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Commercial Ghost Tours, New Age Shops and Readers in your area => Victoria => Topic started by: Christine on February 17, 2010, 06:28:46 PM
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NEWS FLASH! The Convent, home to some of Daylesford's oldest history. Once a castle for the gold commisioner. Then home to Nuns and also a boarding school.
The Convent Ghost Tours
More than 140 years of history have impregnated the walls of this magnificent 19th century mansion, once the castle home of the Gold Commissioner. Walk with us as we explore The Convent by night and hear the tales of a bygone era and what tales it has to tell! Tread in the paths of the Nuns who lived here for more than 80 years, some of whom still remain behind overseeing their home. As the mist rolls over The Convent, we begin our lamp lit journey into the world of the unknown, of those who are still earthbound.
Bookings are essential andnumbers are limited.
Led by Paranormal Australia's Spookspotters Paranormal Research and The Convent.
Tour dates:
Sat 24th April, Sat 26th June, Sat 28th August, Sat 30th October **Halloween Tour**
Other group booking dates by appointment with minimum numbers.
Tour prices:
$40 per person with wine on arrival and coffee at the end of the tour.
Phone: 5348 3211 for bookings
http://www.conventgallery.com.au/ghosttoursdaylesfordconvent
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woohoo
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I second that!
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...and I will be in Victoria so I will be able to go! Triple yippee!
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Yay!!
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You will love the place Violet.
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fantastic place..cant wait to go there again
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C, you can't go, you will get arrested!
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Uh-oh..... no arrests please C. We've had enough drama for the moment.
May I suggest a disguise such as a nun's outfit when you visit this place. (Who knows - the ladies in black who haunt the place may take a liking to you and provide some good evp's).
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I'll be running it! rofl
We were considering dressing as nuns.
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it might offend the original occupants..lol
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I dont think so...
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Ohh noo...please! I hate that costume crap!!
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Hehe, a bit of effect doesn't hurt, maybe not the full nun but a prop or two for atmosphere could be good.
I liked the lanterns they used at the night tour of the Quarantine Station in NSW. Every pair had to carry an old-fashioned lantern that draped and wafted eloquent shadows around the group. They were practical but they also created great mood.
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Lanterns make sense. They actually have a function. To me, costumes say that its all a spoof, like a halloween tour, and not for a serious ghost enthusiast.
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i like the idea of the lanterns in a dimly lit convent..LOTS of corners for shadows, and imaginations to run riot.
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They had lanterns at the Port Arthur Night Ghost Walk Tour we went on. It was fantastic - the shadows are amazing on the old stone walls of the ruins.
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I have seen some shows that use costume during investigations. They get some good results. They seem to think that the ghosts think you are part of them.
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I would like to see a comparison with the same people, same weather conditions, same time, see what they get then. I'm not convinced.
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I asked if there was any dead Monks there but they said Nun. So I went home. ROFLMAO
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there always has to be one comedian...lolol
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yep. i am the clown of the darkness.
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and we love ya..lol...
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Life might be a bit more boring if I wasn't here. At least, it would for me...
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I miss you when your gone Gary.
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I'm trying to stay close now :) determined to check in at least once a day!
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Details just uploaded.
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sounds lovely
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I love the convent!! Can't wait!
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It's very exciting isn't it!!
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it is exciting..[she says jumping up and down rubbing hands in glee..]..lol
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I'm jumping up and down right there with you LOL!
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Woohoo!!
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haha..we better not jump too hard..dont want to set off another earthshake
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http://www.conventgallery.com.au/ghosttoursdaylesfordconvent
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That looks good. Love the ghostly Nun
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40 per person with wine on arrival and coffee at the end of the tour.
Should be coffee to start and a good stiff drink afterwards LOL
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http://www.conventgallery.com.au/ghosttoursdaylesfordconvent
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It was a nice article in the Ballarat paper on Thursday Christine.
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I didn't see it actually... must get a copy.
