Ghost Tour & Dinner Norfolk Island

So get on a bus at hotel (Seaside), then drive down the road to Kingston. At number 9 Quality Row, we get out, We are greeted by a ghost chicken. Then an old lady ghost comes out and tells us to follow her. Incidentally at end of the tour we drop her off at the cemetery where we learn where her grave is if we want to visit and that she is 24 years old. The actress does an amazing job though throughout the dinner and tour but you are left wondering, surely they could have found a closer to 24 years of age actress, a surely ghosts don't age, and if they did wouldn't she be in skeleton form now. The ghost has to do some waitering. The cost of living in a graveyard is not cheap you know. The entree was garlic toast. Not only was it delicious but the ghost had ensured we would be safe from vampires that night (she didn't tell us this, I just surmised it). Main course - corned silverside with white sauce on it with three potatoes, some lettuce, cucumber and the ghost's idea of a practical joke, the most disgusting food on the planet, onions. It was very nice, and honestly as good as anything else I ate on the island. The ghost had to clear plates away between courses too. To finish off our meal she bought out chocolate lava cake, with chocolate topping, cream and blueberries, also yummy! Then we got back on what the ghost called a horseless carriage and left No. 9 Quality Row. Then we get on and off a few times (we're given lanterns) around the historic ruins of Kingston, such as the hospital (the bus driver plays the doctor),and end up at the most haunted house in Australia and I think third in the world. We sit out back in the servant's quarters and the ghost tells us some stuff. The night was a lot of fun and very informative. Plus a great way to see Kingston after dark. I'll provide this info here too as I couldn't find it anywhere and I wanted to know before I booked. Other than the meal part, are there any other differences between this Ghost tour and a rival company's Lantern Lit Ghost Tour being this one was $95 and theirs' $45? First I'll say, I did do both tours and they are both worth doing. Main differences - Lantern Lit G T goes into the cemetery. The guide on that one (dressed in a clock and talks like The Count of Sesame Street at times) does actually mention the ghost from Pinetree's tour while there. You also visit Colleen Mccullogh's grave and a few others. Lantern Lit G T visits both houses in the duplex that is the most haunted house in Australia. But honestly you're not missing much in the right duplex as it is all ruins inside. Unless you encounter something in there, which one old lady did (felt a presence) and returned to sit in the bus. The lanterns on Ghost Dinner are better producing light wise than on Lantern Lit G T, there's look more authentic to the era though. The guide does have a better one though so you can see her when she is talking or to follow her, So you do get better photos on the Dinner one. Although it's still dark and only lantern light so they are still limited. Lantern Lit G T doesn't go to the well beside the duplex for safety reasons due to their lack of lantern light (hey, I asked). Ghost Dinner has more stops to explore with the lanterns in Kingston than Lantern Lit G T does. However Lantern Lit does instead of just going down Taylor's Road like Ghost Dinner bus does, goes via Queen Elizabeth Ave, Collins Head Road, Rooty Hill Road and does stop at times to talk about non and convict era ghosts on the way to Kingston, such as an old lady hitchhiker. Lantern Lit stops in the Kingston Pier area where shots of Port (or grape juice if you prefer) along with chocolates with orange in them are passed around. Lantern Lit jumps between being a more serious ghosts are real experience to the host telling lame dad jokes such as "we're about to cross to the other side (pause) of the road." Where as Ghost Dinner is more like it's a show. Ghost Dinner is better, but remember you're paying $50 more. But I would highly recommend doing both. There's actually another called Twilight Ghost Tour Norfolk Island History and Genealogy as well, I didn't do that one but from what I could read up on it (like all these tours there isn't much info) they use instruments to try and find ghosts. Besides three with Ghost Tour in the title, Pinetree's Sound and Light Tour is narrated by various ghosts as you sit in a bus and are driven around Kingston at night while the bus lights up various buildings and actors re-enact the past as the ghosts tell the story. I did that one and can recommend it. I didn't do 1856 the Untold Story but it also seems to be a similar concept.

We went with Pinetree Tours Ghost Tour & Dinner, hosted by the ghost of Elizabeth White Robertson, who died 11th January 1847. The tour left by bus from Pinetree's depot in Burnt Pine and our meal was eaten in the servant's quarters at one of the houses in Quality Row. After the meal, the bus took us back towards the wharf at Kingston Pier, where we visited the ruins of the hospital and surgeons' quarters before going back to No. 2 Quality Row to visit the ruins of the Civil Officer's Quarters. Lots of ghost stories were recounted along the way.

The ghost of Elizabeth ensured this tour was an informative, enjoyable evening out. It was fun to hear stories by lantern light and have entry into places we hadn't seen during the day. Considering the venue, the food was tasty and efficiently served!

Had a lovely dinner with other guests. The food was well presented the "Ghost" our presenter was well informed about the happens and people of the first settlers and then the convicts. It was a very enjoyable evening.

The dinner was delicious, corned beef and vegetables and dessert and we enjoyed the company of other tourists. It had been raining and the grass was very wet and slippery for the walk which made it difficult for some of the very elderly, a few stayed on the bus. We enjoyed this tour and had a lot of laughs.