Barossa Junction Motel

Barossa Junction Motel

Earlier in the year (2014) Karen, Jayde and I were joined by Marie and Wayne from Overland Paranormal to investigate the soon to be closing Barossa Junction Motel.

The motel was somewhat of an icon on the road between Nuriootpa and Tanunda, with its train carriage hotel rooms, and train-themed restaurant.

We were very lucky to have a friend arrange our investigation, as the majority of the trains were to be auctioned the next day due to the centre closing its doors after 30 years of operation.

I had long heard of the rumoured hauntings in the train carriages and had always meant to stop in to ask about them, but time and life got in the way. So when the offer came the night before the complex was due to close, I hastily rearranged other projects to get over to the Motel and investigate!

We were greeted by the owner, an auctioneer and a crane driver, the men were working out how they would move the full-sized train cabins, which many years ago had been converted into luxury sleeping quarters.

We were basically told we could go anywhere we want, so we did, and began to explore carriages and the grounds of the location, which is vast! With 30 or more carriages, train memorabilia and a car museum, it was an immense undertaking.

Whilst Karen and Jayde conducted some EVP sessions in an old carriage, I went and explored in a different area with Marie.
 The owner's wife soon joined us, and showed us the swimming pool complex at the rear of the facility, and told us the story of a gentleman who had hung himself in there.
  We began investigating whilst she went to unlock another area, and noted some shadowy type movement near the entrance to the toilets, but no EVPs were captured in this area or anything more than a personal experience.

We were granted entry into the dining rooms and main Chevrolet car museum, which was an amazing spectacle of vintage cars and motorbikes, some in pristine condition, the display even contained some prototype vehicles!

Marie and Jayde tried some experiments with the Spirit Box, while Karen and I took photos, video and conducted some EVP sessions – whilst we didn’t get much activity during our investigation, we were really amazed by the collection, and ever thankful for the opportunity to investigate before the facility closed

Many thanks to the owners for the opportunity to investigate and explore before the closing of this Barossa Valley icon, and also to Overland Paranormal for joining us :)

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