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Hi everyone, I went on this tour and was really pleased to be told it was the first one. I went with my wife and friend and to be honest not quite what I expected. As a newbie my previous expereience on the topic came from TV (most haunted) and well - you know.
Anyway Christine was absolutely marvellous and so in tune with what was happening there. So much so I had to join this group.
I was able to experience a couple of things that night that did not scare me at all but just helped me understand. The upstairs room of the pretty nun looking at the window was terrific. I felt her presence and could almost describe what she must have looked like. The chapel I certainly heard the whispering voices and the room next to that went really cold in one corner.
Taling to Christine at the end of the night with a coffee was also a highlight. I had no idea of how seriously someone like Christine takes her work. Again TV has corrupted me here. Apologies for that. I must have asked Christine 50 odd questions which totally corrected the misinformation I had. Nedeless to say no more Most Haunted. After speaking with Christine and learning so much I would love to learn more and help out with an investigation.
Overall I would recommend this tour to anyone. Cheers for now Sharpie
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Our Christine is a Gem Sharpie. Glad you enjoyed the tour so much. The Convent is one of my favourite places.
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Hi sharpie, glad you enjoyed the tour and were able to experience some things....we had fun too...
dont let your experience stop you watching most haunted though...just look at it with a new set of eyes and appreciate it for the entertaining show that it is...
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Hi, thanks for taking the time to give us this feedback. It was a pleasure meeting you and we hope to see you again soon!
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and I bet she never once told you orbs were spirits LOL.
christine IS a professional.
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No way would I say THAT! rofl
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OK so are orbs spirits or not - sorry I watch Most Haunted too <dunno>
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In my opinion the orbs that people refer to in photos are not spirits.
There are spirit lights, however, but they don't show up as circular blobs in photos. In fact I'd say you'd be very lucky to ever catch one in a photo at all.
Eg. When I was down in the Haunted Vaults below Edinburgh, Scotland, I saw a beautiful blue spirit light several times. Yes it was round, but it was not an orb, and try as I did, I did not catch it in a photo.
Orbs in photos can be anything from dust, to moisture, to a bug, who knows what. Just ordinary stuff that happens to be there, and shows up in the photo, as do specks of dust and so on. Eg. Down in the Queen Mary, in the belly of the ship, there's lots of rust particles in the air, and consequently, the 'orbs' in photos are all red....... because they're red rust particles. In fact there's so many that some of my photos were ruined by these red dots.
I don't profess to be an expert on orbs. This was just my opinion, and I hope I haven't offended anyone who does believe orbs are spirits. Each to their own.
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Totally agree with Salty.
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in 99.9999999999999999999999 percent of cases, orbs are nothing to do with spirits. and i haven't seen that .00000000000000001 percent yet.
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Orbs are not spirits. Possibly the only excception to that is in a sterile environment with other supporting evidence, not possible for the avergae punter. As I said, do a search on here on this forum for orbs and false positives to learn more.
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The convent is thrilling to visit.
My husband Stephan and I explored the convent yesterday on Christine and lotsa's recommendation. Now I would like to join a tour even more. Here are my jottings about our impressions.
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The coffee and Moroccan orange cake were superb... Steph and I both felt lumps in our throats and I felt constriction and some pain around my throat.
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I felt a jolt of dislike when I first heard ambient Frank Sinatra / Dean Martin through the gallery speakers.
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We were tipped by Christine to touch the window in the unfurnished cell. For me the furnished cell had presence. I felt claustrophobic and constricted in the chest in both cells. The unfurnished cell had me breathless but I had just walked up the steep stairs. Steph felt vibration touching the window.
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Walking through the middle of this room, we both felt pain in our right arms. The views are enormous and so beautiful. My ears blocked sitting opposite the fireplace admiring them.
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This was the clearest experience for me. I heard a single soprano chord from a choir. It was distinct, eerie, and quite different in tone from the gallery music.
