I'd certainly be showing my age if I made a comment about how I still remember when Ansett Airlines…read morecollapsed leaving a lot of people without any entitlements, and the government refusing to step in and help out because, well, tough luck. Well, this museum is all about that airline, an airline that hasn't been around for something like twenty years now (or something like that). Basically, Hamilton was where it all started, and this is a museum all about the airline. It is actually quite interesting, and there are a lot of things here to check out, though of course on of those things doesn't happen to be a plane. The service was pretty good as well. Worth checking out if you happen to be in the area.

Okay, this isn't a particularly big museum, but it is still pretty cool. Then again I generally…read moredon't expect museums out in the country to be all that big, though this is certainly bigger than normal. As you can probably deduce, this is a museum that happens to be devoted to the humble car. There are a few here, and of course they tend to be somewhat older than the ones that happen to parked outside, but they are quite interesting, and lovingly restored as well.

Okay, this is probably day-trip territory for those who live in Melbourne, but at least they have…read moreregular trains running up here. Anyway, J-Ward is the restored remains of a prison for the criminally insane. In fact it was a part of the other Insane Asylum that is located further down the road. You can really only go inside on guided tours, which do run regularly, though not daily. They also have specialised tours, such as staying the night in the cells (which the haunted aspect of it does add a bit of colour too it). Great look into the past.

This place was pretty cool, though I should point out that it is more a catch all museum as opposed…read moreto a museum dedicated to trams.That has a lot to do with, well, there not actually being any trams in Portland until somebody found one dumped in a paddock (and that tram has some how come down here from Melbourne). Anyway, a bunch of enthusiasts decided to actually build a tramway, and that is basically what this is. The price isn't too bad, and it travels on a nice trek along the foreshore and back again. In fact you do get some decent views of the town as well. Not bad.