An after-dark torchlit walk through the cemetery looking at the history behind superstitions, rituals and grave symbols, from Samhain and Mexican and Egyptian death customs to the cemetery ghosts known as the White and Black Ladies. Ages 12 and up.
A torchlit night walk through the cemetery, where guides including historian Tracey Olivieri tell stories of reused coffins, grave-robbing, decay, hangings and Brisbane's run-in with bubonic plague. Bring your own torch; suits ages 12 and up.
Volunteers clean and tend old graves, washing headstones, cutting back long grass and uncovering hidden inscriptions, some unvisited for decades. The organisers supply tools and guidance, no experience is required, and families often bring the kids.
