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The ruins of the Hibernian Hotel, which in its heyday provided the 'choicest wine, spirits, ales and and cordials', according to an advertisement placed in Queanbeyan's Golden Age newspaper in March 1860. Pictures courtesy of the Frank Walker Glass Lantern Slide Collection from the Royal Australian Historical Society; NLA

The Hibernian Inn was a bustling business - ever heard of it?

Bet you didn't know there's a phantom pub on the road to the coast?

Joey Leonard has taken it upon himself to maintain the old Weetangera Cemetery, and, inset, the Weetangera Methodist Church circa 1920. Pictures by Tim the Yowie Man, Kingsley Southwell 

Hidden behind towering cypress pines is a piece of ACT history.

Blink and you miss it: Final resting place of many Canberra pioneers

Lauren Ogden, left, and friend Robyn Hall carefully search under rocks for scorpions, inset. Pictures by Tim the Yowie Man, Lauren Ogden

Armed with an ultra-violet torch, I headed out in the dark...

Join me on an after-dark mission to see if scorpions glow in the dark

Outside the National Film and Sound Archive building where I discovered curious links between our own Sir Colin MacKenzie (right) and Britain's Sir Christopher Wren (left). Pictures supplied

These two pioneers shared a passion for anatomy and significant buildings.

A tale of two tombs: my shock discovery at this Canberra building

While some managed to swim ashore, 13 others were left stranded on the ship for three days. Lithograph by Montague Scott

The crewman's admission sent a shudder of horror through the crowd.

Walter Hood bombshell: 'We let the captain drown'

Eric McGraffin's painting depicting the Walter Hood which was wrecked off North Bendalong in 1870. Inset: Allen Mawer with tile fragments found on the beach. Picture by Tim the Yowie Man

In 1870, one of the era's fastest ships was wrecked just south of Jervis Bay.

Why do colourful tiles keep washing up on this South Coast beach?

Graeme Rossiter (inset) on the front veranda of The Rising Sun. Picture by Tim the Yowie Man

Counterfeit coins, secret hidey holes and spooky stories abound.

At first, the old pub's owner didn't think much about the spooky stories...

Sean Roberts and Susan Mitchell-Roberts check out the boat at its 'spiritual' home in Colinton, back in 2018. Picture supplied

For more than two decades it sat by the side of the Monaro Highway.

That sinking feeling: iconic blue boat sliced up for scrap metal

St John's Church, schoolhouse and stables circa 1864. Picture courtesy of Robert Campbell

It's likely this historic photograph was taken in mid-1864.

Is this the oldest photo of Canberra? Brownie points for proving us wrong

With Geoscience Australia's Dr Steve Hill, searching for fossils in the limestone floor of the grand foyer of Parliament House. Inset: Shawn the Prawn. Pictures by Emily Bull and Tim the Yowie Man

'I hate to be the killjoy, but it's not a prawn,' scientist reveals.

Check out the prehistoric 'prawn' at Parliament House