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We disliked the diving staircase and both strongly felt we shouldn't be in this room. Steph and I also strongly felt we were much too big for the room--a logical impression given we are both tall and the ceiling was low. It was a very uncomfortable space, we felt unwelcome.
My impressions were, it felt like a 'man's room' (i e not for me), a powerful person's room. I felt I was being cheeky sitting in the chair furthest from the fireplace. The table gave me a sense of cold, important, perhaps petty people making businesslike decisions.
Steph's thoughts were, it was a small man's room, 'like a leprechaun's cave'. He wondered where the leprechaun's treasure / gold was--he felt something valuable was missing and had belonged to the small man.
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Neither Steph or I would claim to be sensitive but the place seemed vibrant to us. I wanted to dismiss many of the physical sensations as unfitness, coffee buzz etc. but when we left the convent they vanished. I'd be interested to know if we picked up anything in common with the experts.
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wow violet.. both your impressions of the museum were very fitting..interesting to me in particular was the something valuable missing that had belonged to the small man
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Thanks Voilet for your synopsis of the convent,
I get that strange sickly feelings too in there and it leaves me when i exit the premises also.....
I am thinking I would love to join a ghost tour there with C, but I think I might be too chicken (bok bok) LOL.
mgb.xo
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Hehe I know what you mean mgb, I am a big chicken too. I feel safe with Christine there though! She doesn't put up with any truck from anything.
I'm intrigued too about the small man's missing possession. Do you know what it is or is this a new idea?
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Wow to both Violet and Stef. I can't believe you say you aren't particularly able to pick up stuff that mediums and psychics struggle with. You are very accurate!!! VERy accurate!! We didn't give you the detaiils so you will be blown away.
Janine do you want to tell them ? lol
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well, what stood out for me most was the 'little man' in the museum...and the valuable thing he lost
our psychics pick up a priest as 'owning' this room..he looks at it as his domain, he is not terribly friendly, especially toward women, whom he refers to as 'girlie'...whether he had this room as his in life or whether he has claimed it as his after death is not really certain..but he is there now, and he insists the chair at the end of the table is his...
from memory he was quite tall in stature [please correct me if i am wrong]..but from what i have gathered he had little man syndrome..
the fact that he was tallish is interesting because you made comments about the size of the room compared to your heights...
there were probably things discussed in that room..he probably thought he was pretty important in the scheme of things....and no doubt things were discussed there
now the thing that was lost....was a ring he wore on his finger....a gold ring with a ruby, the story is that it fell off his finger one day while conducting a sermon..and while all and sundry looked for it, that ring was never found...
so there you go...
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*clap, clap* very good!
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I knew it! Steph has some psychic ability. I believe his parents do too.
Steph often makes decisions that he can't explain, based on intuition and he is always right. (Very annoying sometimes hehe.) His parents have an uncanny knack for casually being in the right place at the right time.
You might have suspected Christine after he sensed the gate / checkpoint at the airport. He said later he caught a glimpse of the way things were, like the past overlaid on the present. For anyone who doesn't know, I could not see any notable evidence left of the checkpoint.
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I know he does too and so do you. I see it.
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Ooooh maybe Lucien is in for a double dose then.
When are the convent tours starting again?
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I went to the convent so find a ghost.
I found Nun.
he he he .... just joking.
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lol..
Tours start again the last saturday in March through to last saturday in October at this stage.
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These pictures were kindly supplied by Rusty from Mysterious and Unexplained. He came to our last tour at the convent and grabbed these interesting shots.
http://www.paranormal.com.au/images/A2011012.JPG
http://www.paranormal.com.au/images/A2011013.JPG
We don't have any explanation for these shots.
