The Boggo Blog

like it very detailed and INTERESTING great

2012-05-12T13:14:11.658+10:00

like it very detailed and
INTERESTING great

Like this blog post. The most interesting part of ...

2012-05-09T21:21:37.221+10:00

Like this blog post. The most interesting part of this article is that your images which says "You first." "No after you." "No, after you, I insist.". Its really hilarious.

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It is a great article. Quite helpful. Excellent si...

2012-05-09T15:08:41.077+10:00

It is a great article. Quite helpful. Excellent site designs.

Having been on Jack's Ghost Tour in the past y...

2012-04-28T21:55:52.054+10:00

Having been on Jack's Ghost Tour in the past year, I can safely and honestly say to anyone thinking about taking the tour, "don't" it is not worth the money you pay, now I am not an expert on the logistics of running a tour via a bus, so that part might make the costing legit, but as far as the tour content goes, I learned within a matter of weeks from very reliable sources (many of which can be accessed by any member of the public) that Jack's stories are just that, 'Stories' their basis in reality is tentative at best, dosed up with a large generous amount of speculation from the script writer.

Jack's Tours are a bit of fun though, and do have some value for 'Shits and Giggles" and nothing else
What's more I was disgusted at the fact that his tour was run with such poor supervision as to actually ignore the fact that two young women were acting like bad mannered 5 year olds, jumping on graves in front of the Tombstones and Jack ignored them preferring to talk to someone about his book.
This is not hearsay, as I was there standing near Jack the at the time and witnessed the two young women doing this, I also spoke out against it, only to be ignored.
as far as I am concerned this 'Company' should not be allowed access to sites since they cannot respect the dead, let alone history.

oh and he is a lecherous PR$%@, I learned first hand that night when he was all over my girlfriend despite my being right there.

Barry: John Banks, who was the guide at the museum...

2012-04-26T20:57:51.751+10:00

Barry: John Banks, who was the guide at the museum and (I think) the person you are talking about, was the founding president of our group and is now a honorary life member. I speak to him regularly in his happy retirement, and he is 100% with us on this. That might not stop me being a pretentious tryhard f-wit, but there you go.

Until you get the endorsement of John , the ex scr...

2012-04-25T20:18:09.940+10:00

Until you get the endorsement of John , the ex screw , you are just a bunch of pretentious tryhard fuckwits .

Hi Felicity. You'd have to contact Peter Hackw...

2012-04-05T11:43:14.922+10:00

Hi Felicity.
You'd have to contact Peter Hackworth Markets: http://www.peterhackworthgroup.com.au

I don't know why they haven't developed a website or Facebook page about the markets yet, maybe its coming soon.

Hello, Are your awesome markets on this Easter Sun...

2012-04-05T11:00:47.930+10:00

Hello,
Are your awesome markets on this Easter Sunday?
(couldn't find info in Facebook)

Felicity

Thanks SoC! Right now things are looking pretty go...

2012-03-31T09:10:45.042+10:00

Thanks SoC! Right now things are looking pretty good. It has been a long time, but that delay has allowed time for some things to fall into place really well.

Congratulations on the National Trust position Chr...

2012-03-31T09:03:37.805+10:00

Congratulations on the National Trust position Chris. I do hope everything works out right for the jail after all this time.:)

Fantastic! Turbulence Training

I received a short email from a former officer in ...

2012-03-12T10:42:33.091+10:00

I received a short email from a former officer in relation to the above, and will reproduce it here:

"During the 1986 riot the first to officers to get the master key and release the prisoners from the cages in c wing were good mates the late Geoff grant and one Cyril Cairns check the TV footage then were later joined by J Collins."

Thanks SOC. I agree with you re the medals. The pr...

2012-03-12T08:19:42.036+10:00

Thanks SOC. I agree with you re the medals. The prison service was notoriously bad for recognising officers' outstanding service. The images are from the 'Queensland Prisons Collection' which is owned by the Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society. We get things like this from ex-officers and others. the ones shown here are part of an extensive set of about 50 images from the 1986 riots.

Thank you for sharing this Chris. It would seem th...

2012-03-12T08:11:22.445+10:00

Thank you for sharing this Chris. It would seem that some branches of our public service have medals thrown at them, while others are ignored. A crying shame, in my own opinion. The photos you use here are excellent, could you tell us where are they from?

Chris, please keep up up the good work on this very interesting blog. SoC

Tracey, the BRGHS president, was chatting with a c...

2012-02-20T09:55:30.599+10:00

Tracey, the BRGHS president, was chatting with a couple of women at our market stall and they were none too happy about the tour they had just taken with ghost tours. They had travelled from near Ipswich expecting to see inside the place, and used some VERY strong language to express their disappointment. This is exactly what I was talking about in the article about. It is just NOT FAIR to mislead people with this 'tours of the gaol' nonsense. Or maybe that's just me having scruples and all.

Well, quite unbelievably, they're doing it aga...

2012-02-15T21:06:18.196+10:00

Well, quite unbelievably, they're doing it again this week! Now they're just playing silly buggers. Way to try and repair a damaged reputation, ghost tours.

Great pics accompanying the article. Particularly ...

2012-02-12T11:28:45.970+10:00

Great pics accompanying the article. Particularly like the school class photo. Thanks for the info.

Just as well! Good blog, btw Cara.

2012-02-06T14:30:26.396+10:00

Just as well! Good blog, btw Cara.

He's quite happy to turn up and sign books wri...

2012-02-06T14:27:25.422+10:00

He's quite happy to turn up and sign books written by OTHER people though, LOL. How narcissistic would you need to be to do that?

Thanks for posting this - I was going to mention t...

2012-02-06T14:19:40.508+10:00

Thanks for posting this - I was going to mention the tours on my blog but decided against it in the end because I didn't know enough about it. Just as well I didn't!

There's also a comment there from someone aski...

2012-02-06T12:55:50.905+10:00

There's also a comment there from someone asking if Jack will be there. Ghost Tours has replied with "Jack does not generally attend the Boggo Road Markets". I think it's damn well unprofessional that the so-called 'business owner' can't even show up to promote his own wares.

You bet! National Geographic voted it the second m...

2012-01-23T09:16:16.996+10:00

You bet! National Geographic voted it the second most haunted aquarium in the world.:P

Thanks MM

2012-01-23T09:15:14.699+10:00

Thanks MM

Was it haunted? :P

2012-01-22T22:23:37.139+10:00

Was it haunted? :P

What a fascinating article. I had heard of the aqu...

2012-01-22T21:48:42.485+10:00

What a fascinating article. I had heard of the aquarium before but knew nothing about it. You've given a great description of what it must have been like. Thank you.