#16 On the Road to Wollombi Traditional Cache

On the Road to Wollombi series

THE WOLLOMBI ROAD GHOST. #16

A GHOST AT WOLLOMBI.
A RATHER incredible tale has been narrated by several persons from Wollombi, whilst in Maitland during the assizes. The statement has been corroborated so far that the woman who says she has been favoured with a visit from a denizen of another world is known to reside on the Quarrybylong estate, and in the cottage which is referred to. The story runs thus:
- A woman named Laskett, shortly after her arrival in the country, some three years since, went and took up her abode in a hut on the Quarrybylong estate, the property, we believe, of Mr Close. Frequently Mrs Laskett imagined that she saw a something which she could not describe, apparently playing at hide and seek behind the trees, and then around the hut, but having no belief in ghosts she put it down as an optical delusion. Within the last six months, however, this mysterious something assumed a more natural form. At first it appeared like a bundle of woman's clothes suspended in the air, and used to delight in hovering over a water-hole in the creek, a little distance from Mrs Laskett's hut, but the momentary fear and trepidation which was occasioned by this apparition having subsided, nothing more was thought of it. At last the woman's clothes, when next seen, were on an apparently aged female; her face was pale and wan, and miserable to look upon. Lifting up one of her hands she beckoned Mrs Laskett to follow her, but flesh and blood could not stand the fright, and the poor woman had fainted. Night after night this ghostly visitor appeared, but fright prevented Mrs Laskett from obeying her injunction. At length she determined upon the next visit to muster up courage enough to address the ghost, and ask her why she continued to haunt her. The next night came, and at the usual hour the ghost appeared, looking a shade more miserable than on previous occasions. Mustering up courage, Mrs Laskett said, "Who are you?' The ghost then told her that her name was ---------, and that many years ago she resided in that hut, that whilst there she had been foully murdered by -----, and beckoning with her hand, she said, "Follow me, and I will shew you where I lie buried " Mrs haskett followed, and mistaken down to this waterhole, over which she had so often seen the strange sights Tho ghost as silent until arriving at the hole then turning round she said, " My body is there," and disappeared since then Mrs Laskett had not been troubled with her visitor

This Cache belongs to a series heading around Maitland 

these are designed to give beginners some caches to find that are easy

hence the whole series is less than 1.5 both in  difficulty and terrain  

This Roads at Times can be busy so be careful especially with children