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JUNE 2024 - 3
Tour sheds light on spooks
Services Minister Bill Shorten and Lyons Labor MP
Brian Mitchell turn the 昀rst sod of the new Sorell
Services Centre.
Service
centre
on way
GHOST tours at the Port
Arthur Historic Site are
taking on a twist.
Night-time tours have
proved popular for some
time but a more childfriendly day-time tour is
being held every Saturday
afternoon until the end of
August.
The Shades of Port
Arthur Experience be a
90 minute tour starting at
3.30 pm.
Port Arthur CEO
Will Flamsteed said the
experience was part of the
OFF Season campaign
and was unlike anything
offered before at the
historic site.
“It’s a chance to
experience the spinetingling, unexplained
phenomenon that our
historic site has to
offer, in broad daylight.
ABOVE:Port
Arthur ghost
tour guide
Caitlin Pedler
leads the way.
LEFT: The
Old Convict
Church at
Port Arthur.
Picture: JULES
WITEK.
“For many families, it’s
a more kid-friendly ghost
tour, it can be less scary in
daylight and it’s well before
the bedtime hour.
“On this tour you will
hear stories of our history
and unexplained events as
you are escorted through
the Penitentiary, Guard
Tower, Commandant’s
House and the old Hospital.
“But, I do hasten to add
that while the tour will be
held in daylight, that doesn’t
mean it will be
uneventful.
“The early reviews are in,
and it rings true that not all
spirits wait for sunset.”
The ever-popular Port
Arthur Ghost Tours start
after dark at 6pm and 8pm,
and also run for 90 minutes.
Because the tour runs in
daylight it is considered a
more family-friendly option,
however please note
that if your child is very
young, very active or
susceptible to nightmares,
then Shades of Port Arthur
may not be suitable.
Children aged 17
years and under must be
accompanied by an adult.
THE new Services Australia
Service Centre in Sorell is due
to open by the end of this year.
Federal Services Minister
Bill Shorten and Labor Lyons
MP Brian Mitchell turned the
昀rst sod last month.
Services Australia will also
pioneer a co-location approach
with Services Tasmania, so citizens don’t have to navigate different levels of government in
different locations for all their
needs.
The new service centre,
co-located with Service Tasmania, will offer a full face-toface Services Australia service,
meaning Sorell and Tasman
Peninsula residents will no longer need to travel to Rosny to
access a full suite of Services
Australia services.
Currently, Services Australia
offers a digital service in Sorell,
staffed by one service delivery of昀cer, while the agency’s
Mobile Services Centre visits
regional and rural communities
in Tasmania around once a year.
Tasmanian company The
Young Group will build the
new Sorell Service Centre,
with construction expected to
support about 27 jobs.
The centre is being built
on 33 Dubs and Co Drive,
Sorell.
“We know how important
face-to-face government services are, so it’s great to see
the new Sorell Service Centre
is a step closer to opening its
doors,’’ Mr Shorten said.
“We want to connect Services Australia customers to
more services in the one location, and we are working in
partnerships across state and
federal governments to do that.
“We are also progressing
myGov to be an app that hosts
federal and state services, such
as drivers’ licences. Sorell will
be the bricks and mortar equivalent – a one-stop-shop for your
dealings with two levels of
government.”
Mr Mitchell said the new
centre would provide access
to Medicare and Centrelink
services.
“It forms part of the Australian Government’s commitment to making in-person
government services available
across the country, especially
in regional and rural areas and
ful昀ls the promise that Bill and
I made at the 2022 election.”
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