Seahorses and Echindnas Oh Yeah!

Today we decided to go to “Seahorse world” and “Platypus house” up in Beauty Point. The scenery around Beauty Point is wonderous with calm teal sea rested against majestic tree covered mountains. Both attractions are found next to each other adorn a wharf. For $42 per adult you can gain entry to Seahorse World, Platypus House and Beaconsfield Mine and Historical Museum; so we purchased the triple pass without planning to visit the museum at Beaconsfield. Platypus House was small but excellent, even though I live in Australia it was the first time I've ever been that close to a living platypus. I managed to get some brilliant video of them swimming and feeding and playing together!

We were then treated to some free roaming echidna which all to happily came to smell our feet before rushing off to feed from the newly layed out bowls. Unfortunately due to the high risk of transmitted infection from human to echidna we were unable to touch them, but again I got some wicked video footage. With that we were invited to watch a video and look through the gift shop. We skipped the video, purchased some stuff from the gift shop and walked across to Seahorse World. After waiting 20 minutes for the next tour while a had a bite to eat; we were ushered through a door into a room lined with fake rock walls and 5 vertical tanks. Inside were different types of Seahorses but as the tour guide began the tour it became quickly clear he actually didn't know what he was talking about. After 25 minutes of him getting numerous things wrong, the tour was over and we were again invited to enter the gift shop, which we did. Upon purchasing souvenirs we left Beauty Point to travel back to Launceston in hopes of being able to visit Queen Victoria Museum.

When we arrived at the complex the museum is in we got a little confused with the museum itself being hidden by construction work. We were disappointed to find that children under 5 aren't allowed in the planetarium which to me seems somewhat illogical given they're going to get the most enjoyment out of it. Never the less we took a walk around some of the museum. The science education section mirrors a lot of the stuff found in Brisbanes Science center; only in Tasmania it's FREE! It was most amusing that a random small child was about to light up rotator lights using a electric generator hooked up to a bicycle but Sarah wasn't. Dee enjoyed a lot of the stuff in the science section, especially the air pressure rockets.

Next we went to the cafe` as Sarah was “starving”. I got an ice-cream and Sarah got a drink. After finishing we went to the Dinosaur section; something Brisbane doesn't have. It was quite interesting to read about their ideas on dinosaurs but unfortunately this is where dee decided to get upset and so we had to leave; cutting our museum experience short. But the little of what I seen of the Museum was excellent, certainly worth a visit.