kiss me, honey

If you were born in Launceston between 1952 and 1995, there's a good chance the event took place here, the former Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital. These days, I understand it not only houses some beauty clinics and some medical specialists, but also a large amount of honey.

yes, honey.

the silos

I wonder why it's only a 15 minute zone...wheat silo fanatics clogging the place up of a saturday night with their gawking and rubber-necking, probably.

stack

It really was a good Sunday, as far as finding new and interesting things to photograph goes. Again, Invermay's industrial zone, I've no idea how old this chimney stack is, but judging from the buildings surrounding it, I'd say no older than the 1940s.

If anyone has a better idea, feel free to leave a comment and educate me.

Holyman House

You can't really do a photo blog about Launceston without including Holyman House. It's a fairly prominent art-deco building, and it's just so photogenic.

To me, it looks like the corner of an unfinished streetscape. Off to the left of shot, you can see the adjoining buildings don't quite fit in look or size - so Holyman House looks to me a little like a lonely cruise ship.

shut the curtains

Above street level, a lot of Launceston's buildings are vacant or used as storage space. I do know that this lovely Georgian building is mostly flats above the two Italian restaurants that front George Street below.

Luck's Corner

Launceston has a few of these little gems tucked away around the CBD. Luck's Corner is a fairly modest art-deco building, tiled all round, on the corner of Patterson and George Streets. Downstairs is a fancy bistro, upstairs is (I believe) residential space.

Modern

Henty House

Looming over the city like Spiny Norman, Henty House (right) is one striking building. I'm lead to believe it's one of Tasmania's finest examples of brutalist architecture. It certainly makes a statement.

Diana

Further reasons to keep an eye above street level. This building features a few statues, most prominent of which is the statue of Diana on the corner.