| Ghost stories abound and tales of murder and tragic | | | | searching for goats. A search was undertaken with |
| accidents hark from the early days, when life was | | | | many volunteers, but to no avail. The bodies were |
| harder and people lived and died around the gold | | | | later discovered when a local wood cutters dog |
| fields. Daylesford, a small town in rural Victoria, | | | | found a child's boot. The bodies of the children were |
| Australia along with it's surrounding area, has a wealth | | | | found huddled in a hollow tree. |
| of stories, some spooky, some sad, but all | | | | Nearby Creswick was the scene of Australia's worst |
| interesting. | | | | mining accident. The Creswick Cemetery has a stone |
| Locals speak of gold rush murders like the one in | | | | monument to the disaster where 22 miners lost their |
| 1872, when a miner was murdered and his body was | | | | lives in 1882 in the Australasia Mine No.2. The already |
| thrown down a mine shaft, unfortunately, for the | | | | flooded Australasia Mine No. 1, broke in to the mine |
| killer, the body lodged just 30 feet down in the shaft | | | | No.2 and drowned the men working in there. |
| and the murderer was charged and hanged. Ghosts | | | | The Eganstown Cemetery is located just about the |
| of 2 murdered aboriginal girls are said to haunt the Fir | | | | Deep Spring Creek. Local's say ' it gives body to the |
| Tree B&B Guesthouse in nearby Trentham, | | | | water' for the bottled mineral water. Of course the |
| guests have reported feeling their presence and | | | | most famous story of death in the Spa Region is |
| seeing objects move about on their own. The | | | | that of the Picnic at Hanging Rock. The story is of a |
| Cosmopolitan Club in Trentham was also said to be | | | | school trip that goes wrong and culminates in the |
| haunted by a 12 year old girl, with sightings reported | | | | death of 3 girls and their teacher. The story is |
| by former owners and guests. Many other hotels in | | | | fictitious but the setting is not, it is a lovely walk and |
| the area have had reports of haunting. | | | | the rock formations are marvellous. Many people |
| Taking the time to have a look around the local | | | | believe the story is based on fact, the book is widely |
| cemetery can provide you with an interesting insight | | | | read and has been turned in to motion picture. |
| on the history of an area and it's colourful past. The | | | | Next time you are in the Daylesford area, take a little |
| Daylesford Cemetery has a large monument, to 3 | | | | time out from pampering your body and do a little |
| small boys who lost their way in 1867. Two brothers | | | | soul searching. |
| and a young friend went missing in the winter time, | | | | |