528 - A Haunting in Canberra

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Not only is Canberra the capital of Australia, according to National Geographic it is one of the most haunted cities IN THE WORLD! This week Dave investigates three of Canberra's most haunted places (Hotel Kurrajong, Blundells Cottage and The National Film and Sound Archive). Recorded on Halloween 2025, live at Smiths Alternative in Canberra.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:53 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/australias-prime-ministers/ben-chifley

https://hotelkurrajong.com.au/special-accommodation-package/the-chifley-experience/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-15/if-walls-could-talk-at-the-hotel-kurrajong-in-canberra/7329466

https://www.outincanberra.com.au/5canberrasecrets/

https://www.nca.gov.au/attractions/blundells-cottage

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/science-environment/2023/12/the-macabre-history-of-canberras-haunted-nfsa-building/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Happy Block. Happy Block. And what better way to celebrate Block? And 10 years of do go on than hitting the road. We are doing some shows around Australia and New Zealand. All the shows have sold out. So we've added extra shows in Perth, Brisbane, Auckland and Wellington. Yeah. So exciting. So exciting. You know, you never know. You never know people are going to want to come. And people are coming all over Australia and New Zealand for us.
0:25.6	That's right.
0:26.2	And if you want to come to go to dogoonpod.com.
0:30.0	We'll see you there. Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On live in Canberra.
0:52.3	Oh my goodness, my name is Dave Wonki
0:54.3	and I'm here as always with Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart, everyone.
1:00.1	Dave, a spooky welcome to you.
1:03.3	Oh, spooky, welcome to December when this is released.
1:07.5	But we were recording live on Halloween in Canberra.
1:10.9	Give us a round of applause if you're a fan of Halloween.
1:14.9	I really love how, like, Canberra is really turning off for Halloween.
1:18.9	Out there, the streets are so quiet and spooky.
1:23.6	Ooh, where are the people?
1:28.9	Where's the nightlife?
1:32.7	Everyone's gone to bed because they're so scared.
1:36.3	We love this city.
1:37.8	We absolutely love it.
1:38.8	Yeah.
1:39.9	Well, we do, but I think we like a lot of things, Melbourne leads, spookiness, knife crime.
1:49.6	Yeah.
1:50.3	Yeah, we've got a machete problem right now.
1:53.8	Okay.
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