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GealeUpdated July 6 2023 - 8:44pm, first published 3:20pmBy Hamish GealeUpdated July 6 2023 - 8:44pm, first published 3:20pmFacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailCopyDon't take these Launceston place

names literally. There's a select group of Launceston places that deliver exactly what they promise.

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river, Punchbowl looks like a punch bowl, and as for East, South and West Launceston, well, no explanation is required.

But some place names just don't stack up to scrutiny.

Here are eight of our favourites - what are yours?

A swimming centre, not a windmill, sits atop Windmill Hill. Picture by Phillip BiggsWindmill Hill To its credit, Windmill Hill has always been a hill.

But there's absolutely no sign of a windmill, and there hasn't been for almost 200 years.

Still, the name evokes lovely imagery and the rhyming pattern is near unparalleled in Launceston.

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The Tamar River is often beautiful, usually silty, but never a river. Picture by Phillip BiggsTamar River  Even the shallowest of research into the Tamar River reveals that it is, in fact,

an estuary.

For reference, an estuary has more salt content than you'd find in a freshwater river, but not as much as you'd find in seawater.

It's named after the River Tamar in the UK, which is, pleasingly, actually a river.

Five out of every four people miscount the number of roads at Five Ways. Picture by Paul ScamblerFive Ways Situated at the top of Wellington Street near South Launceston, this intersection

is notorious for only having four ways.

You count them. Four.

But it's not even the most brazenly-misnamed place in Launceston because just a few hundred metres up the road there's...

The Six Ways intersection joining Punchbowl, Kings Meadows and South Launceston delivers on two thirds of the ways it promises. Picture by Paul ScamblerSix Ways  Again, four.

There were six, but we're going back 40-plus years here.

At some point we need to accept that these are just regular intersections.

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The shopping strip at Kings Meadows shows few signs of royalty or pasture. Picture by Paul ScamblerKings Meadows  If there ever was a King, his Meadows have surely been buried somewhere

beneath the Bunnings at Connector Park Drive.

Long live the King.

Like all of us, Youngtown isn't getting any younger. Picture by Paul ScamblerYoungtown  Broadly speaking this suburb may be young, but in Tasmanian terms it's fast approaching 200 years,

making it something of an old hat.

According to ABS, its residents are also significantly older than those in neighbouring suburbs Kings Meadows, South Launceston and St Leonards.

Visit Brickfields expecting bricks and you'll be disappointed. Picture by Phillip BiggsBrickfields  If you have some spare time one Saturday morning, grab yourself a coffee from Cuccina and

take a quick stroll through Brickfields.

You'll find some of the best trees in Tasmania, the most scenic park to drive a car past in all of Launceston, a cute little playground, and absolutely no bricks.

Not even one.

Travellers looking for rest at Travellers Rest may be best advised to keep driving. Picture by Paul ScamblerTravellers Rest  Driving through the Bass Highway you'll be lucky to find a good

spot to pull over, let alone somewhere to settle in for the night and have a warm meal.

The hotel this area was named after burned down in 1930 and they say travellers have been restless ever since.

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