Ultimate Halloween guide: What’s on, trick-or-treating tips and much more

Ahead of the spookiest day of the year, take part in our costume call-out and read all you need to know before trick-or-treating and the events happening throughout the region. FREE READ

Tiffany Crosbie dressed in an Oogie Boogie costume she made herself at her Wilsonton Heights Halloween scare house, Monday, October 23, 2023. Picture: Kevin Farmer

The spookiest day of the year has officially arrived, as hundreds across the Wide Bay Burnett add finishing touches to Halloween costumes and decorations ahead of a night of trick-or-treating.

See below for trick-or-treating tips, enter our costume call out, see what Halloween events are on in your region, read some of the region’s spookiest stories and find out more about this creepy holiday.

12 of the best Halloween costume ideas courtesy of 2023

Before your little ghouls and ghosts hit the streets check out the top advice from Queensland Police on the safest way to hit the streets this Halloween.

Queensland Police safety advice

Even scary monsters should be accompanied by an adult.

Do your trick or treating before dark (and before all the lollies are gone!)

Trick or treating is the most fun (and safe!) in a group.

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Never enter a stranger’s home; even if you’re a vampire and you’ve been invited in.

Wear bright colours so you can be seen as you’re crossing the road to get to that next house!

Walk (or shamble, creep, lurch, slither) and don’t run.

Keep to the footpaths and don’t walk on the road.

How to make a spooky DIY lantern for Halloween

Share a picture of you or your little monster’s Halloween costume 

Take part in the 2023 Wide Bay Burnett Best Costume Callout and keep an eye out for a poll in the coming days!

Halloween events being held across the Wide Bay Burnett:

Splitters Farm Halloween Night of Fright

Tuesday, October 31.

Splitters Farm 205 Blairs Rd, Sharon 4670

Halloween market, pumpkin roll, bingo, ghost stories and so much more.

Tickets required.

Kids & Co Halloween Fundraiser

Saturday, October 28.

1 Murdoch’s Road Moore Park Beach, 4670

Twilight markets, food vendors, and prizes for best dressed from 4pm onwards.

Free entry.

Bundy Bowl and Leisure Devil’s Night Party

Saturday, October 28.

Bundy Bowl and Leisure Complex 17 Lester St, Bundaberg Central 4670

Family fun from 2pm onwards with Devil’s Night Party starting at 7pm.

Call to book.

Hervey Bay Horror House

Tuesday, October 31.

28 Donaldson Drive West Booral 4655

A haunted house experience like no other from 7pm onwards.

Free entry, Fast Track tickets $10

Kondari Hotel Spooktacular Family Fun Night

Saturday, October 28.

Kondari Hotel Hervey Bay, 49/63 Elizabeth St, Urangan 4655

Family fun with spooky kids activities and prizes from 6pm onwards.

Call to book.

Halloween at Brothers

Saturday, October 28.

Maryborough Brothers Junior Rugby League, Corner of Anne and Guava Street, Maryborough 4650.

Sausage sizzle, prizes for costumes with gates open from 6pm, outdoor movie starting at 6:30 (Disney’s Coco).

Free entry.

South Burnett Libraries Spooky Saturday

Saturday, October 28.

Kingaroy Library, Civic Centre, Glendon St, Kingaroy QLD 4610.

Spooky crafts, Halloween hide and seek and a special story time is just some of the fun planned for the Kingaroy Library from 10:00am to 12:00pm.

Free entry.

Dinner with the Dead

Friday, November 17.

48 McKenzie Street, Wondai.

A unique three-course dining event with a special guest; a psychic medium to commune with the dead,

Tickets $80, call to book.

Mundubbera Halloween Spooktacular

Saturday, October 28.

Halfpenny Park, 21/23 Willson Ave, Mundubbera 4626.

Just one stop on the 2023 Mundubbera Halloween trick-or-treat map, with free sausage sizzle from 5:30pm onwards.

Free entry.

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