It was about this time of the year, that four young boys decided to camp for the night on Jenny Dixon Beach. It would prove to be a night they would never forget.

Raymond Grove was twelve-years-old the night he and his three friends were invited to a party in the car-park at Jenny Dixon Beach.

It was late in the evening, the party had broken up and Raymond and his three mates had decided to camp on the beach for the night. They built a huge bonfire and huddled together around the flickering flames.

“I was almost asleep when for some strange reason I felt compelled to look up towards the surrounding bush,” Raymond said.

“That’s when I saw the woman. She was dressed in a long flowing dress, similar to that worn by women in the early 1800’s. I woke the other three up and I admit we were all pretty frightened – my mates began throwing sticks from the fire at the woman, but the pieces of wood passed straight through her. That really scared us, and we ran as fast as we could back up the stairs to the car-park.”

“After awhile, we decided to go and take one last look at the woman and we headed back down the stairs. We had only got about halfway down when we saw her standing in front of us blocking the stairs.”

“She seemed to be beckoning us to come with her, but there is no way we were going to hang around that place a minute longer. We bolted home has quickly as we could.”

NOTORIOUS

Since that night in 1973, Raymond has been investigating possible reasons behind the appearance of the ghostly woman.

It seems Jenny Dixon Beach was originally named Jeanette Dixon Beach after a schooner that sunk there in the 1800’s.

Prior to the lighthouse being installed several other ships sunk in what was described as a notorious stretch of water in front of the beach. At least fifteen people are known to have died during the sinking’s.

“The woman was obviously not from our time,” Raymond said.

Mr. Grove has made it his quest in life to find out who the woman was. “I won’t rest until I know. That night I was petrified, now I’m obsessed with finding out who she was and why she was there.”