Paranormal activities experienced by four finalists of Channel 7's "The One" TV show, which features Australia's best psychics, helped boost tourism in Australia's Norfolk Island.

Norfolk has been known for paranormal experiences, including alleged ghost sightings, since the First Settlement in 1788. Among residents who have reported such phenomena are lawyers, a family court judge, police and doctors.

Tapping on the legend, Travel Centre - a Norfolk-based travel agency - offered an intimate interactive discussion and workshop with one of Norfolk's leading psychics, Gaye Evan, who tackles the psychic phenomena in the island and personal empowerment, chakras, crystals and colours.

"The One's" first season was in 2008 and the second in 2011. Using a reality show format, it had the seven psychics being voted out by the contestants and the ultimate winner determined through a telephone popularity poll. The first season got an audience of more than 1.3 million viewers, which sparked renewed interest among Aussies for the paranormal.

Riding on the trend, the Travel Centre included a Ghost Tour in its package, which includes dinner in Kingston and a lantern walk, plus a bonus book titled Ghosts of Norfolk Island.

The island was once the home of the descendants from the Mutiny on the Bounty, who bought with them their unique culture and language.

In 1788, Governor Arthur Philip established a prison colony in what is now Norfolk's Kingston and Arthur Vale Historic Area. It was disbanded in 1814. A second penal colony which was much harsher was opened in 1825 and closed in 1856.

The area's historical sites, including ghost legends, have been preserved that the KAVHA was added to the World Heritage List as part of the Australian Convict Sites inscription.

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