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This tour departs from Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Center, Nelson Place, Williamstown
Explore King William’s Town by lamp light—Victoria’s original capital, where history and hauntings go hand in hand.
Once alive with drunken sailors, colourful ladies, and condemned convicts, this thriving seaport now whispers with the echoes of its past.
Wander eerie alleyways, hidden laneways, and long-abandoned burial grounds. Step inside Victoria’s oldest morgue and stand beneath Australia’s haunting Timeball Tower—one of only a handful still operating in the world—as ghostly tales come to life.
This is not just a tour—it’s a walk with the dead through the shadows of Australia’s most historic port.
Approximate Duration: 2 hours Venue: Mixture of indoors and outdoors
Terrain: Leisurely 2 km of walking, flat paths with some stairs
Paranormal Activity: High
DINNER AND TOUR OPTION
Enjoy a delicious 2 course dinner at the Historic and Haunted Steampacket Hotel followed by a ghost tour. Select ‘Dinner & Tour’.
Location: Steampacket Hotel 13 Cole Street Williamstown
Options: Select from menu on the night
Time: Dinner is automatically booked for 2 hours before your the tour time you select. Dinner is booked for 630pm for 830pm tours and 830pm for 1030pm tours.
PLEASE NOTE IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO JOIN THE TOUR ON TIME AT THE HOBSONS BAY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER AT THE SESSION TIME YOU SELECT.No refunds. Change of date permitted with a minimum of 48 hours notice
BEFORE your scheduled experience for a fee of $10 per order. Fee must be paid at time of rescheduling. Gift card will be issued to used within 12 month period. Non-attendance and late cancellation voids your order.
Your Tour departs from The Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Center, Commonwealth Reserve, Williamstown. DINNER AND TOUR OPTION If you booked a Dinner and Tour Option, please note the following: Dinner Location: Steampacket Hotel, 13 Cole Street, Williamstown Options: Select from menu on the night Time: Dinner is automatically booked for 2 hours before the tour time you select. Dinner is booked for 630pm for 830pm tours and 830pm for 1030pm tours. PLEASE NOTE IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE YOUR OWN WAY TO THE HOBSONS BAY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER FOR YOUR TOUR. YOUR TOUR STARTS AT THE SESSION TIME PRINTED ON THIS BOOKING CONFIRMATION.
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Honestly, Linda, the lady who hosted the tour was the best and was the main reason it was so good. She made the whole experience so fun and she was hilarious and chaotic, but we loved that energy haha. She was also very knowledgeable on the places we went and had some great creepy stories to really set the mood
We would both come back to do another tour, maybe one in the city, if Linda is the one who hosts it 😂
Great experience!
Cannot recommend Lantern Ghost Tours enough.
Shout out to Julie - our guide who was amazing, fabulous and super cool :)
Definitely will look to do more of these tours in the future and with this company (probably when it's a bit warmer hehe) as their knowledge and selection are tops :)
The venues were absolutely stunning and so were the stories as well as spooky. Timea is a fantastic guide, knowledgeable and very captivating. I will definitely go on another tour. Perhaps on a less “convivial” one however.
John (the ghost in the tower) made an appearance using the divining rods, and the younger ones on the tour made things even more interesting using the ghost tube app, and seeing figures appear where no one from the group could possibly be!
All in all it was a fun night with a great group. Remember to wear good walking shoes!
I would highly recommend this tour to anyone who has an interest in the scarier side of our city!!
We did the Williamstown ghost tour on Halloween with our wonderful guide, Timea.
She gave us a comprehensive historical tour of the spookiest sites in town. There were monuments, homes, hotels and bars. We also got to go inside both the clocktower and the morgue, and take part in some paranormal investigation experiments.
I really enjoyed Timea's knowledge of both the factual history and the unexplained phenomena of the area. She looked out for our safety and also kept the group engaged and inside the experience.
We definitely experienced some unexplained phenomenon directly, and it was incredibly intriguing, informing and entertaining.
I can't wait to do more local tours with Timea and the Lantern tours in other areas. Great value and unforgettable experience!
What a great night couldn’t be happier.
Amazing history of the town.
Thank you again Timea, definitely be coming back for more tours!!!
The tour was incredibly well given, and the information was both informative and entertaining to listen to.
