Haunted Places in Oceania
Historic penal colonies, old asylums, and indigenous sacred sites where isolation intensifies supernatural encounters.
Supernatural Folklore
Oceanic ghost stories blend Aboriginal dreamtime spirituality with convict-era tragedies. The isolation of island communities has preserved unique supernatural traditions and intensified reported hauntings.
Climate & Activity
Varied from tropical to temperate
Best Time to Visit
Autumn and winter months
Featured Countries
Australia
Australia's convict ruins, grand homesteads, and isolated outback properties are central to the region's haunted tourism.
New Zealand
New Zealand's windswept estates and layered colonial history produce a smaller but memorable catalogue of hauntings.
Scariest haunted places
Extreme Activity Port Arthur Historic Site
A former penal settlement where harsh discipline, isolation, and mass suffering still echo through cells, ruins, and chapel walls.
Intense Activity Old Bundaberg Tavern
Old Bundaberg Tavern is a reportedly haunted restaurant or bar in Bundaberg. Stories tied to the site usually focus on cold spots and abrupt shifts in atmosphere and doors, lights, or objects moving on their own.
High Activity Adelaide Arcade
Adelaide Arcade is a reportedly haunted house or historic building in Adelaide. Stories tied to the site usually focus on a tragedy or violent past linked to the location.
High Activity Waterfall Gulley Restaurant - Utopia Hotel
Waterfall Gulley Restaurant - Utopia Hotel is a reportedly haunted restaurant or bar in Beaumont. Stories tied to the site usually focus on a tragedy or violent past linked to the location and apparitions and shadowy sightings.
High Activity Blackwood Hotel
Blackwood Hotel is a reportedly haunted hotel or inn in Blackwood. Stories tied to the site usually focus on a tragedy or violent past linked to the location and apparitions and shadowy sightings.
High Activity Old Gladstone Gaol
Old Gladstone Gaol is a reportedly haunted house or historic building in Gladstone. Stories tied to the site usually focus on a tragedy or violent past linked to the location and apparitions and shadowy sightings.
High Activity Arms of Australia Inn and Museum
Arms of Australia Inn and Museum is the arms of australia inn museum is a heritage-listed former roadside inn in the nepean/emu plains district. Its haunted reputation centers on this historic inn and museum is haunted by a number of benign spirits, including an aboriginal man who was beaten to death in the cellar; the record now separates documented history from reported activity.
High Activity Black Rock House
Black Rock House is a reportedly haunted house or historic building in Highett. Stories tied to the site usually focus on a tragedy or violent past linked to the location.
High Activity Leichardt Hotel
Leichardt Hotel is a reportedly haunted hotel or inn in Mount Morgan. Stories tied to the site usually focus on a recurring female apparition and a tragedy or violent past linked to the location.
High Activity Mundaring Weir Hotel
Mundaring Weir Hotel is a historic Western Australian hotel associated with the construction of Mundaring Weir and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Built from 1898 origins, it is said to be haunted by a worker or visitor known to staff as Paddy, who allegedly breaks bottles and glasses.
High Activity Freemasons Hotel
Freemasons Hotel is a reportedly haunted hotel or inn in Toodyay. Stories tied to the site usually focus on a recurring female apparition and a tragedy or violent past linked to the location.
High Activity Rangiriri Hotel
Rangiriri Hotel is a reportedly haunted hotel or inn in Rangiriri. Stories tied to the site usually focus on a recurring female apparition and cold spots and abrupt shifts in atmosphere.