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Aradale Asylum ghost tour: Ararat

Regional: Sat 6 September 2025, 5:40pm - 9:30pm

Are you due for a fun night out?

Enjoy a social dinner at Sicilians restaurant in Ararat then explore exclusive parts of Australia’s largest abandoned lunatic asylum not available on any other tour. This is the most in-depth way to understand the history of Aradale and its haunted past.

The ghost tour travels through the administration building, chapel, kitchen, infirmaries, surgery theatres, morgue and the most intact cell blocks in Australia. Feel like you’ve stepped back in time as you walk through this incredible building.

Reported ghost encounters include tickling, strange smells, banging sounds, shadows, and other spooky sensations. Come experience it for yourself.

 

When:

Saturday 6 September, 5:40-9:30pm

 

Where:

Dinner – Sicilians: 102 Barkly Street, Ararat
Ghost Tour – Aradale Asylum: Heath Street, Ararat

 

EOIs close:

August 6.

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