Numurkah’s Trengrove Terrors will open again this Halloween (and some days beforehand) to give maze-goers the fright of their lives.
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Bree Harding
A horrifically haunted Halloween awaits those who dare to immerse themselves in the experience down a quiet little street in Numurkah.
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Nathan Tetley and his family have been running their frightful maze — named Trengrove Terrors — for eight years now, and each year, the spooks multiply.
What started small with a blow-up ghost, a purple LED and Mr Tetley hiding behind a door, scaring trick-or-treaters, has grown into a multi-room maze leading through a carport and incorporating every inch of the property’s grounds.
One, two, Freddy’s coming for you, or are you going to Freddy?
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Bree Harding
Mr Tetley adds to his ever-growing collection of creepy wares each year with his own 3D-printed props.
Packed with animatronics, eerie projections, unsettling lights and atmospheric fog, the maze comes alive after “scaredy cat hour”, with a jump scare around every corner, enthusiastically provided by Mr Tetley’s costumed crew.
“This year, one of our biggest, hopefully successful, changes is having an alternate path within the maze so we can offer a different scare for guests who want to go through more than once,” Mr Tetley said.
“It takes about 13 to 15 people usually to organise, mostly family and close friends.
“All of our scarers get involved and decorate their own rooms.”
This year there will be even more frights on the four nights.
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Bree Harding
Doubling as a fundraiser for those who wish to contribute a gold coin before entering, the 1667 people who Mr Tetley said lined up “all the way down the street” before passing through last year’s maze donated $2378, which was paid forward to Numurkah CFA ($1300) and The Starlight Children’s Foundation ($1078).
This year, funds will go to Numurkah CFA and Numurkah SES.
The maze will open on three nights in the lead-up to Halloween — Friday, October 24, Saturday, October 25, and Thursday, October 30, from 6.30pm to 9.30pm — before the grand finale on Halloween itself, October 31, when it will be open longer, until 10pm.
The first hour of each night will accommodate the more faint-hearted among us and the little ones, with a tamer atmosphere that’s void of spooky fog or terrifying characters that advance on you.
“We 100 per cent encourage all guests to dress up, as that is all part of the fun,” Mr Tetley said.
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