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I get all sorts of zaps from these two pics, but that maybe because I picked up on so much when I have been there in person. I'm probably tainted because of that. The second pic really looks like someone sitting on the pew, LOL. Now the guys will come up with a perfectly logical reason for this. ROFL
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the bit where it looks like someone on the pew, i think is the plasterwork on the wall in the corner..if you look on the side of the doorframe you can see where it starts, and there are also some patches of repair work on the side wall too..must have a look next time
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My considered opinion earlier was that the one of the 'table' was reflected light. The other mystified me.
However, I have come back to them and have the following opinions..... which might be right or might not.
(http://gt.haroldsteptoe.mailhaven.com/line.png)
(http://vsp.haroldsteptoe.mailhaven.com/A2011012_indicators.JPG)
There is clear indication of double exposure which often happens with a 1 sec exposure and flash. Allowing for this and the point where the main flash occurred, I think it's likely that this is essentially light pollution from the flash. IMHO. (I'm sorry though that the image on the screen is not so clear in showing this as when I blow it up on my mac..... if you look closely at the two blue circles, the larger clearly shows a duplicate image of the table while the small actually does show a duplicate image of the corner which has reflected the flash. Flashes, by the way, often do pre-flashes before the big ones to aid with focus etc and red-eye reduction.....
(http://gt.haroldsteptoe.mailhaven.com/line.png)
(http://vsp.haroldsteptoe.mailhaven.com/A2011013_indicators.JPG)
This one flummoxed me. I had no explanation of it. Only now I notice that (as highlighted) there is actually banding which matches the lines of the pew. Furthermore, when I look at the light breakup in the picture, it seems consistent with a diagonal movement of the camera (which explains the banding which are pew tops).
To be sure, I broke the image into Red/Green/Blue. If it was as I thought, then I'd expect to see much of the image in the red channel, slightly less in the green and nothing in the blue. That was exactly what I found.
So I must (red faced) own up to the fact that I have to put this down to camera movement and flash.
(http://gt.haroldsteptoe.mailhaven.com/line.png)
Of course, it IS possible that the light sources were not related to the flash - that is just one explanation and hardly a 100% guarenteed one at that.
I'd make one suggestion for future photographs if possible - tripod. If we can rule out such effects then what's left will stand up much better as being paranormal....
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Ah... I see.....
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Gary, I noticed rustys camera did have the multiple flash thing going on..2 or 3 smaller ones before the main flash...now I know what they are for..lol..
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didn't that take 4 pics in a row?
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if i remember rightly there were a series of flashes then only one click...so i think it was only taking single shots..but you'd have to ask rusty
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It's certainly a common thing - many cameras use the flash as a focussing aid. It's also used to help reduce red-eye. When the shutter speed is 1/100 then you are less likely to notice any of these effects but if the shutter speed falls below 1/60 there's always a risk. It can actually make for some brilliant photography of course.
If I'm shooting in these sorts of situations (and I am able to) I use a tripod and a timer of say 2 seconds. That gives me plenty of time to be hands off when the shutter goes. I also make sure I turn off red-eye reduction also.
As cameras get more sophisticated, there can be other issues too. Some will adjust the contrast and brightness based on what it *thinks* is a good picture. When that happens, the results can be less than satisfying. As a general rule I try to turn off anything that the manufacturers thinks is a great feature LOL.
My new camera shoots full spectrum which means IR and Whitelight. This means I can tripod it and shoot a scene normally as well as in IR and be able to compare the results - pixel for pixel. It also means I can shoot three images - IR, IR+WL, WL which can be very interesting in terms of the paranormal. NOT that I've really had a chance to try yet. AND I want to find a good IR spotlight....... the little ones I've seen in Jaycar don't seem to have much ooomph behind them :(
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Anyone from the forum keen on doing a ghost tour of the Convent? I thought it might be nice for a bunch of us to do it together.
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I'd love to. Not sure when but I am keen....
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Yes, I'm keen. Might be a trick to coordinate the husband and the babysitters but I would love to go, I wanted to do it last year!
Plus it would be wonderful to meet a few more from this lovely group :D
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I will come up so I can met some of you guys.