He's transformed his front lawn into a ghostly graveyard, complete with an animatronic witch and gravedigger, and a series of tombstones and other unworldly creatures.

At the front gate a distinctly terrifying clown glares out from his ticket booth, while screeching and terrifying laughter reverberates around the scene.

Mr Axford says 95 per cent of the amazingly life - or death - like characters in his property were made from recycled materials he's reused.

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He says his late grandfather is an inspiration to him, while his two young children are one of the reasons he enjoys creating the Halloween attractions, some of which are powered by electric motors and make quite eerily realistic movements.

"I've been doing it quite a few years," Mr Axford says.

"These tombstones are new, I did them this year; the witch is new, and the grave digger. The Grim Reaper I did a few years ago."

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Ther yard will be transformed on the evening of Halloween by a light, sound and video show which Mr Axford has spent a lot of time preparing.

"I learnt all the skills through YouTube tutorials or Pinterest, or I've just come up with ideas and changed them," he says.

"I just use what I've got. My grandfather was a bit of a hobbyist: he'd build things in his shed and do floats for parades. I looked up to him even though he passed away when I was five or six. He was my inspiration really. I just love building props."

Mr Axford's display is at 4 Tarawa Drive Ballarat North.

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