Our guides, Hannah and Kate were amazing given the hard situation of the mechanical failures and the poor weather. They made the best of an otherwise awful situation and Hannah gave an amazing tour despite the poor circumstances, both ladies driving our group of 20 or so to and from our cars so the tour could continue.
These ladies deserve the highest praise for their efforts and hopefully will receive all the support and assistance for how they handled this situation, they make the tour what it is.
Enjoyed hearing about the many ghost sightings at various locations across town.
Most recently I did the Pentridge tour and liked the stories about Chopper Read, won't give any spoilers for the rest. You were allowed to explore a little more at Melbourne Gaol if that is your thing. They also have longer investigation tours. We got one photo that looks like a shadow crouching down or squatting outside one of the cells. Great way to spend Christmas Eve.
I did this tour several years ago and it was a lot more interactive back then. My suggestion is to do the Pentridge tour instead for a much better atmosphere. The tour guide Linda was lovely though and did a good job.
I did this tour several years ago and it was a lot more interactive back then. My suggestion is to do the Pentridge tour instead for a much better atmosphere. The tour guide Linda was lovely though and did a good job.
The building owner told us the tour had been cancelled 5 weeks back and that the operator should not have booked tours on that night.
We booked for 4, two of our friends came up to Melb from Castlemaine!! Terribly disappointed and angry.
Trying to get a refund now.
Timea made the tour really fun with great stories from a long time ago. We really enjoyed going into some of the historical buildings and listening to the history inside them. The host was excellent and I will be recommending others to do this one as it was fun with that little extra "spook" involved. Her knowledge is great as well.
My teenaged son really enjoyed the experince of his first paranormal exposure as he has taken a interest in paranormal investigations and saw his first shadow figure.
So Ken took us for a wander around the grounds in the dark, telling us all sorts of historical information about the property, Williamstown, Altona, etc, etc. very little about the ‘haunted’ homestead, we played with his divining sticks ( mostly a fail, well a 95% failure rate) and generally had a mildly entertaining evening.
At the end of the tour, we were invited into the house ( all bare rooms) for a few minutes in small groups.
Talking with other disgruntled members of the group during the night, many of us had checked during the week that the tour would be going ahead. All had been told it would, but no one was told that we would be virtually excluded from the house. It either should have have been cancelled, or visitors advised of the changes beforehand.
Very disappointing for all of us.
Anyhow, I have done 15/20 Ghost Tours,
The Rocks Sydney, Adelaide Gaol, Z Ward Adelaide, Beechworth a few times (Mayday and the Gaol), Aradale twice, J ward, Pentridge a few times, Old Melbourne Gaol, Williams Town, and a few cemetery and the werribee one. Bit of a fan.
Last week I was supposed to do the Melbourne tour, but unfortunately my partner who is a type 1 diabetic fell ill. She had a gastric issue that made her pulse fly up, (a number of complications from nerve damage that effects her blood flow, the way she digest food, then blood sugars go crazy, bit of a pain in the arse and hard to plan around) and we werent able to go on the tour, I told the guide, she told me to call a 1300 number, they told me to email, the run around.
My emails have been ignored.
I get told I didn't give enough notice, we need 48 hours, our T's and C's blah blah blah fancy words we just want to screw you over and give you nothing for your money.
Im a reasonable man, I don't think asking for a reschedule is out of the question, the overheads can't be that high that giving a repeat customer a rescheduled your is the end of the world. But apparently it is.
I was planning on the Pentridge tour again, and the Melbourne cemetery, and probably more tours in the coming years, but the experience with Latern Tours Administration has left me with such a bitter taste, I wouldnt waste another cent on this company.
So take the tour, it should be good. Just don't expect Lantern Ghost Tours to be honorable when misshaps of life get in the way and stop you from doing a tour. You're on your own if you don't give 48 hours.
Although the first half was conducted outside walking around Point Cook in the freezing pouring rain, it really didn’t matter as our guide made our experience fascinating, if you love history this tour is for you. we weaved around the town learning about various inhabitants who still linger, even reported UFO encounters.
Then the best bit onto the homestead which although small was very eerie, I heard a clicking noise coming from behind me in the children’s bedroom from the direction of the cot, and an overwhelming uncomfortableness the entire time I was in that room.
Thoroughly enjoyed this tour which has a perfect balance of history and spooky going ons
Highly recommend






















