Once a place no traveller wanted to stay in, this former quarantine station on the north head of Sydney Harbour is now home to a desirable hotel. But the site is still said to be one of Australia's most haunted places – around 600 people died here from scarlet fever, smallpox, typhoid, cholera or Spanish influenza.

Dare to stay in the former doctors' and nurses' quarters on one of the monthly Ghostly Sleepover nights or check into the accommodation on 'healthy ground'.

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