Launceston's Inveresk museum complex was new to me. I'd had contradictory recommendations, but decided to go and check it out for myself.
There's the old tram sheds and railway workshops, a functioning tram, a college of the arts, a university campus, a cafe or two, and last but not least, there's the Queen Victoria Museum.
It's not a bad little museum at all. It's got a good sprinkling of the usual dinosaurs and wonders of science stuff. But I particularly liked the fine collection of Tasmanian animals.
There was a good display of old railway trains and other memorabilia too, with maps and a history of the Tasmanian railway system. Launceston had been the hub of said system, and in its heyday it had quite a respectable network.
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