"Oh to be in Blackwood town,
One hundred years ago,
When axes, picks & shovels,
Were aswinging to & fro ...*





"We're in the old cemetery of Blackwood - a former gold mining town 90 kilometres northwest of Melbourne ...





"The town was settled in 1854, when the area was gripped with gold fever ...






"In a few short years, Blackwood swelled to 13,000 people …







"Now, with 300 remaining, the miners are long gone, but some believe their energy lingers …"






Blackwood Hotel owners Lynne & Peter tell Drew about 4 ghosts seen on the premises ...






Lynne says the hotel's kitchen is haunted by the ghost of Laura Dalton, who burned to death here in the 1940s ...





Hotel employee Kristy says she encountered Laura's ghost recently while going about her kitchen duties ...





Local psychic Sonia tells Drew about how a ghost called Frederick, nicnamed "the Night Stalker", haunts Room 3, downstairs near the hotel's former morgue ...



In Part 2, field researchers Dizz & Di use a dowsing rod in Room 3 in an attempt to contact Frederick & other spirits ...





Meanwhile, upstairs, paranormal investigators Blaine & Jose set up infrared cameras in the hotel's lounge, believed to be haunted by an old goldminer ...




Paranormal investigators Gary & Jose explain a ghostly image recorded in the lounge where the goldminer's ghost has been seen ...




Close-up of the ghostly image recorded by our investigators' infrared cameras ...






Produced by Ron Dorre, directed by Stelios Kokotos with sound by John McPherson. Sponsored by The Haunted Bookshop. Images copyright 2007 Mystical Guides Pty Ltd.

* From Blackwood: A Haven In The Hills by Grace Rayner.