Ghostbusters!

Last night the Girls (and some very brave parents, brothers and sisters) headed off to lovely Picton for a Ghost Tour.  Everyone met at Subway for dinner and then we talked to the tour guide. Here is Michaela's account of the night:

"First of all we went to the old police station. We had a look around and the tour guide told us all about the ghost that lives here. We also went to the old post office. There was a ghost of an old drunk postman called the "Fresh Air Freak". He got drunk and he died. He hates it when everything is closed. So when everything got locked up  for the night he would sneak around and unlock and open everything. When the workers came in the next day everything was open.

We went to the Country Bumpkin shop and there were little dolls arranged on ladders. Every time the owner returned to the shop the ladders would be out the back and the dolls would be on the floor. This is because the ghost hated ladders and had hung herself from a ladder.

We went to Redback Range Tunnel. The ghost here is called Emily. Emma got scared here! Emily was trying to get past the train but she forgot the timetable. She wasn't able to get to safety in time and she was hit by a train. If you listen closely you can hear her footsteps and if you looked into the dark sometimes you can see her. We weren't allowed to go into the tunnel because of Emily being there. It was a bit spooky.

The best part of the night was hearing all the ghost stories, being scared and seeing all the old buildings."

Michaela also bought a copy of the book that tells many of the ghost stories from Picton. If anyone would like to borrow it please let me know. But beware.... a note came with the book explaining that during printing many disasters happened and the author was afraid that one of the Picton Ghosts may have inhabited the book!!!

Wednesday night we all met at the local park to participate in "Clean Up Australia". The object of this exercise is to try to beautify our local area. Somehow  I think someone might have beaten us to our "site". Usually we collect lots of rubbish and, in the past, some very unusual items such as bed stands, car parts, tyres etc. This year the most unusual item we found was a rusty old lock and a tub of half eaten, very melted ice cream!

Maybe the community are finally learning not to dump their rubbish in the bush (I hope this was the case!) and are disposing of their waste in a responsible manner. Our girls could not believe the lack of garbage to be collected. After a one and a half search we eventually gave up and played some games as the twilight set in. I'd like to send a huge thank you to all the girls who turned up, gloves in hand, ready to beautify our already beautiful suburb.

Don't forget that next week is Service night..... we will be cooking morning tea for the residents at Emmaus Retirement Village to eat the next day. I hope the residents enjoy our efforts and that  no-one decides to make toffee!

Have a great week everyone!