was doing. I had a lot of ghost contact, and a strong sense of being followed on a couple of occasions. For more information about the night, here, check out my blog.
Lantern Ghost Tours on Vega FM
The DDC Ad Agency gets ghostly! Listen to the DDC Ad Agency and decide which one you like best . Full article here.
Keep up to date with the latest ghostly going ons
Join the Lantern Ghost Tours Facebook Group to share stories, photos and ghostly events Full article here.
Australian Paranormal Investigations
Lantern Ghost Tours has teemed up the ghost hunting experts, Australian Paranormal Investigations, who run the popular Haunt the Homestead evenings at Point Cook and the Derek Acorah events in Melbourne in Sydney, to introduce investigations to Williamstown. First investigation runs 1st August. Find out more about Australian Paranormal Investigations.
Planning
Getting Here
All tours depart from the Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Center, cnr Syme Street and Nelson Place, Williamstown 3016 unless stated otherwise.
By Car 15 minutes from Melbourne. Ticketed car parking is available at Nelson Place or free parking is available on the side streets. Visit whereis to plan your journey.
By Train Catch the train to Williamstown station. Visit Metlink to plan your trip.
By Ferry Ferries run from Southbank, Melbourne. Visit Williamstown Ferries .
Where to eat
Dine in the historic Steampacket Hotel for delicious food with a serve of history.
Sam's Boatshed offers international cusine and wood fire pizzas in a historic boatshed.
The Yacht Club Hoteloffers an extensive menu in a modern setting .
Customs House Hotel is perfect for large groups with function areas and snugs.
Where to sleep
Fit for a king, the Captains Retreatoffers sumptious rooms a stones throw from the water.
Quest Williamstown is located on the water in historic Nelson Place.
Quest North Williamstown is situated in a peaceful wetlands reserve .
your trip
contact
us
Email us for further information
Bookings +61 (03) 9932 4074
Enquiries +61 (03) 8340 0428
BY CAR 15 minutes from Melbourne. Street parking is available.
BY TRAIN 25 minutes from Flinders Street or Southern Cross to Williamstown Station.
Tours depart from the Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Center
What people
have to say
About
the team
Join one of our tours to experience the Lantern Ghost Tours difference. We are a small business that has a passion for history, ghosts, and ghost towns. After 9 years of visiting the most haunted buildings, cities, villages and ghost tours in over 52 countries, Jacqui returned to her home town keen to establish world class ghost tours and weekends away. Lantern Tours:
Certified
Paranormal
Investigator
Spiritual Readings
Michele Kingston is a well respected spiritual medium who helped Jacqui of Lantern Tours identify the spirits still lingering in Williamstown and the stories that shaped this wonderful town. Michele has given Angel, Tarot & Chaneled readings for many years now. Visit Michele's website Divine Light Centre.
Williamstown Tours and Ann Link
Anne Link is the founder of Williamstown Tours. She has helped Lantern Tours immensely with historical information, photographs, news clippings, costumes, advice and most importantly encouragement. She has also entrusted Williamstown Tours to Jacqui Travaglia of Lantern Tours. Thank you Annie.
Sylvia, Andrew, Jules, Devi, Glen
Help run the tours on an ongoing basis from preventing last minute catastrophes to finding morgue keys, clearing pub rooms, finding ghosts, locating umbrellas, sorting out night lights, posing in photos, helping with the website...the list is endless!!!
House Cleansings and Readings
Ama Nazra is a well respected and published spirit rescuer, ghostbuster and demonologist.Visit her websitefor more information.
The Steampacket, The Yacht Club, The Stags Head, The Pirates Tavern, Customs House Hotel, The Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Center, Quest
These local businesses have been fantastic supporters of Lantern Ghost Tours. Big thank you to Ann, Shirley, Ray, Scott, Russell, Roman the Blacksmith and all the people working with them who have been so helpful and supportive.
Victorian Ghost Tours
Lantern Ghost Tours is a proud member of Victorian Ghost Tours, a group committed to offering quality ghost tours that promote the haunted heritage of historic Victorian towns including Williamstown, Walhalla, Beechworth, Ballarat, Geelong and other ghost towns throughout Victoria. Vist our website for more information.
Bookings: +61 (03) 9932 4074 I Enquiries: +61 (03) 8340 0428 E: enquiry_lanternghosttours.com I A: The Office 12-16 Parker Street, Williamstown 3016
