If these walls could talk, would they ponder how life has changed so drastically that today people pay money for a prison cell holiday – to stay in a place they once would have given anything to leave? Recently plans were announced for one of Melbourne’s latest hotel developments on the site of Victoria’s Pentridge … Continue reading “Prison cell holiday – do the time without the crime”
Category: Convict history
Experience our colonial past at Tasmania’s Woolmers Estate
Ever since I was young, I have loved visiting historic homes. There is something that hits me when I think about the people who have lived inside the walls across generations – and wonder at the lives they led. In Australia, despite the beauty and opulence many of these homes display even today, there is … Continue reading “Experience our colonial past at Tasmania’s Woolmers Estate”
Family friendly ghost tour impresses younger visitors
Despite her bravado just a couple of hours before arriving, Miss 8 dug in her heels and refused to enter the cottage to hear of the haunting tales being told within. “No mummy, no mummy, no mummy,” she said as she clung to my hand, before turning and running along the veranda, back to relative … Continue reading “Family friendly ghost tour impresses younger visitors”