Family-friendly Halloween celebration with spooky tunnel tours, surprises and eerie entertainment at the historic Fort Scratchley.
Fort Scratchley is doing a Halloween celebration on Saturday 31 October, from 3pm to 8pm. It's a family-friendly afternoon, so it works as a trick-or-treat spot for the kids rather than a late-night horror show. The main draw is a spooky tunnel tour, where you'll be joined by the fort's resident ghosts as you head underground.
If you've never been, the fort is a historic site established in 1882, run by the Fort Scratchley Historical Society. It's a proper piece of Newcastle's military history, and spending Halloween there lets you see it in a different light. The whole thing is set up for families, so you can bring the kids along in costume and do your trick-or-treating right at the fort.
On the practical side, the venue has its own car park and coach parking, so you don't have to worry about hunting for a spot on the street. There's a shop on-site, and they welcome people with access needs, which makes it a bit easier to bring the whole family together without the usual logistics headache.
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It runs from 3pm to 8pm on Saturday 31 October at Fort Scratchley, 1 Nobbys Road, Newcastle East NSW 2300. The spooky tunnel tours and trick-or-treating are the heart of the afternoon, and since it's family-friendly, it's a good shout for anyone with kids who want to get into the Halloween spirit without staying up too late.
