Spooks in the Park was a huge hit again at Centennial Park on Saturday, with a record turnout enjoying a lovely spring afternoon.
Last year's outrageous debut of this fun-filled Halloween-themed introduction to orienteering for younger children drew 400 attendees plus their parents.
This year we had more than 620 kids, all dressed up in ghoulish clobber and eager to try pumpkin bowling, skeleton golf, the spider web, the test of terror, vampire maze, skull hoopla, splat the bat... and of course the greatly anticipated zombie run (Darren Slattery, right, was one of the living dead).
The kids were given a map segment of the park and had to navigate their way from checkpoint to checkpoint, where there was an activity to do.
This gig was all treat, no trick!
A huge thanks to our organising team of Maggie Jones, Barbara Dawson (pictured, left, wearing freaky witch contact lenses) and Helen Murphy - plus their army of 60 volunteers. Spooks took hundreds of hours of work to bring to fruition and has already become an important fundraiser for ONSW.
One of the attending mums gave us this glowing testimonial on Facebook: "Wonderful job! Thank you! My son Oliver and 32 friends enjoyed celebrating his birthday at Spooks. Best party ever, many said!!! Thanks to all the volunteers."
