We arrived for the Melbourne Ghost Tour at the appointed time and place - 8:30pm on the corner of Federation Square - to be met by small groups of lost souls seeking the same supernatural thrills as my wife and I. After a few minutes we located our guide who explained our route and what the tour entailed and then led us to our first port of call outside St. Paul's Cathedral where we were asked which of us believed in ghosts and which were sceptics. We were then lead on an hour-long walk through the back alleys of Melbourne and told of terrible tales of murder and ghostly goings-on which, whilst they may not have exactly chilled the blood, certainly proved entertaining and interesting.
Our guide, Ross, was a very personable and chatty chap with an appropriate sense of the silliness of the tour not to become too earnest about what he was saying. This is in contrast to some previous ghost walks on which I have been where the guide has seemed a bit too sincere in their belief in the supernatural.
All-in-all I can certainly recommend this tour as a pleasant diversion during the Melbourne Fringe and a good way to get some exercise and see some of the lesser-viewed areas of the CBD.
Our guide, Ross, was a very personable and chatty chap with an appropriate sense of the silliness of the tour not to become too earnest about what he was saying. This is in contrast to some previous ghost walks on which I have been where the guide has seemed a bit too sincere in their belief in the supernatural.
All-in-all I can certainly recommend this tour as a pleasant diversion during the Melbourne Fringe and a good way to get some exercise and see some of the lesser-viewed areas of the CBD.
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